SpaceX CEO Elon Musk he wants to carry out new investigations into the abuse of children by gangs, going so far as to hold back calls for King Charles III to intervene.
“National investigation now!” Musk said about X on Friday, declaring the scandal “the worst crime against the British people.”
The UK has spent years dealing with revelations that many grooming gangs, often made up of South Asian or British men of Pakistani heritage, have been abusing children for decades across the country. north of England towns and cities including Rochdale, Telford, Manchester and Rotherham.
BRITAIN BECAME ANOTHER CONTROVERSY OF ASIA'S COPY AS REPORT SHOWS CHILD ABUSE IN MANCHESTER.
Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump delivers a speech at the House Republicans Conference at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2024 Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
A 2014 independent analysis of corrections Rotherham found that many of the offenders were of Pakistani heritage and said “it was difficult to describe the appalling nature of the abuse that the child victims suffered.”
“They were raped by many criminals, sold to other towns and cities in the north of England, kidnapped, beaten and threatened. They witnessed violent rapes and were threatened that they would follow if they told. anyone,” the report said. “Girls as young as 11 were raped by many men who commit crimes.”
The report found that about 1,400 children were abused between 1997 and 2013. It also emphasized that abuse “is not limited to the past but continues to this day.”
The report found that the police are not leading cases of abuse and are failing to act. It also found that at least one report was “successfully suppressed” and others were ignored by local authorities. It found that while some did not believe the information, others were horrified by political correctness.
“Several employees described their fear of knowing their ethnicity for fear of being perceived as racist; others recalled clear guidance from their supervisors that they should not do so,” it said.
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A Telford review found that a high proportion of cases involved men described as “Asian” or “Pakistani” and that authorities in Telford were concerned that the allegations “had the potential to start a race riot.” A wide-ranging Home Office report in 2020 said that while high-profile cases have “overwhelmingly involved men of Pakistani ethnicity,” it also cited research showing that child sex offenders are more likely to be white.
The scandal was seen by many as prioritizing multiculturalism and political correctness over the welfare of British children and the prosecution of criminals.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members at the Labor Party Conference in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday. (AP)
The issue recently came to light when local politicians in the town of Oldham asked the Home Office in July for a government inquiry into child abuse. A 2022 report into Oldham's actions between 2011 and 2014 found children had been failed by local organisations, but also found there was no cover-up despite “reasonable concerns” members may have. the minister can use them with “high convictions of mainly Pakistani criminals across the country.”
Manchester Evening News Home Office minister Jess Phillips responded to the request in October, saying such investigations should be organized locally.
“Survivors are at the heart of our work to end child sexual abuse. Whatever happens in future inquiries, we have assured them that their wishes will be valued, and we will not reject that commitment,” a Home Office spokesman told the outlet.
20 MEN HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF BEATING THE BROTHERS OF PEOPLE OVER 11 ENG NORTH.
They say: “We are all aware that terrible mistakes were made in the past, in that children were neglected or expelled.
That answer was criticized by The Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch, who called for a full national investigation into what she called “the scandal of gang rape.”
“It is long overdue for a full national investigation into the gang rape scandal,” he told X. “There have been attempts across the country in recent years but none of them with a unified authority.”
“2025 must be the year that victims start getting justice,” he said.
King Charles III leaves after receiving treatment for an enlarged prostate at The London Clinic on January 29, 2024 in London. (Carl Court/Getty Images)
Musk, who has been shunned by President-elect Trump to lead the Department of Public Prosecutions, and has backed calls for King Charles III to step in – noting that current Prime Minister Keir Starmer was head of the Prosecution Service of the Crown during the scandal, although the insults generally involved local officials.
“Yes,” Musk said in response to a message that King “has to step in.”
He continued, “They oppose the investigation, because it will show that those in power participated in their concealment,” he said of the government.
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting responded to Musk's comments, telling ITV News that the government takes child abuse “very seriously” and reiterated that the investigation in Oldham should be carried out locally.
“Some of the criticisms that Elon Musk has made, I think are wrong and misinformed, but we are willing to work with Elon Musk, who I think has a big role to play with the platform of his public affairs to help us and other countries to deal with this serious problem,” he said. “So if he wants to work with us and roll up his sleeves, we'd love that.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to the British government's Home Office for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.