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The Economic Times
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"They are not Japanese, predominately Pakistani Muslim rape gangs": Rupert Lowe reignites UK Grooming Gang inquiry debate

A social media post by British MP Rupert Lowe has once put the spotlight around the UK's long-running grooming gangs scandal after he challenged the use of the term “Asian grooming gangs” in public discussions.

Lowe wrote on X: “Stop calling them ‘Asian’ ‘grooming gangs’. They are not Japanese. Call them what they are. Predominately Pakistani Muslim rape gangs.” (sic)

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