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'Lack of discipline' behind rise in missing teens

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By Talaia Mika 17 August 2023, 6:00PM

A village mayor has blamed the "lack of discipline" by parents for the increasing number of teenage girls going missing from home and urged authorities to reintroduce child discipline laws. 

By Talaia Mika 17 August 2023, 6:00PM

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