Sarah Champion's remarks came after the individuals – predominately from Asian backgrounds - were convicted of or admitted offences in a series of trials related to child sexual exploitation in Newcastle.
The far-right will attack me for not doing enough and the floppy left will have a go at me for being a racist.
The particular gang related one - the prosecutions and convictions we get are predominately Pakistani men and therefore we have to address this.
Pressed further, the Rotherham MP added: “I genuinely think that it’s because more people are afraid to be called a racist than they are afraid to be wrong about calling out child abuse.”.
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