Elon Musk demands UK act on grooming gang scandal amid growing calls for investigation: ‘National investigation now!’

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX is backing growing calls for a new investigation into the recruitment gang child abuse scandal, going so far as to back calls for King Charles III to intervene.

“National investigation now!” Musk testified on X on Friday, calling the scandal “the worst mass crime against the British people ever.”

The United Kingdom has been grappling for years with the revelation that grooming gangs, often made up of men of South Asian or British Pakistani descent, exploited children for decades around the world. northern england in cities and towns such as Rochdale, Telford, Manchester and Rotherham.

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Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump addresses a House Republican Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A 2014 independent review of Grooming in Rotherham found that the majority of perpetrators were of Pakistani descent and said it was “difficult to describe the appalling nature of the abuse suffered by child victims”.

“They were raped by multiple perpetrators, trafficked to other towns and cities in the north of England, kidnapped, beaten and intimidated. There were examples of children being doused in petrol and threatened with burning, threatened with weapons, forced to witness brutally violent rapes and They threatened to be next if they told anyone,” the report says. “Girls as young as 11 were raped by large numbers of male attackers.”

That report found that about 1,400 children were abused between 1997 and 2013. It also emphasized that the abuse “is not limited to the past but continues to this day.”

The report found that police did not prioritize cases of abuse and failed to act. It also found that at least one report “was effectively suppressed” and others were ignored by local authorities. He found that while some didn’t believe the information, others were scared of political correctness.

“Several employees described their nervousness about identifying the ethnic origins of the perpetrators for fear of being considered racist; others recalled clear instructions from their managers not to do so,” he said.

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TO review in Telford found that a high proportion of the 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 broader Home Office report in 2020 said that While high-profile cases have “mainly involved ethnic Pakistani men”, it also cited research showing that offenders of group child sexual exploitation are more commonly white.

Many saw the scandal as a prioritization of multiculturalism and political correctness over the welfare of British children and the prosecution of criminals.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members of the Labor Party Conference in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday. (AP)

The issue was recently revived when local politicians in the town of Oldham called on the Home Office in July for a government inquiry into child abuse. A 2022 report into Oldham’s actions between 2011 and 2014 found that local agencies failed children, but also found there was no cover-up despite “legitimate concerns” that the far-right would capitalize on “high-profile convictions.” of predominantly Pakistani criminals across the country.

The Manchester Evening News Home Secretary Jess Phillips reportedly responded to the request in October, saying any such investigation should be organized locally.

“Survivors are at the heart of our work to end child sexual exploitation. Whatever happens in future investigations, we have promised them that their wishes will be paramount and we will not break that promise,” a Home Office spokesperson told the BBC. exit.

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“We all recognize that terrible mistakes were made in the past, when children were ignored or dismissed,” they said.

This response was criticized by Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch, who called for a full national investigation into what she called the “rape gang scandal”.

“It is long past time for a full national investigation into the rape gang scandal,” he said on X. “Trials have been held across the country in recent years, but no one in authority has connected the dots “.

“2025 must be the year victims begin to get justice,” he said.

King Charles III departs 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 taken advantage of by President-elect Trump to head the Department of Government Efficiency, also backed calls for King Charles III to intervene, pointing out that current Prime Minister Keir Starmer was head of the Crown Prosecution Service at the time of the scandals, although the scandals usually involved local authorities .

“Yes,” Musk said in response to a post that said the King “must intervene.”

He continued: “They oppose an investigation because it will show that those in power were complicit in the cover-up,” 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 “incredibly seriously” and repeating that an investigation into Oldham should be carried out locally.

“I think some of the criticism that Elon Musk has made is misjudged and certainly misinformed, but we are willing to work with Elon Musk, who I believe has an important role to play with his social media platform in helping us and others.” “. countries to address this serious problem,” he said. “So if you want to work with us and roll up your sleeves, we would appreciate it.”

Fox News Digital has contacted the British government’s Home Office for comment.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.