KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 — The police have arrested a teacher suspected of being involved in the sexual assault of several male students in the Hulu Selangor district.
Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Ahmad Faizal Tahrim said that the physical education teacher, in his 30s, was arrested in Bukit Beruntung on Thursday (July 25), after four reports were received by police, from 2.03am to 10am on the same day, regarding the incidents.
“Preliminary investigations found that the first incident involved a 12-year-old victim, which occurred a month ago.
“One of the locations of the incident was at a homestay in the Ulu Yam area, when the victim was representing the Hulu Selangor district in a football tournament,” he said in a statement yesterday.
The police have opened four investigation papers against the man under Section 14 (a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
Faizal said that further checks found the accused had no criminal record, and he has been remanded for six days until Wednesday (July 31).
— Bernama
