20-year-old student arrested after four young girls molested

 

The mother of a nine-year-old lodged a report on Nov 2, leading to the arrest of a college student at a shopping centre in Shah Alam.

SHAH ALAM: Police have detained a college student who is a self-defence instructor after receiving reports of several girls being molested.

Shah Alam police chief Iqbal Ibrahim said the 20-year-old student was detained at a shopping complex here at about 4pm on Thursday, the same day a report was lodged by the mother of a nine-year-old girl.

Since then, police have received three more reports involving different victims.

The first report was lodged at 1.53pm on Nov 2 about a nine-year-old who was believed to have been molested in the toilet of the self-defence learning centre.

Investigations revealed that all the victims were underaged girls (aged between seven and nine) and were allegedly molested in September and October, the police statement said.

Iqbal said the suspect is a student from a private college in the Klang Valley and has been a self-defence instructor for a year.

Iqbal urged anyone with information on the cases to contact the investigating officer, Naqiuddin Nawawi, at 012-3848103. - FMT