Mother slams villagers for stripping teen son naked over alleged theft attempt

BACHOK: The mother of a teenager, who was stripped naked by villagers after he was caught for allegedly attempting to steal a motorcycle in a mosque compound, said she was upset by the incident.

She said the villagers had no right to do what they did to her 15-year-old son.

"Even if he had done wrong, they had no right to do what they did. I can accept if they hit him, but to strip him naked and then spread the nude photo of him on social websites is an embarrassment to the family.

"They are many other ways to punish him," said the 38-year-old woman, who declined to be identified when met at her house here Thursday.

The boy was said to have been stripped naked by villagers after he was caught attempting to steal a motorcycle in the compound of the Pauh Lima Mosque in Kota Baru last Tuesday.

The woman said she got to know about the incident after seeing the nude picture of her son on Facebook.

She hoped those responsible for posting and sharing her son's nude photograph on the social website would remove or delete it.

Meanwhile, Kelantan police chief Datuk Mazlan Lazim said the boy would be remanded for four days to facilitate police investigations. – Bernama