Tawau cops arrest man who hired boys to sell snacks


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 28 Mar 2017

KOTA KINABALU: Police have arrested a 47-year-old man who is believed to have been exploiting children as young as nine years to sell snacks on the streets in the east coast Tawau town.  

Tawau OCPD Asst Comm Fadil Marsus said the man was arrested after police saved two boys, aged 11 and nine, who were hawking peanuts and sunflower seeds in the town area.  

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