'You're in a Gerak Khas movie', mother told adult autistic son when he was arrested


PETALING JAYA: The mother of a young autistic man who was arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman had to tell her son that he was in a Gerak Khas movie so he would not be traumatised by the incident.

On Sept 11, Ahmad Ziqri Morshidi, a 22-year-old man with autism, was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman by touching her chest.

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