KULAI: A man who was arrested last month for allegedly raping an underage girl has been identified as the same person seen caning a ten-year-old in a viral video.
Kulai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said the police received a report involving the 59-year-old caretaker of an orphanage on Thursday (Dec 8).
"Early investigation revealed that the incident happened at a private orphanage in Taman Mas, where the man is the caretaker.
"The girl who was seen being caned in the video is also a resident of the orphanage," he said in a statement here.
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ACP Tan added that the incident was believed to have happened in October this year.
Earlier, a video of the man caning a girl made rounds on social media.
In the one-minute video, the girl could be seen begging the man to stop.
It was previously reported that the police have arrested a local man on Nov 30 for allegedly raping one of the residents of the same orphanage.
He was believed to have raped the victim who is now 17 years old when she was between 13 and 15 of age.
