JASIN: A 63-year-old snack seller has been remanded for seven days on suspicion of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl.
The remand order against the suspect was issued by magistrate Mazana Sinin at the Magistrate's Court here on Monday (August 11) to assist investigations under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
According to a source, the suspect’s actions were discovered at 12pm on Saturday when the victim’s grandmother was informed by her niece that the suspect was outraging her modesty outside their house in Kesang Tua here.
The 56-year-old grandmother then ventured out to witness the suspect kissing her granddaughter’s cheek and shouted at him.
However, he ignored her shouts and walked away to a waiting car with a woman driver inside.
As the grandmother confronted both, the driver allegedly claimed that the suspect was an employee, briefly apologised and drove off.
The niece told the grandmother later that the suspect had allegedly attempted to give sweets to the victim, who resisted the offer, before outraging her modesty.
Acting on a police report, a team from the Melaka police headquarters arrested the suspect on Sunday.
