KOTA BARU, Dec 17 ― Police arrested a man known as "Ustaz Syamsul” in Machang yesterday for allegedly molesting a businessman at a hotel, here.

Kelantan police chief, Deputy Commissioner Datuk Shafien Mamat, when contacted, confirmed the matter and said police received a report from the 30-year-old victim yesterday morning.

He said in the report, the businessman claimed that he met the 32-year-old suspect at a supermarket on December 14 and the following day, he got a lift from the suspect at 11pm.

On December 16 (yesterday), the suspect sent the businessman to a room of a hotel in Jalan PCB, here, at about 1.15am.

The victim claimed that the suspect, a religious teacher from a madrasah in Machang, molested him in the hotel room.

The suspect is being remanded for four days from today under Section 377D of the Penal Code.― Bernama