SHAH ALAM, July 4 — Police have arrested a man suspected of sexually assaulting two 15‑year‑old male college students in separate incidents here.

According to Bernama, Shah Alam police chief ACP Sarudin Samah said the suspect, a local man in his 30s with a previous criminal record involving child sexual offences, was picked up at a restaurant in Shah Alam at 12.01am today. 

The victims, both enrolled at a college in the Glenmarie area, lodged reports yesterday alleging they were assaulted by an individual believed to be an employee of the institution.

“The first victim alleged he was molested in the restroom of the college dormitory, while the second claimed he was sodomised at the suspect’s house in Section 18, Shah Alam,” Sarudin said in a statement to Bernama.

He added that the first case is being investigated under Section 14 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, while the alleged sodomy case is being probed under Section 377C of the Penal Code.