PUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 — Malaysians can rest assured that police will keep a close eye on convicted serial rapist Selva Kumar Subbiah if and when he returns from Canada, Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said today.
The women, family and community development minister sought to allay concerns following Canadian news reports citing a warning attributed to prison personnel that the 56-year-old Malaysian is a high risk to reoffend or even kill.
“The police have a registry for these kind of offenders. They would definitely monitor,” Rohani told reporters after attending her ministry’s monthly gathering here.
“We should not have a panic in the society [over this matter],” she added.
Selva Kumar, 56, is due for mandatory release on January 29 when his 24-year jail sentence ends.
Selva Kumar left Malaysia for Canada as a student in 1980 and was convicted in a Canadian court of 19 counts of sexual assaults and numerous other offences, including extortion, in 1992.
Malaysia’s Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has also given an assurance that Selva Kumar will be closely watched if he returns as the police have no authority to prevent him from re-entering his home country.
