KOTA KINABALU, Dec 11 — Police detained a local man suspected of molesting his 13-year-old grand-niece at a housing estate in Manggatal, near here on Sunday.
Kota Kinabalu City police chief ACP Habibi Majinji said the 41-year-old man was arrested at 7.53am, about an hour after receiving a report on the incident.
“The incident occurred at 6.45am on Sunday when the victim and her three-year-old brother were asleep in their home. During the incident, the victim’s parents were not at home.
“The victim was helped by her neighbour to lodge a police report after she claimed to have been molested by the man,” he said in a statement here today.
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Habibi said the suspect had been remanded to assist in the investigation. — Bernama
