A 41-year-old makeup artist and hairstylist has been remanded for 7 days on suspicion of molesting an 18-year-old part-time actor at a salon in Ayer Keroh, Melaka, on January 17.
The remand order was issued by Magistrate Sharda Shienha Mohd Suleiman at the Magistrate’s Court on Monday (January 20), as reported by Sinar Harian.
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He offered the victim a body massage
Acting Melaka Police Chief Datuk Md Nazri Zawawi said the victim, a college student from Bangi, Selangor, went to the suspect’s salon around 3 PM after being drawn to his offer of free hairstyling services.
He shared that the victim already knew the suspect and was also offered a body massage, during which the suspect started massaging the victim’s thigh.
“The suspect took things further by removing the victim’s pants. The victim, who also works part-time as a performer at Istana Budaya, was then subjected to inappropriate acts by the suspect,” Nazri added.
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The victim found the courage to file a police report
Nazri added that after the massage, the victim quickly left the salon and took some time to calm down before filing a police report.
A police team from the D11 Division (Sexual, Women, and Child Investigations) at the Melaka Police HQ arrested the suspect outside the salon at Taman Tasik Utama around 4:30 PM on January 19.
“The suspect has been remanded until this Sunday and is being investigated under Section 377C of the Penal Code for voluntarily committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature,” he added.
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