KUCHING: A teacher has been arrested for molesting 13 children aged between 8 and 11 in a school in Niah, Miri.
Sarawak CID chief, DCP Dato’ Dev Kumar said more parents are coming forward alleging that their children were molested after a 26-year-old mother lodged a police report.
Besides the molesting, the teacher also took hundreds of photographs of the children’s body parts he had molested on his mobile phone which was
seized for investigation.
The teacher was arrested last Tuesday morning and is being remanded for further investigation.
He will be charged under Section 14 (a) and 16(1) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act, 2017. If convicted, the teacher is liable to 10 years’ jail and whipping.
