Foreign man arrested for alleged sexual assault at Ipoh night market

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A screenshot of the videoshowing police arresting the foreign man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman at the night market in Taman Perpaduan, Tambun on Tuesday. - Photo by reader

IPOH - Police arrested a foreign man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman at the night market in Taman Perpaduan, Tambun here on Tuesday.

Ipoh district police chief Assistant commissioner Yahaya Hassan said the 20-year-old suspect was arrested after receiving a report from the 36-year-old victim.

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"The police obtained the remand order for three days until Friday for further investigations under Section 354 of the Penal code for assaulting a person’s dignity.

"The case is solved with his arrest. The police would refer to the deputy public prosecutor for proposed charges” he said in a statement here on Wednesday.

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A viral 14 second video recently showed the arrest of the suspect who is believed to be the one sexually assaulting a local woman.

The suspect was arrested by the night market organisers before he was handed over to the police.

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