00:00A 63-year-old snack seller has been remanded for seven days following allegations of assaulting a
00:08six-year-old girl. The remand order under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 was
00:15issued by Magistrate Mazana Sinin at the Jasin Magistrates Court on Monday. It is learnt the
00:21incident came to light around 12 p.m. on Saturday when the victim's grandmother was informed by her
00:27niece about the suspect's suspicious behaviour near their home in Kesang Tua. It is said the
00:33grandmother went outside and saw the suspect kissing her granddaughter on the cheek. She shouted at him
00:38but he ignored her and walked away towards a waiting car with a woman inside. When the grandmother
00:44confronted them, the woman driver allegedly claimed the suspect was an employee, briefly apologised
00:50and then drove off. Later, the niece revealed that the suspect had tried to give sweets to the girl
00:55who refused before he allegedly assaulted her. Following this incident, a police report was
01:01filed and the suspect was arrested on Sunday.
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