Former tahfiz school head held over alleged sexual assault of 3 students
Dungun police chief Nik Ab Halim Nik Mat says this follows three reports lodged yesterday.
In Dungun, a 26-year-old former headmaster of a tahfiz school, currently employed as a part-time teacher at a religious institution, has been taken into custody. Nik Ab Halim Nik Mat, the Dungun police chief, announced that the individual was apprehended at his residence in Paka last night. According to Magistrate Ng Yan Ni, the man has been remanded for a period of five days to aid in the investigation of alleged sexual assaults committed against three male students, aged 13 and 14, between April and September of the previous year.
The remand order was issued under Sections 14(b) and 14(d) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 to expedite the probe. Police received three separate reports concerning the incidents on the same day, and initial investigations revealed that all three victims were former pupils of the school in 2025.
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