Photos posted on Facebook show the suspect kissing the victim on the cheek. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KOTA KINABALU – Police in Malaysia have arrested a 27-year-old diving instructor for allegedly molesting a tourist from China.
In two photos, the diver is seen removing his regulator from his mouth and kissing the tourist on the cheek. Police are investigating the case under Section 354 of the Penal Code “for using criminal force to outrage the modesty of the woman”, he said.Ms Christina Liew, tourism, culture and environment minister of Sabah, told the South China Morning Post on Monday that the incident dented the image of Sabah’s tourism industry just as it was beginning to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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