Hairstylist Arrested For Sexually Assaulting A Teenage Male Actor During Body Massage
The victim had gone to the suspect's hair salon after he was offered a free hairdressing service.
By Sadho Ram — 21 Jan 2025, 01:44 PM
A male hairstylist has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage male actor at his hair salon in Melaka on 17 January
The hairstylist, 41, has been remanded until 26 January to facilitate investigations under Section 377C of the Penal Code for committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature without consent.
According to acting Melaka police chief Datuk Md Nazri Zawawi, the alleged act occurred when the 18-year-old victim visited the suspect's hair salon on Friday after he was offered a free hairdressing service.
"After the hair styling session, the suspect offered complimentary body massage and the victim agreed as he had known the former for a long time," The Star quoted Nazri as saying.
The victim is a first-year student at a skills college in Bangi
At the hair salon, while the hairstylist was massaging the victim's thighs, he took off the actor's underwear and sexually assaulted him, holding his thighs tightly.
The victim, shocked and terrified, left after finishing the massage, reported the New Straits Times.
He took a day to get over the trauma before lodging a police report on Saturday, 18 January.
A team from Melaka's Sexual, Women, and Child Investigations Division then arrested the suspect in front of his premises involved in Taman Tasek Utama, Ayer Keroh, at about 4.30pm on Sunday, 19 January.
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