An 80-year-old local man was arrested on Monday for sexually harassing a female minor on Avenida da Nordeste(東北大馬路), Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Wong identified the suspect as a man in his 80’s. The victim is a female junior high school student.
According to the victim’s statement to the police, she had been waiting for her mother at the entrance to a residential building on Avenida da Nordeste around 9:40 p.m. last Friday, when someone slapped her on the buttocks. She turned around and saw a man walking away. The victim told her mother, after which they reported the case to the police right away.
The police identified the suspect through citywide CCTV footage. He was apprehended on Friday in Areia Preta (黑沙環區). The suspect denied the allegation and claimed that he did not remember anything about the offence.
The suspect has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), where he is facing a charge of sexual harassment.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows a PSP officer escorting the harassment suspect into a police station.
