Pakistani man in tears after charged with sodomising, sexually assaulting boys

New Straits Times

23-07-2025

SHAH ALAM: A Pakistani man wept in court after he was slapped with charges of sodomy and physical sexual assault on three male teenagers and a boy between April and June this year.
After proceedings ended, Muhammad Hassan, clad in a cream-coloured kurta and handcuffed in the dock, cried uncontrollably as he spoke to an interpreter in Urdu, saying he wanted to contact his family in Pakistan.
He managed to calm down before he was escorted out of the courtroom by policemen.
Earlier, the 24-year-old unemployed was charged with two counts of sodomy, two counts of sexual assault and one robbery on the four victims, aged between 8 and 19.
The troubled-looking Hassan had the charges against him read out in Urdu by an interpreter, who told the court that he understood and claimed trial to all of it before judge Norazlin Othman.
Hassan was charged with two counts of committing carnal intercourse against the order of nature against the will of two teenage boys aged 15 and 19.
He allegedly committed the offences at about 10.05pm at a forest area next to Jalan Kota Raja in Section 27 on June 26, and at about 1.30pm at a hall in the same area on April 18.
The charges under Section 377C of the Penal Code carries a jail term not less than five years and a maximum 20-years and whipping upon conviction.
He was also charged with robbing the 19-year-old of RM230 and had threatened to cause harm before fleeing the scene.
The charge under Section 392 of the code provides a jail term up to 14-years, with a fine or whipping upon conviction.
On two other counts, he was charged with sexually assaulting a minor aged 8 by hugging him and touching his private parts with sexual intent at a playground at a flat area in Section 28 in early June.
The other charge read he had committed sexual assault by rubbing his genitals on the anus of a 13-year-old boy at 1.30pm at a shrub area near a school field at Persiaran Kuala Langat in Section 27 on May 27.
Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act carries a maximum 20-year jail term and whipping upon conviction.
Deputy public prosecutors Nurul Sofea Jaysal and Ruthra Raj Selvarajoo did not offer bail and asked the court to set a date for document submission.
Hassan, who did not have a legal representation, pleaded through the interpreter to be provided with a court-appointed lawyer.
He had said he did not know how to secure a lawyer while in prison and he has no family and friends in Malaysia that could help him with that.
To this, the judge told Hassan to speak to the case's investigating officer who will guide him on appointing a lawyer.
Norazlin set Sept 23 for mention with the presence of an Urdu interpreter, the appointment of a lawyer and document submission.
On July 9, Shah Alam police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said a Pakistani man wante d for allegedly sodomising and molesting several boys was arrested at Durian Burung in Baling, Kedah just before he attempted to flee the country.
Iqbal said the suspect had gone into hiding in a rubber estate where his friend, a 43-year-old Pakistani man, worked as a rubber tapper.
Police launched a hunt for the suspect after receiving reports of the alleged sexual assaults, involving boys aged between 9 and 19, which took place at Sections 27 and 28 here.
The suspect's modus operandi was to seek help from the victims before taking them to a secluded area, where he would sodomise or molest them.