Doctor previously nabbed for molesting patients arrested again for fourth time
It is learnt that the doctor had previously been detained several times for indecent behaviour at a hospital in George Town.
Southwest district police chief Assistant Commissioner Sazalee Adam said the 43-year-old doctor was arrested within the district police headquarters' compound at 8pm last night after being asked to come in to assist with the investigation.
"We received a report from a woman who claimed that at 11.46am on June 29, she sought treatment at a private clinic in Bayan Baru for abdominal pain.
"While in the examination room, the attending doctor instructed the victim to remove her shirt and proceeded to touch both of her breasts.
"Dissatisfied with what had happened, the victim lodged a police report on July 18," he said when contacted.
Sazalee said that following the arrest of the doctor, police confiscated his mobile phone to assist with the investigation.
Meanwhile, acting state police chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin confirmed that the doctor in question was the same person who had previously been arrested for indecent behaviour involving female patients.
He said the man has been remanded for three days until July 23 to assist with the investigation.
The case is being investigated under Section 354 of the Penal Code.
Previously, it was reported that the doctor had been detained three times after being accused of indecent behaviour at a hospital and two private clinics in the northeast district, involving three female victims.
The doctor had allegedly tricked the victims into removing their clothes and running in place under the pretext of further treatment before being suspected of taking photos of their bodies with his mobile phone during the examinations.
Police are also investigating the man under Section 509 of the Penal Code and Section 14 of the Minor Offences Act 1955.
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