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Admiral Piett
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Published: Friday January 28, 2011 MYT 4:13:00 PM
Cops tracking down 13-year-old fugitive for sexual misconduct
GEORGE TOWN: A 13-year-old boy, linked to alleged acts of sexual misconduct involving several children at a children's home here, has turned fugitive.
The suspect, a former inmate of the home, is believed to have gone into hiding in Johor.
George Town police chief Assistant Commissioner Gan Kong Meng said Friday, initial investigations revealed the suspect had fled to Johor to escape the police 'heat'.
He appealed to those with information on the teenager to contact the police to facilitate investigations. On Jan 15, police detained a 15-year-old boy from Sungai Petani to assist in investigations on the case but he was released.
Three days earlier, a businesswoman who wished to be known only as Lim, had lodged a police report in connection with sexual misconduct committed on 16 of the 35 children staying at the home.
According to the report, some children were sexually abused, sodomised or molested by some of the home's staff, committee members and volunteers. - Bernama
