[Straits Times] WHENEVER a young girl buys groceries at their store, the shopkeeper and his assistant would hold the child's hands when she pays for her snacks or drinks.Three girls have complained that the foreigners would sometimes fondle their breasts and touch their buttocks whenever they visit the shop, which is close to their school in Mawai, near here.
The two men, aged 27, are believed to have molested 12 girls since last October.
Police incarcerated the two after the children - aged between 11 and 12 - complained about the incidents to their school teacher.
'The girls were initially afraid to report the matter but eventually summoned up enough courage to tell their teacher about it,' Kota Tinggi deputy OCPD Deputy Supt Muhammad Shamsudin said. He said the latest incident occurred on March 15.
DSP Muhammad said the shopkeeper from India and his assistant from Pakistain had been manning the shop for about four years. He said the schoolgirls usually visited the shop during lunchtime.