Police have arrested a foreign national suspected of attempting to abduct and sexually assault a nine-year-old girl in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, yesterday.

Serdang police chief AA Anbalagan said in the 11pm incident, the girl was playing with several friends near her father’s workplace.

He said the victim’s father later found out that his daughter was taken by a man and immediately lodged a police report.

“A 35-year-old man was arrested shortly after to assist in the investigation,” he said in a statement last night.

Anbalagan said checks revealed the suspect had pornographic material in his possession and did not have valid travel documents.

The man has been remanded for seven days to assist in the investigation under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, Sections 363 and 292 of the Penal Code, as well as the Immigration Act 1959/63.

- Bernama

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