Cops nab 20-year-old with thousands of child sexual abuse material

Summary

• A 20-year-old university student has been arrested after police discovered over 5,000 child sexual abuse materials and adult pornographic content on his devices.

• The suspect allegedly sexually exploited two cousins aged four and nine, recording the acts on his mobile phone at locations across Selangor, Pahang, and Kelantan between 2023 and 2025.

• Police say the suspect was also previously charged and fined RM5,000 for similar offences.

A university student was detained after police discovered at least 5,000 child sexual abuse materials and adult pornographic content on his devices during a special operation dubbed Op Pedo.

The New Straits Times reported that some of the content was produced by the 20-year-old suspect himself and involved two children.

Federal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Sexual, Women, and Child Investigation Division (D11) principal assistant director Siti Kamsiah Hassan reportedly said a raid was conducted at 4pm on April 29 based on information obtained through cooperation with Google.

“The operation involved personnel from the Malaysian Internet Crime Against Children unit, the D11 division of Bukit Aman’s CID, as well as the Johor Police Contingent, who arrested the suspect at Pasir Gudang, Johor.

“Checks revealed the suspect was a university student and that authorities found 5,000 child sexual abuse files and adult pornographic materials on his devices, believed to have been downloaded from the internet.

“Further investigations revealed that the suspect had sexually exploited two children, aged four and nine, who were his cousins, and recorded the acts using his mobile phone,” Siti Kamsiah reportedly said, adding that these incidents occurred in Selangor, Pahang, and Kelantan.

Suspect previously charged, fined

NST reported Kamsiah saying that the arrest and the seizure of the mobile phone and laptop were carried out under Section 10 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 and Section 292 of the Penal Code.

She stated that the suspect was charged in Johor on May 22 for possession of child sexual abuse materials and pornography, pleaded guilty to the charges, and was fined RM5,000.

“As for the offence of recording acts with the children at the suspect’s family home in Sungai Buloh between 2023 and 2025, he was charged today in Klang,” she said.

Kamsiah added that investigations into the incident involving the recording of a child bathing in a toilet at a duck farm in an oil palm estate in Maran, Pahang, are still being reviewed by the deputy public prosecutor.

“As for the incidents in Kelantan that took place last year and this year at the suspect’s grandmother’s house, investigations are still under review by the Attorney-General’s Chambers,” she added.

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