Sex suspect in custody when girl was sent to her mum, say police
An 11-year-old schoolgirl allegedly sexually abused by her father was returned to her mother by the Social Welfare Department while the man was still in custody, Pulau Pinang police said today in answer to a query by an assemblyman. In a statement today, Pulau Pinang police chief Datuk Dennis Lim Kwang Keng ( picture, top ) explained where the girl was taken after her school principal lodged a police report at 11.15am on 16 October, FMT quoted report by Bernama . The police chief’s explanation was made after Berapit assemblyman Encik Heng Lee Lee, in a news report, had questioned why the girl was not placed under immediate protection but instead was sent to a home shared with the suspect. Heng had urged the Social Welfare Department to be more compassionate and flexible when handling vulnerable children and called for seamless coordination among welfare officers, medical personnel and the police. Lim said the girl was placed in the care of her paternal grandmother on 16 Oct...