11-07-2025
UNHCR cardholder jailed 5 years for sexually assaulting disabled teen
Muar sessions court judge Sayani Nor ordered the accused to undergo two years of police supervision upon completing his jail term. (File pic)
PETALING JAYA : A 23-year-old foreigner has been sentenced to five years' jail and two strokes of the cane for molesting a 17-year-old disabled teenager last week.
Ali Monjur Ahammed, a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees cardholder, pleaded guilty after being charged in the Muar sessions court, Berita Harian reported.
Judge Sayani Nor also ordered Ali to undergo two years of police supervision upon completing his jail term.
Ali, who worked at a sundry shop in Batu Pahat, admitted to committing the offence at his workplace near Jalan Engan at around 6.35am on July 3.
The charge was framed under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which provides for up to 20 years in prison and a whipping, upon conviction.
According to the case facts, the victim's mother lodged a police report after her daughter returned from the shop crying. She was at the store to buy groceries when Ali invited her to go to the toilet with him.
When she refused and tried to leave, he chased and hugged her, causing her to cry out of fear.
Police also found that Ali had previously asked to marry the teen, but that she rejected his proposal.
Deputy public prosecutor Othman Affan Ismail led the prosecution while Ali was unrepresented.
