Malaysian police hunt Pakistani man accused of child sex abuse

Malaysian police are on the hunt for a foreign man accused of sexually assaulting three boys and a teenager over the past three months in suburbs just outside the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.

The crimes were allegedly carried out in two adjacent neighbourhoods in the city of Shah Alam, a predominantly Malay-Muslim enclave about 30km (19 miles) from the capital.

Police believe the suspect, whose last known address was a flat in the city, is still in the country.

“To date, the number of victims stands at four, all of whom are believed to be students or minors,” Shah Alam police chief Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim said in a statement on Sunday.

Authorities have been on the lookout for the suspect, identified by police as unemployed Pakistani national Muhammad Hassan, since Saturday following four separate reports filed by the victims aged between nine and 19.