He said Selva Kumar, 56, who returned to Malaysia from Canada yesterday, was currently residing in the Klang Valley and that police were aware of his whereabouts.

“We will monitor him. Malaysian law does not allow us to arrest him, but he has agreed to have the police monitor him,” he said to reporters after delivering a message at the Conference of the Heads of the Police Management Department and Training Institutions here.

Khalid said Selva Kumar had provided police with all the necessary details about himself.

Selva Kumar has completed serving a 24-year jail sentence in Canada for 19 counts of sexual assault, 28 counts of administering noxious substances, 10 counts of various assaults and a dozen other charges.

Khalid said the police were also seeking the cooperation of the local community to monitor Selva Kumar’s movements although he reassured the people there was nothing to worry about.

“Right now, there is nothing to worry about. He (Selva Kumar) is free because he has served his sentence (in the country) where he committed the crimes. He is a Malaysian, and is free here,” Khalid said.