KUALA BERANG: Police have arrested a secondary school principal in Hulu Terengganu in connection with several molest and sexual harassment cases after women working as cleaners had lodged police reports.
The 52-year-old suspect was arrested at his house in Kuala Nerus at 11pm on Monday after four women working at the school lodged police reports on March 8 and 9 on the alleged incidents, which allegedly happened during the first two months of the year.
Sources said the four women alleged that an individual had molested them at the school premises and also sexually harassed them by sending offensive messages via WhatsApp.
Hulu Terengganu district police chief Mohd Adli Mat Daud, when contacted today, said police had obtained an order to remand the suspect for four days, beginning yesterday.