KULAI: Police are investigating the assault of a 10-year-old girl in a private charity home in Taman Mas, here, by its caretaker who was already in custody for allegedly raping and impregnating another minor under his care.
Earlier, a close circuit television recording of the suspected caretaker canning the child surfaced, days after his Nov 30 arrest for rape.
District police chief Assistant Commissioner Tan Seng Lee said a report was lodged against the 59-year-old man yesterday at 10.29pm, alleging that he had hit the girl with a cane in October.
The case is investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 for exposing a child to danger and causing physical injuries, he said in a statement today.
Johor Women, Family and Community Development committee chairman Khairin-Nisa Ismail has directed that the orphanage be kept under observation by Welfare Department officers while the girl in the alleged rape incident has been relocated out of the home.