HaveeruA man suspected of sexually abusing several boys in Noonu atoll Manadhoo has been arrested.
Speaking at a press conference held at the Police Headquarters last Thursday, the Head of Family and Child Protection Services, Inspector Mirufath Faiz, said that they had arrested Ahmed Hassan, 31, of Shabnam / Noonu Manadhoo, earlier this month on suspicion of having sexually assaulted six underage boys.
Mirufath said that the children who had been abused were not related to Hassan in any way, and added that Police were investigating the possibility that there were more victims. Police said that the man was also known to have sexually abused a young girl from the island on several occasions previously.
The Head of the Family and Child Protection Services said that they had also arrested another man suspected of sexually abusing two girls in Meemu atoll Mulaku. The man had been banished to Mulaku after being convicted of sexually abusing a child, Police said.
Police said that the punishment for convicted child molesters before the year 2007 had been banishment to another island, essentially giving the predators fresh hunting grounds. They said that it was necessary to investigate such cases and find out of if the convicted pedophiles had victimized anyone else while serving their sentence. Convicted pedophiles are now sentenced to jail.
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