Police arrest aide of DAP rep after student claims molest

GEORGE TOWN: A DAP assemblyman’s aide has been arrested for alleged sexual assault of a student.

The aide is said to have molested the 21-year-old college student who worked part-time as a waitress.

The incident was said to have taken place at a carpark of an entertainment outlet in Beach Street on the night of July 6.

The student claimed in her police report lodged the next day that the man who is a former Penang Municipal Council councillor was drunk, and he hugged and kissed her several times when they got to his car.

She claimed that the man, in his 40s, grabbed her private parts, unzipped his pants, demanded oral sex and started masturbating.

She claimed that the man offered her between RM500 and RM700 to spend the night with him but she refused and pleaded for him to stop his advances.

The student said the aide then drove off in his car.

Penang police chief Comm Datuk Chuah Ghee Lye confirmed that the college student was working as a part-time waitress.

A written account of the incident and photographs of the man and victim have since gone viral on social media.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Anuar Omar confirmed the arrest in a text message at about 9.30pm.

The state assemblyman concerned, when contacted, said he would leave the investigations to police.

“He has been my aide for the past two years,” he said, adding that he learnt about the matter yesterday morning through social media.

Penang DAP chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the party would also leave the matter to the police.

“The party will take the necessary action at the right time,” he added.