KUALA LUMPUR: A 38-year-old American man, wanted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for various sexual offences – including the rape of a child – was detained in Kepong recently.
The suspect, Scott Barry Uchida from Seattle, Washington, was detained on April 21 by the Bukit Aman CID Serious Crimes Division (D9).
Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Seri Abdul Jalil Hassan said the FBI requested for assistance to nab the suspect. The suspect was handed over to the Immigration Department for the deportation process. The process was finally concluded on Wednesday (June 23), where US authorities took the suspect back on a military aircraft for security reasons, he said on Saturday (June 26).
Police on Friday recovered a newborn baby one day after he was abducted from a private hospital in Baldia Town. A woman who bought the baby from the kidnapper was arrested by police. Police said the.
Justice K. Murali Shankar of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court observed that sexual assault upon a girl child is the most heinous, barbaric and savage atrocity
A man who made 46 court appearances over seven years before being jailed for rape was freed on the spot by a judge who castigated prosecutors and magistrates for the delays.