KOTA KINABALU: An Indian national was arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of his 15-year-old worker and attempting to rape her at a sundry shop in the Sinsuran area here.
The 33-year-old suspect was arrested after the girl lodged a police report about the assault at the store of the sundry shop at around 2.30pm last Sunday (March 25).
She claimed that she was tidying up the store on the 1st floor of the shop when the suspect came in and assaulted her with the intention to rape her.
The girl subsequently screamed for help and managed to escape. She returned to the sundry shop, where she continued work as usual until closing time.