Submitted by ayu on Monday, November 1st, 2010 Monday, November 1st, 2010 16:02:00
KUALA LUMPUR: An award-winning former Press photographer has confessed to sexual crimes involving at least 10 boys aged between nine and 14 at an unlicensed children’s home here following an investigation by The Malay Mail.
At least three of the boys told city police sexual investigation division officers yesterday they were sexually exploited by the 53-year-old man.
The man, an ex-employee of a newspaper, has maintained he did not sodomise any of his victims.
He is expected to be arrested today.
Sexual crime officers yesterday interviewed nine boys from Rumah Victory – a children’s and youth renewal life centre, off Jalan Klang Lama - following a report lodged by me against the former Pressman on Saturday.
The boys were taken from the home to city police headquarters yesterday afternoon. They were sent back after their statements were recorded.
The remaining boys at the home, where there are 21 residents aged between nine and 16, will also be interviewed to determine sexual and physical abuse.
Police will also question certain centre staff who have also been accused of committing degrading and indecent acts on boys there.
A two-week investigation by The Malay Mail blew the lid off the scandal involving sexual abuse of boys allegedly dating back to 2005.
The ex-photographer revealed he committed the crimes while serving as a volunteer at the boys’ home between early 2009 and July this year.
A student acupuncturist, he claimed the home supervisor often asked him to stay overnight in the centre to take care of the children when all staff were away.
He said he molested two of the boys at his home, off Jalan Kuchai Lama here. He watched a porn movie with one of them before molesting him.
The man also spoke of alleged incidents of Peeping Tom involving one staff who photographed boys bathing and moving bowels.
Allegations of naked photos of boys in circulation also surfaced.
A staff member also allegedly forced a nine-year-old boy to masturbate in front of other children recently.
A donor was also alleged to have been allowed to take two boys on a rendezvous from morning till night against the home’s regulations.
The man also made allegations of drug abuse and trafficking at the centre, which is managed by ex-drug addicts.
The police swung into action following the report lodged by me on Saturday evening at Petaling police station.
In my report, I had asked the police to investigate admissions of a string of sexual abuses against boys at the centre made to me by the man in the course of The Malay Mail probe.
The man turned up shortly after at the same police station on his own accord to have his statement recorded after I informed him that I had made a report against him.
In his statement, he said he was making the admissions as he regretted committing the indecent acts as a volunteer.
He requested for immediate psychiatric evaluation and stated he wanted the children whom he had abused to be taken away from the home and receive counselling.
He also feared he was going to be blackmailed by certain people at the centre who he claimed had photographs and video of him molesting the children.
Police were told he did not record his exploits and the boys were not paid for the sexual favours.
He was then released and the matter was referred to city police headquarters.
Officials of Persatuan Persaudaraan Kristian Rumah Victory, which operates Rumah Victory Children’s Home, are co-operating with authorities in the investigation.
Gay Relationships since the 1990s
THE ex-Press photographer, who is single and a confessed homosexual, was a popular sports and news photographer with a daily in the late 1980s and 1990s.
He told police he had had gay relationships since 1990s and currently worked for one of Malaysia's leading multinational corporations in the information technology department.
He had first gone to the children’s home in December 2008 to enquire whether they wanted old personal computers from his office.
Early last year, he became a volunteer and developed and maintained the home’s website. He also helped out with other chores in and out of the home.
He left the home last September after an apparent misunderstanding with certain staff.
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