A British tourist who once claimed to have had a sexual encounter with a member of the Taliban has been charged at the magistrates’ court here with using criminal force to outrage the modesty of an Indonesian man.
Adekoya Oluwatoyosi Osideinde, 30, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read before magistrate Shahril Anuar Ahmad Mustapha.
He is accused of touching the genitals of the 47-year-old victim in a hotel room here at about 8.34am on Aug 2.
Deputy public prosecutor Lim Leong Hui appeared for the prosecution while the accused was represented by R Sivaraj.
Sivaraj asked the court to set a lower bail, saying his client was an independent wealth consultant supporting his 70-year-old mother, who suffered from diabetes and a heart condition.
He also noted that the sessions court here had set bail of RM5,000 for the accused in a separate drug-related case.
Shahril set bail at RM6,000 with two sureties and fixed Oct 3 for mention.
In April, several foreign media outlets reported that Adekoya was an “extreme tourism” enthusiast who had visited 69 countries including Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Belarus.
He claimed to have used an online dating application to find men to date, and to have had sex with a Taliban member in a hotel room during a trip to Afghanistan in 2023.
