The 15-year-old girl who allegedly offered sexual services online through the Telegram app has been placed under the care of the social welfare department’s care.
Kelantan police chief Yusoff Mamat said this was in view of the girlr’s age, background and need for protection as well as counselling.
He said preliminary investigations found that she had started offering the services after going through a difficult time and experiencing great stress, Bernama reported.
He added that the girl had been staying with her father in Pasir Puteh ever since he and her mother divorced.
“We do not dismiss the possibility that someone took advantage of the teenager’s hardships to teach her how to use Telegram to (offer the service and) look for customers.
“This case cannot be approached with a narrow mindset that it’s purely a criminal act. Instead, it requires a holistic rehabilitative approach,” said Yusoff.
A 43-year-old woman had lodged a police report after her eldest daughter informed her that the teenager was offering sexual services on Telegram.
