Expatriate worker arrested for homosexual activity with mentally ill boy

MALE, May 30 (HNS) – An expatriate worker has been arrested in Laamu atoll Gan Saturday evening for practicing homosexual activity with a 16-year-old mentally ill boy.

Police said the man was arrested from his room in Mathivaradhoo ward of the island.

A person from the island said the man, who is working at a teashop as a cook, abused a boy from a family where five out of the six members are mentally ill.

“He abused the boy after taking him to his room located at the industrial zone of the island… The boy was seen often on the roads. The man abused him after promising him to give a cigarette,” the person said.

“There are people who have seen him [the expatriate worker] taking the boy to his room. They reported the matter to the police.”

Another expatriate worker was earlier apprehended in the island for practicing homosexual activity with a mentally ill boy.

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