BATU PAHAT: A tuition teacher has been remanded for seven days to assist investigations into alleged sexual assault involving two female students at a tuition centre here.

Magistrate Aimi Nawwar Mohamad Othman issued the remand order against the 32-year-old suspect, effective today.

Police received a report from the mother of one of the victims, who alleged that her 6-year-old daughter had been sexually assaulted by the suspect.

Initial investigations found that the incident is believed to have occurred between 7pm and 8pm last Wednesday during a class conducted by the suspect at a tuition centre in Taman Bukit Perdana.