Father arrested over sexual abuse of five-year-old

A man has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing his five-year-old daughter.

Police said that the 40-year-old man was arrested under a court warrant yesterday.

The case was reported to the police by the child’s family on Monday.

The suspect is from a southern atoll in the Maldives.

Sun Online has been informed that the father’s actions were exposed when the mother left the girl in the care of another person, while she travelled to Male’.