Penangite Who Used WeChat To Lure Underage Girls And Rape Them Has Been Arrested
He was caught red-handed.
By Sadho Ram — 29 Jul 2018, 06:49 PM
A 37-year-old man, who has reportedly raped at least three underage girls at a shopping mall in Prai since December last year, has finally been arrested on Saturday, 28 July
According to a report in NST Online, the man would molest and rape his victims inside a vacant shop lot on the mall's fourth floor.
He was arrested on Saturday from the mall while he was trying to rape a fourth girl.
He had been using WeChat to lure underage girls
He reportedly would pose as a woman on the chat platform, WeChat, to approach the girls, all of whom were said to be underage according to NST Online's report.
The suspect would then convince the unsuspecting girls to send pictures of their breasts so he could "assess" the treatment needed, Central Seberang Perai district police chief Nik Ros Azhan Nik Ab Hamid said, describing the man as "smooth-talker."
"Once he received the pictures, he would then threaten to post them online and reveal their identities. He would then blackmail his victims into meeting him at a shopping mall in Prai. "Upon meeting, he would bring his victim to a vacant shop lot on the mall’s fourth floor where he would molest and rape them," Nik Ros Azhan added.
File photo of Seberang Prai Tengah district police chief Assistant Commissioner Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abdul Hamid.
Image via NST Online