4 Facts To Know About The 17-Year-Old Kedah Girl Who Was Repeatedly Raped For A Week
Police have arrested a total of seven suspects.
By Sadho Ram — 23 Dec 2017, 03:51 PM
On 21 December, a team from the Kedah police headquarters' D9 Serious Crimes unit rescued a 17-year-old girl who was abducted, locked up and repeatedly raped for a week by half a dozen men
According to Kedah police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mior Farid Al Athrash Wahid, the D9 Serious Crime unit, which was acting on information they received on Monday, 18 December, managed to rescue the 17-year-old on Thursday morning at around 6am.
She was locked up in a single storey house in Kuala Sungai Yan, Kedah.
1. The 17-year-old girl was abducted and repeatedly raped due to her boyfriend's failure to settle his debts with a drug dealer
According to a report in The Star Online, 22 December, the girl was held as a sex slave by the drug dealer, a wanted man in his 50s.
The drug dealer, who is the main suspect, is wanted by police for a litany of criminal offences including criminal intimidation, possession of dangerous weapons, robbery, drug peddling and house break-ins.
"Our initial interview with the girl revealed that she was held for a week and was repeatedly raped by the main suspect and this was supposed to go on until the boyfriend settled the sum owed," SAC Mior was quoted as saying by The Star Online, who added that he believes the boyfriend knew about the abduction of the girl but kept quiet. "We will call the boyfriend in to give his statement."
Kedah Criminal Investigation Department head SAC Mior Farid Al Athrash Wahid.
Image via K.E. Ooi/The Malay Mail Online2. The victim was not drugged during the one week of hell that she endured at the hands of the drug dealer
Only the drug dealer had raped the girl, SAC Mior said based on the preliminary investigation, adding that the six suspects detained together with the man were his friends. All of them work at a nearby workshop.
"The victim is being treated at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital in Sungai Petani and she is reported to be in stable condition," SAC Mior was quoted saying by NST Online.
He said police are also probing on how the girl ended up with the main suspect.
3. A total of seven people have been remanded so far
While the drug dealer, who the girl said raped her several times, has been remanded for seven days from Friday, 22 December, the other six suspects have been remanded for four days to assist with the investigations.
"The remand order was granted by Sungai Petani magistrate's court", SAC Mior said adding that the case is currently being investigated under Section 376 and 342 of the Penal Code for rape and wrongful confinement.
