2007 06: Two rape incidents in Johor Baru, just six hours apart

The Star online. News. Nation. Thursday June 21, 2007

By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

JOHOR BARU: A schoolgirl was raped by four men and another by a bogus policeman in two separate incidents within a six-hour period.

In the first incident, a 16-year-old schoolgirl who had quarrelled with her boyfriend went to calm her feelings at a lake in Taman Tasik Dahlia, Pasir Gudang, at about 12.30am here yesterday.

Four men on motorcycles turned up, started harassing her and forced her on to one of the motorcycles.

They then took her to a secluded area near some factories in Tanjung Langsat and took turns to rape her.

After that, they dropped her off at the lake and fled.

The victim flagged down a taxi to get home and later lodged a police report.

A police source said they are looking for the men aged between 20 and 30.

In the second incident, a 14-year-old schoolgirl and her 13-year-old brother were waiting for the school bus in Tampoi at 6.30am yesterday when a man drove up to them and identified himself as a policeman.

He told them to get into his car and demanded their MyKads.

When they could not produce the cards, the man took the siblings back to their house in Taman Johor.

However, when the girl’s brother went inside to get the identification cards, he sped off with the girl.

The man took the girl to a secluded area in Technology Park in Senai and raped her and left.
The girl managed to hail passers-by who took her home.

She lodged a report at the Tampoi police station at 9.30am, and was sent to Sultanah Aminah Hospital for a medical check-up.

Police urged anyone with information on both cases to contact the police hotline at 07-221-2999 or the nearest police station.

Serious crime appears to be on the upswing.

On June 12, three men raped a 19-year-old girl and forced her 22-year-old boyfriend to watch.
The following day, a group of armed men took a couple on a terror ride before raping the 35-year-old woman in the presence of her friend, who was slashed.

On Monday, an unemployed man and his seven-month pregnant wife were found murdered in their home in Taman Desa Anggerik in Seremban.

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Two more fall victim to brutal rapists
NST online. Local News. 21/6/07

JOHOR BARU: Two girls, one 15 years old and the other 16, yesterday became the latest victims in a rash of brutal rapes over the past two months.

In the first incident, a 16-year-old was abducted by four men on motorcycles from a park in Taman Tasik Dahlia about 1am. The men, in their 20s and 30s, took her to a secluded spot at Tanjung Langsat, some 20km away, where they took turns to rape her. They then sent her back to the park, where she caught a taxi and went home. She lodged a report the next morning, police said.

About five-and-a-half hours later in Senai, the 15-year-old was taken to the sewerage treatment plant in Taman Teknologi Skudai and brutally raped.

The Form Three student and her 13-year-old brother were waiting in Jalan Ledang for their bus to school when a man claiming to be a police officer stopped and asked for their identity cards.

When the pair told him they had left them at home, he told them to get in the car to go to collect them.

During the drive, the suspect, in his 30s, began asking the girl inappropriate questions about herself. When they arrived at the children’s Tampoi home, he told her brother to go into the house and get the ICs. He then sped off with the girl.

At the plant, he held a knife to her neck and brutally raped her. Her school uniform was ripped off and she was slapped, punched and bitten. After forcing himself on her, the man gave her his jeans and T-shirt and took off, said police.

The girl was picked up by two women on the main road who took her home after calling her mother on a mobile phone.It is learnt that the girl’s mother had called the school to check whether her daughter was there. It is said the teacher took more than half-an-hour to call the mother back. And when it became clear the girl was missing, the teacher did not immediately call the police, but went to the girl’s home to ask for more information. A police report was lodged at the Tampoi police station several hours later. The girl said the man had curly hair and tanned skin.

The two rapes come on the back of a demonstration on Sunday, in which residents voiced their anger over a rash of robberies and gang rapes over the past two months.

In response, police have said the public should alert them to suspicious behaviour or crimes through their hotlines or via text messaging.