2007 06: Daughter tells of family shame

The Star online. News. Nation. Tuesday June 5, 2007

A MOTHER not only allowed her four daughters to be raped by their father and three brothers but also used a bomoh to cast a spell to get them to willingly become prostitutes, reported Harian Metro.

The tabloid said the four teenagers were forced to prostitute themselves to relatives and foreigners in Johor Baru.

They were also beaten, abused, and had spells cast on them if they refused to submit to their father and brothers.

One of the victims, known only as Wani, 19, said she started being raped seven years ago after completing her primary education in Ulu Tiram, Johor.

“While other teenagers were busy thinking about schooling, we were ordered by our mother to sleep with our father and three brothers,” she said.

She added that after her father and brothers were “satisfied” with them, she and her sisters would be forced to sleep with close relatives.

The teenage victim claimed that the mother had threatened to poison them if they resisted.
She said she was “cured” of her mother's spell after she visited a bomoh.

“Although I am now married and live elsewhere, I still get threats from my family,” she said, adding that in the middle of last year, her father and brothers broke into her house and photographed her while she was bathing.

They threatened to put the pictures on the Internet if she did not return home.

She said she had lodged eight police reports to protect herself.