2007 08: 12yr-old among 6 youths arrested for gang-rape

The Star Online. News. Nation. Saturday August 4, 2007

JOHOR BARU: A 12-year-old school dropout was among six teenagers detained for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a factory worker here.

He and the five other suspects, aged 16 to 19, were picked up in a series of raids soon after the incident occurred at about 11.40pm on Friday.

The 30-year-old victim and a 24-year-old female friend were riding home on a scooter in Taman Nusa Damai, Pasir Gudang Friday night, when a lorry is believed to have overtaken them before forcing their off the road.

The suspects grabbed the victim when she fell off the scooter, bundled her into their lorry and drove off, leaving her friend behind.

The victim was later brought to a secluded area in Pasir Gudang before being gang raped.

The victim’s friend managed to alert the Sri Alam police.

A police task force was immediately set up headed by Sri Alam CID Chief Deputy Supt Mohd Nor Rasid and officers from the state police headquarters.

Combing the surrounding housing estates, they managed to locate the lorry in Taman Nusa Damai and rescued the woman eight hours after her abduction.

However upon seeing the police car, the suspects managed to flee.

Police rushed the victim to the hospital and started their hunt for the suspects, who were picked up in a series of raids around Kota Masai.

State acting police chief Senior Asst Comm I Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said the suspects would be remanded on Sunday.

He said they were being investigated under Sections 376 and 365 of the Penal Code for rape and abduction.

They have been sent to the hospital to have their urine and blood tested for drugs and alcohol.