2007 08: Ice-cream invitation turns into rape for 14-year-old girl

The Star Online. News. Nation. Monday August 13, 2007

KLANG: A 14-year-old girl who went out on a blind date, made via Short Message Service (SMS), ended up being allegedly raped.

Klang OCPD assistant commissioner Mohd Rodwan Mohd Yusof said the teenager who lives in Kuala Selangor had received an SMS to go out for a good time at a shopping complex on Sunday afternoon.

“Our initial investigations revealed that the schoolgirl met a boy of the same age who also lives in Kuala Selangor. They met at a shopping complex in Sungai Buloh for window-shopping, some vanilla ice-cream and coffee,” he said.

ACP Rodwan added that further questioning showed that the boy had told the girl that he was going to an adopted sister’s home in Kapar and would later return to Kuala Selangor.

“On hearing this the girl accompanied the boy as she did not want him to return to Kuala Selangor alone on his motorcycle. On reaching the house in Kapar, the boy convinced the girl to have sex and they both stayed the night at Kapar. They returned home the next morning,” he said.

ACP Rodwan added that a police report was lodged after the girl related the incident to her mother.

“We have remanded the boy for two days to facilitate medical examinations,” he said.

ACP Rodwan advised parents to keep tabs on their children’s whereabouts and get acquainted with their friends.

In an unrelated case ACP Rodwan cautioned the public to take extra measures to secure their motorcycles or vehicles and not leave their cars unlocked while running errands.

“Last Saturday and Sunday we had 18 reported cases of vehicle thefts. The majority of the cases were due to carelessness where the keys were left in the ignition, parked in dimly-lit alleys and with no alarms,” he said.