2007 05: Sisters kidnapped and forced into sex trade

NST online. Local News. 15/05/07

By : Lee Shi-Ian

KLANG: Two underage sisters will never forget March 29, a date that has been seared into their memory for life.

Their ordeal began at 8.30pm that night when they were abducted outside their home here by several men and taken on a terror ride that changed their lives forever.

They were taken to a double-storey house here and raped by their captors.The next morning, the secondary students were forced into prostitution.

For the next 45 days, they had sex with scores of customers at all hours of the day. They could not escape as they were under the watchful eyes of their kidnappers.Their chance to flee came on Friday when their captors went out, leaving them alone in the house.

It is understood that the sisters opened the door and walked out to freedom — but they did not know where they were.

So, they hid in bushes near the house, waiting for cars to come by. A passer-by discovered them the next morning and sent them to the district police headquarters where their statements were recorded.

Police then sent them to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital for a medical examination.

Selangor assistant CID chief ACP Chee Cheng Wan confirmed the incident.

It is learnt that police believe the suspects were locals and are trying to identify them.

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Murder suspect linked to sisters’ kidnap, gang-rape

NST online. Local News. 16/05/07

SHAH ALAM: A suspect arrested for an abduction-cum-murder case has been fingered as one of the suspects linked to the abduction and rape of two sisters.

The sisters had been abducted by a group of men on March 29 while out on a shopping trip.They were taken to a double-storey house where about 10 men took turns raping them.

Between March 29 and May 11, the girls were confined to a room and raped almost daily by their captors.

Last Friday, the sisters escaped from their "prison" and spent the night hiding in the bushes.

On Saturday, a passer-by discovered them and sent them to the Klang police headquarters.

They were then sent for a medical examination at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.

Police now believe that one of those who abducted and raped the sisters is the suspect currently in custody. He was nabbed last week in connection with the earlier abduction-cum-murder case.

In that case, photographer and wedding planner V. Netyanathan and his girlfriend were abducted by a group of men in Banting on April 26.

The woman was believed to have been gang-raped and released the following day, after which she lodged a police report.

Police rounded up several men and one of those nabbed was the suspect, who is now believed to be linked to the sisters’ case.

On May 2, Netyanathan’s body was discovered in Taman Sungai Kapar Indah.

It is believed that the 29-year-old victim was murdered by the group for refusing to disclose the whereabouts of a friend.

A total of six suspects, including a woman, were arrested to facilitate investigations. One of the suspects subsequently led police to the location of the body.