Friday, July 10, 2009

Teen raped, rescued, then kidnapped again

SHE had been in hospital for just a day after being rescued from her rapist when she was kidnapped again.

The 15-year-old girl, who was later released by her captors, claimed that they were members of a gang which her rapist belonged to, reported Harian Metro.

Her nightmare was said to have begun on Sunday when she left her house in Cheras, Selangor, at about 5pm.


Her mother said shortly after that she was unable to contact her daughter, the sixth of nine children.

The teen later told police that she was held captive by a man named Hairi, in his 30s. He kept her in an undisclosed location.

But her mother managed to find and rescue her. Harian Metro did not explain how the rescue came about.

The mother and girl then lodged a police report. The teen was later sent to Kajang Hospital for treatment on Monday.

But while resting in her hospital bed, the girl said a man in his 20s visited her around noon and threatened to harm her if she did not obey him.

The teen told Harian Metro on Tuesday that the man handed her a set of clothes and ordered her to change into them.

Said the girl: 'At that time, there were no nurses around. I was scared, so I just did what I was told.'

She said they then left the hospital by getting out through a ground-floor toilet window.

Waiting car

She was then bundled into a Proton Wira that was parked near the hospital entrance.

She said: 'I was taken to a nearby village in Sungai Lui and led to a pondok (shack). Inside, there were six other people whom I did not know.'

She said that three of them were men and the other three, women, all between 20 and 30 years old.

The girl continued: 'They threatened to kill me and my family members if I did not retract the police report I had lodged earlier. I was kept in the shack overnight.'

Around 8am the following day, she alleged that she was threatened again and she caved in.

'An hour later, one of the suspects took me to the police station in Kajang to retract my report,' she said.

But at the station, the police detained her and contacted her anxious family members.

The girl's mother was said to have fainted and remained unconscious for half an hour when she had learnt that her daughter was missing from the hospital.

The 40-something woman was overcome with emotion when she was reunited with her daughter.

When contacted, police confirmed that a report had been lodged about the rape.

Said Kajang district's police chief, Superintendent Toha Abdullah: 'We have detained a suspect in the rape case and will interrogate him according to the law.

But Supt Toha declined to confirm the girl's kidnap allegations.

He said: 'The girl appeared at a district police station on Tuesday and she has been sent back to the hospital for further treatment.

'The welfare department has taken over the care and safety of the teenager.'

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