Malaysian Police Arrest 2 Suspected Rapists Of Indonesian Citizens In Melaka, Perpetrators Have A List Of Dozens Of Crimes

PIXABAY ILLUSTRATION

JAKARTA - A team of police from the Criminal Investigation Division (BSJD) of Ampang Jaya District arrested two men in Melaka who were suspected of robbing and raping women Indonesian citizens (WNI).

Ampang Jaya Regional Police Chief, Mohamad Farouk Bin Eshak, in a written statement quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 24, explained that the BSJD team raided a multi-story house in Taman Seri Asahan, Jasin, Melaka.

The team arrested two men suspected of being involved in the robbery and rape of an Indonesian woman.

Farouk said that based on the results of the examination, it was known that the 40-year-old suspect previously had 18 criminal and drug records, including three fugitive records for drug cases.

The 35-year-old suspect has 13 drug-related criminal records, including one wanted for a drug case.

The police team confiscated cash, necklaces, bracelets, vehicles, and clothes used by the suspect at the time of the incident. And has brought the suspect to the Ampang Court for an application for detention under Article 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

On Saturday, August 20, at around 06.50 local times, a female Indonesian citizen (the reporter) and her friend who is also an Indonesian citizen on their way to work were intercepted by two men who allegedly claimed to be immigration officers. The suspects who were driving the Honda City car then said they wanted to check the passports and work permits of the two Indonesian citizens and asked them to get into the car.

The complainant and his friend were then taken to the Serdang area where the suspect took their jewelry and money.

By the two suspects, the reporter was dropped off on the side of the road in the Serdang area, while the friend of the reporter was taken to a hotel in the Balakong area and raped in that hotel. The reporter's friend also made a police report and the case is being investigated by the IPD Kajang police.

When asked whether the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur was involved in handling the cases faced by the two Indonesian citizens, the Coordinator of the Social and Cultural Information Function of the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Yoshi Iskandar, said the embassy was currently investigating the case.