Girl, 8, snatched and raped

2009/10/23

By Mazlinda Mahmood

KLANG, Fri: An 8-year-old girl on her way to a grocery store was lured with RM5 before she was grabbed and raped by a man on a motorbike on last night in Sungai Pinang near here.

The girl was walking to the grocery store near her home with her 7-year-old cousin when the man, wearing a helmet, stopped his motorcycle by the roadside and offered the victim RM5 to follow him.

It is understood that when the girl tried to take the money, the man grabbed her and fled, leaving behind her cousin, who then told the victim's parents what had happened.

District police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Mat Yusop when contacted confirmed the incident.

He said the girl was found in Meru, about five kilometres from the place where she was taken at 10.30pm, by a policeman who lived in the area.

"We received a call from the victim's father about 9pm and alerted the police in the area about the missing girl.

"She was found walking in the area in a confused state and was then taken to the Meru police station where she was reunited with her family," he said.

Mohamad said the victim could not remember what had happened after she was taken by the suspect and only remembered waking up in a parked van with the suspect about an hour later.

"At first, we thought it was just a kidnap case but at the police station, the victim complained of pain in her private part when she went to the toilet.

"This morning, she was sent to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) and it was found that there were signs she had been raped," he said.

Mohamad said the victim was unable to describe the suspect as she was still traumatised and could only say that the victim was either a Malay or a Bangladeshi.

"The victim is still receiving treatment at HTAR. Unlike adults, children cannot immediately describe what happened. We must give them time," he said.

Mohamad said the victim's father had lodged another report after the medical check-up and the case would be investigated for kidnapping and rape.