JASIN: A 13-year-old girl’s rape ordeal has come to light when she finally decided to lodge a police report after being sexually assaulted by her foster father yet again.
The teen had endured the constant sexual assaults since she was nine, walked some 5.1 kilometres from her home to the Merlimau police station, to lodge a report of the alleged rape by her 45-year-old foster father.
State Criminal Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner Kamaluddin Kassim said recent rape incident took place at 4.45am on Sunday, when the foster father took the opportunity to rape her when her foster mother, a nurse, was away to attend a course at a hospital in Johor Baru.
“The victim, who was sleeping in her bedroom, was awakened when her foster father carried her to his bedroom.
“He removed her clothing and raped her twice although the victim tried to fight back,” he said.
He said the victim was allowed to return to her bedroom to sleep after the sexual assault.
It is learnt that the victim has been repeatedly raped by her foster father for the past four years in the absence of her family members at their home in Jasin.
The victim, a Form 2 student, has been under the care of her foster family since she was seven while her biological family lives in Kulai, Johor.
Kamaluddin said a seven-day remand order was obtained against the 45-year-old foster father to assist in investigations under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code for rape.
The foster father, an eatery operator, was arrested at his house Jasin on the same day after the victim lodged a police report at the Merlimau police station at 8pm on Sunday.
He added that the victim was taken to the Melaka Hospital for a medical check-up.