This is so barbaric it is a very sad and tragic situation. 13 men have been arrested by Malaysian police and are on the hunt for several others following allegations that a 15-year-old girl was r*ped by 38 men in the country’s northern region, Reuters news agency says quoting local media.Astro Awani television and The Star daily reported that the assault took place in the northern state of Kelantan on May 20 when the girl was lured to an empty hut reported to be a local drug haunt.
The men took turns to r*pe her for hours. Police were also investigating whether her 17-year-old friend was
also r*ped.
Media accounts, quoting information from district police chief Azham Otham, said 38 men were involved.
Several of those detained had tested positive for amphetamine, the reports said. The New Straits Times said a man and his two teenage sons were among those detained.
Police said action could have been taken had villagers reported the addicts’ presence.
“It is very disturbing to me that no one in the village was even suspicious when the closest neighbour was a mere 20 metres away,” Otham told The Star newspaper.
The alleged attack, one of several brutal cases this week underscoring the violence to which women are being subjected across Asia, sparked outrage among women’s groups.
Politicians from a Muslim party running the region said their proposal to introduce Islamic hudud law, with harsh penalties, would deter offenders.
Suri Kempe, an official with women’s rights group Sisters in Islam, told Reuters that the frequent number of r*pe cases being reported was “extremely worrying”.
“Boys are being raised in a culture where being masculine means being aggressive, and that it’s perfectly acceptable to use violence to get what you want,” she said in a statement.
Almost 3,000 r*pes were reported to the police in Malaysia in 2012, of which 52 percent involved girls aged 16 and below, according to police statistics.
Convicted defilers face up to 30 years in prison and whipping, but many have called for stricter punishment.
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The men took turns to r*pe her for hours. Police were also investigating whether her 17-year-old friend was
also r*ped.
Media accounts, quoting information from district police chief Azham Otham, said 38 men were involved.
Several of those detained had tested positive for amphetamine, the reports said. The New Straits Times said a man and his two teenage sons were among those detained.
Police said action could have been taken had villagers reported the addicts’ presence.
“It is very disturbing to me that no one in the village was even suspicious when the closest neighbour was a mere 20 metres away,” Otham told The Star newspaper.
The alleged attack, one of several brutal cases this week underscoring the violence to which women are being subjected across Asia, sparked outrage among women’s groups.
Politicians from a Muslim party running the region said their proposal to introduce Islamic hudud law, with harsh penalties, would deter offenders.
Suri Kempe, an official with women’s rights group Sisters in Islam, told Reuters that the frequent number of r*pe cases being reported was “extremely worrying”.
“Boys are being raised in a culture where being masculine means being aggressive, and that it’s perfectly acceptable to use violence to get what you want,” she said in a statement.
Almost 3,000 r*pes were reported to the police in Malaysia in 2012, of which 52 percent involved girls aged 16 and below, according to police statistics.
Convicted defilers face up to 30 years in prison and whipping, but many have called for stricter punishment.
This is too bad,those guys should be stone to death.
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