Published on: Monday, January 18, 2021
By: Bernama
Credit: Malay Mail
KUCHING: Police are investigating an incident in which a 16-year-old girl claimed she was raped by a male detainee while being held at the Miri Police Station lockup on Jan 9.
Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail has given the assurance that a thorough investigation would be carried out to determine whether there are elements of negligence in the case.
“Two police personnel on duty on the day the incident took place have been immediately suspended from their duties,” he said.
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Senator Alan Ling Sie Kiong through a posting on his Facebook page today said that a teenage girl has lodged a police report over the incident.
MP SPEAKS | Heads must roll over rape of child in Miri lockup
Modified17 Jan 2021, 2:12 am
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MP SPEAKS | In the midst of skyrocketing numbers of Covid-19 cases hitting a new high of 4,029, incidents of sexual violations tend to fall through the cracks in the news.
All attention is naturally on clusters, infected communities and how soon can the vaccine arrive.
My biggest fear came true when I read about
the case of a 16-year-old girl who was detained in the police lockup in the Miri Police Station, Sarawak on Jan 8, 2021, as a suspect in a gambling raid.
She was raped while being held under detention under police custody by another inmate the next day on Jan 9 between 4 to 5 am.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 A watchdog group has said today that it was unnecessary for the police to hold a minor in a lock-up for a prolonged period of time, which had then led to her alleged rape by another detainee. In a statement, Eliminating Deaths and Abuse In Custody Together (EDICT) said that.