LETTER | Police work commended, must do more in Miri lockup teen rape case
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LETTER | On Jan 8, 2021, Miri police arrested a 16-year-old girl for alleged involvement in illegal online gambling activities. She was taken to the police station. She was processed and put in the station’s lockup. That night, in the lockup, a male detainee raped her.
On Feb 9, the government charged two police officers involved in the case. According to a report in the
Malay Mail, the two officers “allegedly allowed the cell of a detainee, Zuraini Razzi Ranni, to remain unlocked and to have access to the key of the cell of the victim.”