Teen girls lured by ‘new flavoured vape’ gang-raped in Malaysia
- Police said four boys and a girl aged 13 to 17 had been arrested in Kota Kinabalu, capital of Malaysia’s Sabah state, following the incident
- The three 13-year-old victims ‘were lured into smoking a new flavoured vape’ and ‘later lost consciousness’, the city’s police chief said
The four boys, who were allegedly aided by a girl in luring the victims, have been arrested following a report lodged by one of the victims on April 27, a day after the alleged incident, Kota Kinabalu City police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zaidi Abdullah said.
“All the suspects, including the girl, aged 13 to 17, were arrested around the city and Telipok Ria in Tuaran district,” he said on Monday.
Following the first report by one of the victims, a police investigation found that her two friends were also gang-raped by the four who were unknown to them, with a 17-year-old girl as their accomplice.
The group has been remanded until May 5 to assist in investigations, Mohd Zaidi said.
Apart from the rape investigation under Section 375(b) of the Penal Code, police are also investigating the suspects for pimping under Section 372(1)(a).
Mohd Zaidi said that in the incident, the five suspects had approached the three victims at a shopping centre in the city and subsequently persuaded them to hang out at their lodgings in Kampung Air.
“While at the house, the three girls were lured into smoking a new flavoured vape.
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“They later lost consciousness,” he told reporters at his Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house.
When the victims woke up in the middle of the night, they found themselves unclothed while the four boys and girl had disappeared, he added.
“All three victims suspected they were raped,” he said, adding that all of them had lodged police reports.
