15-year-old gang raped by 38 men

38 men gang-rape Malaysian teenage girl

Malaysian police have detained 13 men and are
still looking for other suspects following
allegations that a 15-year-old girl was raped by
38 men in an abandoned hut, a report said on
Friday.
The media reported that the assault took place in
the Northern state of Kelantan on May 20 when
the girl met a girlfriend and was lured to an
empty hut reported to be a local drug haunt.
It said that the men took turns to rape her for
hours.
Police said they were also investigating whether
her 17-year-old friend was also raped.
Report says the alleged attack, which is one of
several brutal cases this week underscoring the
violence to which women are being subjected
across Asia, sparked outrage among women.
Politicians from a Muslim party running in the
region said that their proposal to introduce
Islamic hudud law with harsh penalties would
deter offenders.
State and federal police officers either declined
comment or could not be immediately reached.
Media accounts, quoting information from district
police chief, Azham Otham, said that 38 men were
involved in the crime.
The reports said that several of those detained
had tested positive for amphetamine.
It added that a man and his two teenage sons
were among those detained.
However, 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,” police
chief, Azham said.
According to police statistics, almost 3,000 rape
cases were reported to the police in 2012, of
which 52 per cent involved girls of 16 and below.
Convicted rapists face up to 30 years in prison
and whipping, but many on Internet sites wanted
stricter punishment.