CID chief: Mongolian women who accused cop of rape kept in safehouse

Federal CID director Huzir Mohamed described the three women who accused a police officer of rape as victims and not suspects.

Commenting on their detention, he said the trio are being kept in a safehouse for their own protection.

"Under the Anti-Trafficking In Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Atipsom) Act, they are victims.

"They are not detained in a lock-up but in a safehouse," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur this afternoon.

Huzir said after investigations under Atipsom are completed, the court would place them under an Interim Protection Order.

According to him, the trio, as well as the two victims who were allegedly raped by the police officer, have overstayed in Malaysia.

"The immigration department can chase them out but there will be issues as during the movement control order, for instance, there are no flights (to send them home)," he added.

According to the women's lawyer, Mathew Thomas Philip, the three had raised the alarm over the alleged rape of the other two Mongolian nationals.

It was reported that on April 11, the police arrested an inspector over the alleged rape of the two Mongolian women.

The police officer was detained at a roadblock in Petaling Jaya.

Philip claimed that the two women were kidnapped during a roadblock on April 9.

The legal team is expected to file an application this week to set aside the protection order, which restricted the three women’s movements.

Philip said the trio do not feel the order is necessary for their protection and want to return to their hometown.

Meanwhile, Huzir said the inspector has been remanded for five days and investigations are still ongoing. - Mkini