Cambodian suspect in child’s rape case re-arrested

Policemen, who initially freed the suspect because the victim's mother refused to lodge a police report, have been suspended from work.

KAJANG: Police have re-arrested a Cambodian national suspected of raping a toddler in Sungai Buloh, 46km from here, after he was “released” by two policemen last Thursday.

Selangor CID chief Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the suspect was hiding at a workshop in Paya Jaras when he was picked up by a police team about 6pm yesterday.

He was speaking to reporters after a ceremony involving the handing over of duties of the Kajang police chief at the district police headquarters here today.

On Thursday, the public apprehended the foreigner and handed him over to two policemen in a patrol car in connection with the rape of the four-year-old girl in Kampung Kubu Gajah, Sungai Pelong.

Two policemen who allegedly freed the suspect at the Sungai Pelong police station were suspended for not complying with the standard operating procedures.

It was learnt the policemen freed the suspect because the victim’s mother refused to lodge a police report, among others.

On the same day, a police report was lodged by a government hospital doctor after examining the toddler who complained of pain in her private parts.

Earlier, outgoing Kajang police chief ACP Willey Richard handed over the baton of office to his successor, ACP Othman Nanyan.

– BERNAMA