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Police arrest 33-year-old suspect

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The 33-year-old suspect is detained on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl.

Rape of minor

JULAU: Police have arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly raping a teenage girl resulting in her getting pregnant.

District police chief DSP Andam Sulin Brayun, said the suspect who claimed to be the girl’s boyfriend, was detained under Section 376 of the Penal Code to assist investigation into the teenager’s pregnancy.

He disclosed that on Oct 26, a medical staff in Kanowit Health Clinic reported that a 15-year old girl was 20 weeks pregnant.

“According to the girl, she had intimate relationship with the suspect since February this year, in her longhouse in Pakan.

“The victim’s mother realised that her daughter was pregnant after being told by a doctor from a private clinic in Sibu on Oct 7.

“Following that, she accompanied her daughter to Kanowit Health Clinic on Oct 26 for check-up,” he said, adding that examinations confirmed the victim was 20 weeks and two days pregnant.

Andam urged parents to monitor the movements of their children as rape cases especially involving minors, are alarming.

“Most of the cases detected, happened because they like each other (suka-sama-suka).

“However, when the situation involves a minor, it is categorised as a rape case,” he explained.

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