Cambodian suspect in toddler rape re-arrested
Bernama
April 18, 2016 00:12 MYT
April 18, 2016 00:12 MYT
Image for illustration purposes only. The suspect was hiding at a workshop in Paya Jaras when he was picked up by a police team about 6pm Sunday.
The police have re-arrested a Cambodian national suspected of raping a toddler in Sungai Buloh, about 46km from here after he was 'released' by two policemen last Thursday.
Selangor CID chief, Datuk 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 Sunday.
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 Monday.
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, two days later.
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.