BUKIT MERTAJAM, MALAYSIA - An 18-year-old woman was taken on a terror ride and gang-raped by four men early Wednesday.

The men also took pictures of her in the nude.

The woman and her fiance were heading to Kulim when a group of men stopped them in Ara Kuda.

The couple were forced to undress and the fiance beaten up before the woman was pushed into a Mitsubishi Storm and taken on a ride.

She was raped at two places before she was dumped on the roadside.

Seberang Prai Tengah police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Anil Shah Abdullah said 10 men, aged between 20 and 45, had been remanded for six days in connection with the case.

Police are also looking for lorry driver Loo Ming Jong, 23, and car repossessor K. Ramachandran, 38, both from Lunas, Kedah, to assist in investigations.

Those with information can contact the district police headquarters at 04-5382222 or the nearest police station.

Five held hours after gang-rape

The Star
January 25, 2008

BUKIT MERTAJAM, MALAYSIA - Five men who allegedly gang-raped an 18-year-old woman after robbing her and her fiance of their cash and valuables were arrested less than two hours after the incident.

Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Anil Shah Abdullah said police picked up 10 men, including the five who allegedly stopped the teenager and her fiance, in his 20s, as they were riding their motorcycle at Jalan Ara Kuda, Kubang Semang at about 3.40am on Wednesday.

He said the suspects, who worked as lorry drivers and contract workers, have been remanded until Tuesday to facilitate police investigations.

At a press conference ACP Mohd Anil said: "The culprits forced the couple to strip naked and photographed them using a cellular phone camera before taking the girl in their vehicle to Kulim, where they took turns to rape her in separate locations."

Her fiance, who was freed, lodged a report with us within minutes and a police party led by Insp Goh Kay Lun immediately launched an operation to nab the robbers.

He said police were looking for two more men to assist the their investigations.

They are Loo Ming Jong, 23, a lorry driver whose last known addresses are 78, Kg Lama, Lunas, Kedah and 418, Lorong Desa Makmur, 9/3, Taman Makmur, Lunas, Kedah and K. Ramachandran, 38, a labourer whose last known address is 265, Lorong 1/3, Taman Makmur, Lunas, to assist investigations.

Anyone who knows the two or their whereabouts should contact Asst Supt Subramaniam at 019-635 1119 or the district police headquarters at 04-538 2222 or the nearest police station.