KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA - A teenager threatened to slap a 14-year-old schoolgirl before raping her at the staircase of a shopping complex in Chukai near here on Sunday.

The girl reported to police that she followed her friend to the shopping complex at 2.15pm and when they were at an isolated spot in the complex, her friend demanded sex and threatened to slap her if she refused.

State CID chief Asst Comm Mohd Fauzi Abduri said the girl claimed she had initially refused to give in to her friend's demand but was afraid that he would assault her and relented.

He added the girl lodged a police report at the Chukai police station at 3.25pm.