PONTIAN, MALAYSIA: A 25-year-old woman who forgot to lock the front door of her house in Taman Megah was raped by an intruder yesterday morning.

The woman woke up about 1am to find a masked man in her bedroom. After raping her, the man, believed to be in his 20s, robbed her of cash and valuables.

She lodged a report at the Pontian district police headquarters. She said just before she went to bed, she had gone out to check on her laundry that was drying in the garden.

New Straits Times/Asia News Network