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Nation 19 Jan 2021
SIBU: The alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl at the Miri police station lockup by a male suspect on Jan 9 should be a wake-up call to all police stations in the country, says a Sarawak lawmaker.
Bukit Assek assemblyman Irene Chang, whose constituency is within the Miri district, said public confidence in the police needed to be restored.
She welcomed Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador s statement that those responsible for the alleged rape would be charged in court.
She also said the police should explain why there was an apparent violation of Child Act 2001 as a juvenile was in a police lockup and no female officer assigned to take care of her.
Monday, 18 Jan 2021 08:44 AM MYT
Sarawak Welfare, Community, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Sri Fatimah Abdullah stressed that a complete probe was needed in order to regain the confidence of the public in regard to the safety of suspects in police custody. AFP pic
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MIRI, Jan 18 State Welfare, Community, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Sri Fatimah Abdullah wants the police to thoroughly investigate the rape of a 16-year-old girl at the lockup of a police station here by a fellow detainee.
Saying she was ‘horrified and astonished’ that such an incident could happen, Fatimah stressed that a complete probe was needed in order to regain the confidence of the public in regard to the safety of suspects in police custody.