KUCHING: A bistro worker has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman with learning difficulties.
The 20-year-old suspect was picked up at a house at Mile 19 Jalan Kuching-Serian, Siburan on Thursday.
Padawan deputy police chief DSP Lim Jaw Syhong in a statement here today the bistro worker was arrested under Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape.
Lim said the matter was discovered by the victim’s male cousin who then lodged a police report.
“A mobile phone, a long-sleeved black T-shirt, a pair of printed black shorts, and a pair of light blue underwear have been seized,” he said in a statement today.
It is learnt that the victim had known the suspect for about a year and were living next to each other’s houses.
Lim added that the incident was discovered when the victim’s male cousin saw her coming out from the suspect’s house house.
Suspecting something amiss as he had earlier spotted an unidentified motorcycle at his cousin’s house, he decided to snoop around and his suspicion was confirmed when he saw her enter the suspect’s house before spying on.
“Upon reaching the house, the victim’s cousin noticed that all the doors were locked and the lights were switched off, and he decided to go through a window at the back of the house and saw the victim and the suspect both undressed, and believed that the victim had sex with the suspect,” the statement read.
According to Lim, further investigations showed that the victim had been staying at her cousin’s house since last month because her father was getting kidney treatment at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and her mother was taking care of him.
