TAWAU: Police here have arrested a foreigner suspected of raping his 12-year-old stepdaughter at a house in an oil palm plantation in Merotai Besar on March 7.
Tawau District Police Chief ACP Jasmin Hussin said the suspect, 32, was arrested around 9.50pm in a raid on the house last Saturday, less than 24 hours after a police report was lodged by the victim’s family.
He said the victim who had been living with the accused since March 5 told her sister, who lives in Felda Sahabat 20, Lahad Datu, about the rape incident via WhatsApp.
“The victim claimed to have been raped by the suspect on March 7 and was threatened with being beaten or injured if she told anyone about the incident,” he said.
The case is being investigated under Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape and Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act 1959/63 for staying in the country illegally.
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