PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — The police have arrested a foreign man and seized a wallet and mobile phone belonging to a victim who claimed to have been robbed and raped by the suspect at a condominium in Cyberjaya yesterday.
Sepang district police chief ACP Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the arrest was made following a complaint lodged by a 71-year-old local woman at 12.18am.
Kamarul said the 25-year-old man, who worked at a restaurant, will be remanded tomorrow at the Sepang Magistrate’s Court.
“The case is being investigated under Sections 376/392 of the Penal Code for rape and robbery,” he said in a statement today.
The sections provide for a prison sentence of not less than five years and up to 20 years, along with caning for the rape offence, while the robbery offence carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years, a fine, or caning.
Yesterday, a post that went viral on X (formerly Twitter) claimed that an elderly woman was robbed and raped while waiting for an elevator in the lobby of a condominium, believed to be her residence, in Cyberjaya.
— Bernama
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