Woman arrested for false rape report<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Bekasi police yesterday arrested a 35-year-old
\nwoman for reporting -- allegedly falsely -- to the local police
\nthat she had been robbed and raped at her house in the early
\nhours of March 10.<\/p>\n
City Police Spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna said here that
\nthe suspect, Siti Aminah, was arrested at her house yesterday
\nafternoon for failing to give proper explanations during
\nreconstruction and police questioning.<\/p>\n
\"We've been suspicious of her from the beginning due to her
\nalibi, and the late report to the police,\" said Bekasi Police
\nChief Lt. Col. Elfrizo Tobing, who was with Iman yesterday.<\/p>\n
Aminah lives in Kampung Sungailahang in the Pantai Harapan
\nJaya village of the Muaragembong district, about 60 kilometers
\nnorth of downtown Bekasi.<\/p>\n
The suspect's current husband, Ijo, 40, is a security guard.<\/p>\n
\"She admitted making up the story because she was distressed
\nabout her former husband, who died of an illness,\" spokesman Iman
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Tobing said Aminah also said that she planned her story
\nbecause she was fed up with her new husband, who she said rarely
\ngave her money and frequently did not come home.<\/p>\n
After getting married to Ijo six months ago, Aminah sold
\nproperty from her former marriage to Abu Bakar Bedu to buy a
\nsmall house where they now live.<\/p>\n
Preliminary police investigations said that Aminah tied
\nherself up with a rope after arranging her appearance. She then
\nscreamed for help, claiming to have just been robbed and raped.<\/p>\n
When her neighbors came to release her, Aminah said that a
\ngroup of three people had come to the house, taking 50 grams of
\ngold jewelry and raping her, Iman said.<\/p>\n
Medical test<\/p>\n
However, the woman refused to take a medical examination when
\nshe was brought to a nearby clinic, the spokesman said.<\/p>\n
A number of witnesses, including the village head, found
\nseveral contradictions in her report to the results of an
\nexamination her body and the scene of crime, officer Tobing said.<\/p>\n
Iman quoted Sarjan, one of the suspect's neighbors, as saying
\nthat after being released from her ropes, Aminah went to her
\nbathroom and apparently poured viscous tamarind juice on her
\ngenitals to give the impression that she had been raped.<\/p>\n
If found guilty, Aminah faces a maximum of seven years in
\njail.<\/p>\n
Aminah reported the case to the police five days after the
\nreported incident, which received wide coverage. The local police
\nalso set up a team to arrest the suspects.<\/p>\n
\"A few days after Aminah's report, we arrested three men we
\nthought were stealing goats near her house,\" Tobing said. \"But
\nthere were no clues as to whether they were involved in the
\nrobbery and rape case at Aminah's house,\" he added. (bsr)<\/p>",
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