Father rapes young daughter

JAKARTA (JP): Police arrested a man Thursday for allegedly raping his 11-year-old daughter at his house in Ciputat, Tangerang, some 25 kilometers south of here.

South Jakarta Police Detective Rycko A. Dahniel said Thursday that they arrested Teguh Krisdianto, 36, after the girl and her aunt reported the rape.

"We are still questioning him," Rycko said.

The girl, identified only as AR, a sixth-grade elementary student, told her aunt that her father raped her twice, once in the bathroom and then in a bedroom.

"I told my mother he raped me, but she did nothing because she is afraid of my father. He said he would beat me if I told anyone he raped me," she said in tears.

The girl ran away from home Wednesday, to her aunt in the Kebayoran Lama area, South Jakarta.

AR's aunt, Yusnita, reported the rape to the South Jakarta Police precinct Wednesday. Thursday AR went with her to the precinct for questioning.

The suspect works at a garage on Jl. Raya Ciputat. AR is his only child. (jun)