Garbageman mobbed over rape

JAKARTA (JP): Angry residents of Kebon Manggis in East Jakarta mobbed a garbageman, after hearing reports that he had allegedly raped a 19-year-old housemaid.

Matraman Police Chief Comr. Unggul said that Mrs. Simanjuntak had filed a complaint about the incident that happened to her servant, identified only as SI.

Quoting her statement, Unggul said that on Friday afternoon, Mrs. Simanjuntak was surprised to see the way SI walked, which indicated that she was in real pain.

SI told Mrs. Simanjuntak that she had been given a pill to swallow by a friend, Rachmat, on Friday morning, which she foolishly did, Unggul said.

After swallowing the pill, Unggul said, Rachmat allegedly ordered SI to go to his house, where he would be waiting for her.

At Rachmat's house, which was reportedly empty at the time, Rachmat ordered Siti to take off her gold necklace, and hand it over to him. Rachmat later sexually abused her and then told the woman to return to her boss' home, Unggul said.

"SI told police detectives that during the entire incident, she felt she was not in a conscious state." (ylt)