Girl raped in Kemayoran

JAKARTA (JP): A 16-year-old girl, identified only as VS, was allegedly drugged and raped by five youths last week.

Lt. Col. Murawi Effendi, head of the Central Jakarta police precinct, told Antara over the weekend that the five suspects were all arrested during an operation on Friday.

The five suspects are identified as Kar, 21, Har, 19, Sel, 24, Ir, 20 and Jun, 22, Murawi said. The alleged attack took place in an empty house on Jl. Cepu Timur No. 2B, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday.

The girl told the police that before the rape, the five suspects, who had met her for the first time that night, put six tablets, which caused her to become unconscious, in her drink at a local coffee shop.

"After regaining consciousness, the victim realized she had been raped. Accompanied by local residents, she reported the rape to the nearby police post," Murawi said.

An investigation team was immediately deployed to catch the suspects.

The team confiscated a pair of small scissors believed to have been used to cut the victim's underwear. (hhr)