Guard arrested for alleged rape

Guard arrested for alleged rape

JAKARTA (JP): The North Jakarta Cempaka Putih police precinct
arrested a member of local civil defense for allegedly raping a
domestic helper in the area.

Edi Supangat, 25, was arrested in the morning following a
report made by Tuminah, 21, who claimed that she had been
sexually abused. She said she reported the case upon insistence
of the local people who sympathized with her tragic experience.

Tuminah was seen bleeding in the street the morning after the
rape and her neighbors soon took her to the police office in a
bajaj, a motorized pedicab commonly used in the area.

Seeing that Tuminah was still in deep trauma and that she was
still bleeding, police rushed her to the Cipto Mangunkusumo
General Hospital's emergency unit for medical examination.

Police precinct chief Johannes Loto said his detectives had
picked up Edi from his office for further questioning regarding
the allegation.

Tuminah, who has been working as a servant in Cempaka Putih,
met Edi about two months ago and fell in love; but she soon broke
up the relationship after learning that he was already married.

During police interrogation, Edi denied that he had raped
Tuminah.

He said they had sexual intercourse in the security post after
being enticed by the girl.

"It is not rape, because we did it willingly," he said, adding
that Tuminah got angry after he refused her demand for money to
pay for a trip to her home town in Central Java.(06)