Market security guard allegedly rapes teenager
Market security guard allegedly rapes teenager
TANGERANG (JP): Tangerang Police foiled an attempt on Monday
by hundreds of traders at the Cikokol market to burn down the
house of a man who had allegedly raped a teenage girl.
Chief of the Tangerang City police subprecinct, Capt.
Sjamiarso, said that Marsilan, a security guard at the market,
was accused by the residents to have raped the 12-year-old girl
behind a gasoline station on Jl. Sudirman early on Monday
morning.
The alleged rape occurred as vegetable traders in the market
were preparing to return home after working all night.
On their way home, the traders say they heard a female loudly
crying from behind the gasoline station, which is located near to
the market, the officer said.
They found torn clothes there, and allege that at the same
time they saw Marsilan fleeing the scene.
The teenager told the traders that she had been raped by
Marsilan, explaining he had helped her after she had got lost in
the area on the previous night.
The girl, who claimed to hail from Pekalongan in Central Java,
said she was on a trip with friends to the popular Ancol
Dreamland in North Jakarta.
But she became separated with her friends on their way to
Ancol and found herself in Cikokol market.
After having medical treatment, the junior high school student
was taken to nearby Tangerang City police subprecinct for
questioning.
The traders, who suspected Marsilan, searched the surrounding
bushes for him.
After they failed to locate him, they headed to Marsilan's
house, which is located behind the gasoline station.
Unable to find Marsilan, the crowd then attempted to burn down
the house, but they were prevented from doing so by dozens of
Tangerang Police officers.
Sjamiarso said the teenager met the suspect on Sunday night in
Cikokol market. The suspect then asked the teenager to accompany
him during his night's work at the market.
He said in the early morning the suspect tried persuading the
teenager to have sex with him, but she refused.
The angry suspect then raped the victim.
"I was afraid because he threatened to kill me if I cried,"
she said, as quoted by Sjamiarso.
She only dared to cry after the suspect abandoned her at the
scene. (41/asa)