Rape victim files report

Rape victim files report

JAKARTA (JP): A young woman told police on Monday that she was
raped on Saturday evening by two unidentified men at a house near
the Senen bus terminal in Central Jakarta.

"They threatened me with a penknife. I had a headache at that
time and was very afraid, but when I started to scream, they
mugged me," Darwati, 19, a babysitter, told reporters at the
Central Jakarta Police station.

Darwati said that the men accosted her as she was returning to
her room in a boarding house near the bus terminal. She said the
men took Rp 50,000 (US$7.5) from her purse and left her with only
Rp 1,000.

Darwati said she was taken by force to an empty house by the
men who allegedly took turns raping her before leaving her
unconscious in the house.

Darwati of Ngawi, East Java, said a medical examination at
Cipto Mangunkusumo General Hospital had confirmed the rape as her
vagina showed signs of trauma. "It's still bleeding," she said,
adding that she was afraid and was at first ashamed to report the
rape to police. (01)