Three nabbed over rape, molestation of schoolgirls
Three nabbed over rape, molestation of schoolgirls
JAKARTA (JP): Ciputat Police have arrested three men for
allegedly raping a schoolgirl and molesting another early on
Sunday morning in an abandoned building on Jl. Dewi Sartika,
Ciputat, Tangerang.
Ciputat Police chief Capt. Helvi Assegaf identified the
alleged rapists as high school graduates John Risal bin Ratudin,
21, Iwan Halim bin Hasannani, 20, and Subardi bin Manan, 21. They
all live in Kedaung village, Pamulang.
The rape victim was identified as LP, 16, from Pamulang
Permai. SBS, 18, who lives in Pamulang Barat village, was
identified as the molestation victim.
"Police found the girls naked and crying bitterly at the
abandoned and unfinished Pasar Ciputat housing and shopping
building complex," Helvi told reporters at the station.
"After watching a pornographic movie with the girls at a local
cinema hall, the rapists insisted that they would find an angkot
(public minivan) for them. The girls refused, but were instead
taken to the three-story Pasar Ciputat complex, where one was
repeatedly raped, and another molested."
When residents close to the complex heard female screams, they
immediately searched the building and found a naked girl crying
uncontrollably and wrapped only in a gunnysack cloth. She told
them that she had been raped, and that another girl was about to
be raped on the third floor.
While one of the residents gave the girl a coat, the others
alerted the Ciputat Police, who caught John on the scene. Iwan
and Subardi managed to escape.
Police found a black wallet in the building. The girls'
clothing was nowhere in or around the building.
They brought LP with them to look for Iwan and Subardi at
Ciputat market. They found Iwan there at about 6:30 a.m. He tried
to run away and was shot in the thigh, while Subardi was arrested
at about 11:30 a.m. in the market on the same day.
Separately, in her rundown house, LP told The Jakarta Post she
had gone to the house of her school friend, SBS, on Saturday
night to pick up a watch.
"SBS had borrowed my watch long time ago. She said she
couldn't come over to my place to return the watch, and that I
had to pick it up from her place," she said in a firm voice.
She added that SBS later convinced her to stay over at her
house on Saturday night, where SBS would introduce her boyfriend
to her.
"Her boyfriend didn't show up at the cinema. We were all alone
in this strange place when suddenly three guys showed up," LP
said.
"They introduced themselves and started to talk to SBS in a
friendly manner. They told us a good movie was going to be shown.
"Before we could say yes, they had bought the tickets to a
movie and pulled us into the cinema," LP said.
Titled Permainan Binal (Wild Games), the 10 p.m. movie turned
out to be pornographic.
"So much graphic sex was shown that I held a handkerchief to
my eyes throughout the movie. I wanted to get out, but Iwan kept
holding on to my arm."
They left the cinema, with LP walking in front followed by
Iwan, and SBS walked behind with Subardi.
"When I had walked some distance, I turned round to find SBS,
Subardi and John had gone. I panicked ... Iwan calmed me down and
took me to an abandoned building, some 500 meters from the
cinema," LP said.
Iwan led her to the third floor, where it was pitch dark.
Threatening to throw her from the window, Iwan touched her and
made her undress. She then heard voices from below.
"From the muffled screams, somehow I had this feeling that
they belonged to SBS. I knew we were done for," she said.
"Subardi was the first to hold one hand over my mouth, and
rape me. Jon followed and then Iwan." (ylt)