Kuala Lumpur- Two persons were arrested here today in connection with the alleged rape of two Japanese tourists in a city hotel last week.
A police spokesman said that the two Malays identified as Rais and Akhbar were being interrogated and will be produced before a magistrate.
The two women had informed the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur about the alleged rape yesterday after which an FIR was filed at the airport police station in the capital.
The Japanese nationals, aged 24 and 25, arrived in Kuala Lumpur on September 16 and left for Kelantan the next day.
In Kuala Lumpur, the women met two persons identified as Sunny, who was conversant in Japanese, and Alias with whom they got friendly.
The men and women had drinks together later in the day and were allegedly sexually assaulted by Sunny and Alias besides one Akhbar, who is said to be the UK-settled brother of Sunny.
The women had given photographs of the suspects and some documents to the police.
There have been several high-profile rape cases in Malaysia lately. The case of the 13 year old Filipino that was allegedly raped while in detention, awaiting deportation as an illegal immigrant.
The case of that Malaysian police officer who was accused of raping two immigrant women while they were in lock-up...
On our latest tourism brochure: "Visit the beautiful country of Malaysia. Deportation and rape are part of the bonus package." or "Be a citizen of this Malaysia. We'll rape you, THEN deport you
In 2006, there were 1,071 reported rape cases in Malaysia. This grew to 1,323 the next year, and the upward trend looks to be continuing. In the past four months, the local media have been reporting at least one sexual assault a day. Last month, a woman and her daughter were raped by her 41-year-old son-in-law. A Dutch tourist was gang-raped at a rubber estate.
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