Duo arrested over alleged involvement in rape, robbery of migrant worker

BUTTERWORTH: Two men have been arrested by police over a case involving the suspected rape and robbery of a migrant worker at a hostel in Prai here.

Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Shafee Abd Samad said they were arrested after a police report was lodged by the victim.

"The victim was in her room on the first floor of a double-storey house in Prai when she was awakened from sleep by an unidentified man who put a sharp object on her neck at about 4am on Tuesday (Oct 12)," ACP Shafee said in a statement on Thursday (Oct 14).

He said the suspect was alleged to have raped the victim before escaping with RM200 belonging to the victim.

ACP Shafee said an initial investigation found that before the incident, the victim was sleeping and her room was locked.

"The suspect was believed to have entered the house by using a lever to open the front door of the victim's hostel," he said.

He said the victim was brought to Seberang Jaya Hospital for further treatment.

He said both suspects, who were local and had prior records in criminal and drug offences, were detained to facilitate investigations.

He said the case is being investigated under Section 376 and Section 392/397 of the Penal Code for rape and armed robbery.