TAWAU: A Form Five student was among five people arrested by police for gang-raping a 15-year-old girl on three separate occasions, between June 13 and July 5.
District police chief, Assistant Commissioner Jasmin Hussin, said a report was lodged by the victim's mother. Police arrested the suspects, aged between 17 and 20, at 11am yesterday.
In the report, the victim's mother claimed that her daughter had been gang-raped by the suspects on three separate occasions.
According to the report, the assaults allegedly took place in the victim's room between midnight and 3am on June 13, June 20, and July 5.
"The suspects had allegedly broken into the victim's room before she was gang-raped," he told TV3's Buletin Utama today.
Jasmin added that the victim's mother claimed that her daughter had been frequently harassed by male students at her school prior to the incident.
Jasmin said the suspects had also allegedly threatened the victim that they would expose and spread the news of the assaults if she refused to comply with their demands.
The suspects were produced at the magistrate's court this morning for remand.
The five suspects, except the secondary school student, have been remanded for seven days, until July 16. The Form Five student was remanded for four days, until July 13, to facilitate investigations.