PETALING JAYA: The policeman who allegedly raped two Mongolian women here has been suspended.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said they served the letter of suspension to the suspect on Wednesday (April 22).
“The two victims and three others have been placed under an interim protection order (IPO). “We have taken the investigation paper to Bukit Aman and there are a few instructions that we need to execute before presenting it to the Deputy Public Prosecutor,” he said.
ACP Nik Ezanee was responding to a statement made by Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah and Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lim Yi Wei for the victims and their thee friends be placed under the Whistleblower Protection Act.
“The continued usage of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act may derail the focus of the primary offence, which is rape, ” they were qouted as saying in the statement.
It was reported that police had placed three Mongolian women, two of whom were allegedly raped by a police inspector, at a shelter. Bukit Aman CID director Comm Datuk Huzir Mohamed said the two alleged victims, along with their friend – who helped translate for police – were not placed in lock-up as they were placed under an IPO.
Meanwhile, the two foreign women were allegedly raped by a police officer at a hotel after they were stopped at a roadblock to enforce the movement control order (MCO).
The suspect – an inspector in his 30s – was arrested based on police intelligence and surveillance.
He has subsequently been released on bail. Two alleged Mongolian rape victims filed a suit in the High Court here against a police inspector and a boutique hotel proprietor in Petaling Jaya. The women, aged 20 and 37, whose identities have been withheld as they would be filing for a gag order, sued the inspector for false imprisonment and sexual assault. They also sued the hotel for aiding him to commit the alleged crime.
Legal firm Thomas Philip filed the writ of summons at the High Court.
The women want the court to award special, general, punitive and exemplary damages as well as any other relief deemed fit.
Lawyer Mathew Thomas Philip said this was the first step in seeking compensation for the alleged assault.
“We hope the courts will recognise the irreparable damage suffered by my clients and also the gross violation of trust perpetrated by the accused at a time of national emergency,” he said.
Thomas said he had written to Criminal Investigation Department director Huzir Mohamed to seek clarification about when the inspector would be charged.
“The consulates of Mongolia have placed their trust in our firm to help their nationals and we will work as hard as possible to fulfil this responsibility.”
The legal firm said it accepted a brief from the honorary consul of Mongolia last week to assist in the legal proceedings on behalf of the two alleged victims as well as their three acquaintances who were detained after alerting authorities on the alleged incident.
It was reported that the two women were arrested at a roadblock here on April 10 over claims they did not possess valid travel documents.
The officer allegedly took the women to a hotel where he was accused of raping them.
A 30-year-old suspect was remanded for seven days but was freed on Saturday on police bail.
Petaling Jaya police said they had sent the investigation papers to the deputy public prosecutor’s office in Shah Alam for a decision.
