Woman nearly raped after entering wrong car
JOHOR BARU: A woman was almost raped in a bush at Jalan Susur 2, Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, here on Monday when she wrongly entered a car which she thought was the Grab service she booked.
In the 11pm incident, the 23year-old woman received a notification that the driver had arrived and she did not check the car’s registration number before entering the vehicle.
Johor Baru south police chief Assistant Commissioner Shahurinain Jais said the victim was supposed to get a Perodua Bezza car, but instead, she entered the suspect’s Proton Gen 2.
“The victim booked a ride from Jalan Yahya Awal to go to Larkin. After receiving a notification from the Grab driver, she immediately got into the car at the pick-up location without checking the registration number.
“The suspect impersonated a Grab driver and drove off, before the victim realised that he wasn’t using the right route to Larkin.
“The suspect was circling in the same area, so the victim told him off before the suspect stopped his car at the crime scene,” he said, adding that the driver moved to the backseat and slapped the victim for trying to escape.
“The victim managed to escape, but fell on the road. The suspect then pulled down the victim’s pants and released semen, but the victim believed there was no penetration as she did not feel any pain,” he said.
Shahurinain said the suspect left the victim about four minutes later.
“The victim hailed another car and lodged a report at the Larkin Police Station,” he said.
She was taken to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital for treatment, as well as to collect DNA swabs of the suspect. Checks on the victim’s body found no injury.
Less than 24 hours after the incident, police had arrested a Pakistani man believed to be the suspect in the rape attempt.
Shahurinain said the 31-yearold suspect was arrested along Jalan Tun Abdul Razak, here on Tuesday night.
“We also seized a Proton Gen 2, a mobile phone, a black T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans and keys.
“The seized items and the suspect were brought to the Johor Baru south police headquarters for investigation under Section 376/511 of the Penal Code,” he said.
The suspect admitted to have been involved in the case and he had been remanded for six days.
“His urine tested negative for drugs,” Shahurinain added.