Rapist turns victims into sex slaves
KUALA LUMPUR: Six secondary school students became a taxi driver’s sex slaves for almost a year after he raped them, filmed the act and threatened to make the videos public if they told anyone about it.
The girls, aged between 15 and 17, were passengers the 54-year-old taxi driver took to his house instead of their destination and raped.
He would later call the girls whenever he wanted sexual favours and use the recording to threaten them.
Three students who were unable to bear the torment mustered enough courage to report the matter to the police.
Two victims who were from the same school in Pandan Indah, Ampang, lodged their reports on May 20 and the third victim reported on May 29.
Police are still looking for the other three victims.
The first victim, who revealed her ordeal to a close friend who had asked her why she took the same taxi every time, lodged the first report.
Police then staked out a taxi stand in Jalan Imbi for three days and nabbed the suspect at about 9.30pm on Monday. Based on the video recordings on the cabbie’s phone, police believe there were six victims in total.
Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Com Abdul Jalil Hassan said they believed there was an accomplice who made the recordings. He said the recordings showed the victims screaming, crying and pleading with the taxi driver to release them.
“The suspect’s mobile phone is the most vital piece of evidence,” he said, adding that the first incident took place last August.
He urged the other three victims to come forward to help in the investigation. ACP Abdul Jalil said the suspect would wait outside school compounds for students to get into his taxi. He would then pretend he had an emergency to attend to at home.
Once at his house in Taman Muda, Ampang, the man would force the victims into his house and rape them.The suspect, who has been a taxi driver for 17 years and has no previous criminal records, lived alone.
He has been remanded for seven days until Monday at the Ampang Jaya district police station. The taxi has also been taken to the station.