Cop Threatens To Rape 21-Year-Old When She Refused To Answer His Questions
Maisara Amira, who was arrested and remanded for four days following the anti-GST rally on 1 May, claimed that a police officer had threatened to rape her, have it recorded on tape, and sell it when she remained silent during interrogations.
Cover image via The Rakyat Post
On 12 May, 21-year-old Maisara Amira called a press conference at the Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (Empower), claiming that a plainclothes police officer had threatened to rape her after she was arrested over the anti-GST rally on 1 May
Image via The Star Online
Maisara, who was the only female among the 23 youths detained for four days over the anti-GST rally, alleged that the police officer also threatened to record the rape on video and sell it when she refused to answer his questions.
Maisara further elaborated that the policeman tried to compromise by offering her a chance to talk to a female officer. Otherwise, he will take matters into his own hands.
Maisara is not able to identify the policeman by name, as he was not wearing a uniform nor any form of identification when the incident took place. She also expressed that the incident had left her "traumatised" and "very scared".
Image via Kamariduan Mohd Nor / The Sun Daily
Maisara lodged a report at the Petaling Jaya police headquarters on 8 May. Strangely, she was asked to record her statement at Dang Wangi police station, where the alleged threat took place.
In response, one of Maisara's lawyers G. Sivamalar demanded that the case to be investigated by an independent and unbiased team instead of the Dang Wangi police.
Image via Kamles Kumar / The Malay Mail Online
On 13 May, IGP Khalid Abu Bakar confirmed that investigations into Maisara's report has been taken over by a team from the Kuala Lumpur police headquarters. Maisara has also recorded her statement at the Kuala Lumpur district police contingent headquarters.
Empower executive director Maria Chin Abdullah criticised the officer for resorting to such shameful tactics to force information out of a female detainee, despite the police having been trained by women's groups on how to deal with rape cases.
Image via The Malay Mail Online
Puchong MP Gobind Deo Singh also expressed his surprise on the case being initially assigned to Dang Wangi. He also called on the police to restore public confidence of police stations as a place of safety to prevent such an incident from happening again.
Image via The Malaysian Insider
Meanwhile, an online petition addressed to PM Najib Razak and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has been created, urging for the police officer in question to be brought to justice and terminated for his unprofessional behaviour while on duty
Image via Change.org
The petition, created by Jason S. Ganesan, is hosted on [Change.org](https://www.change.org/p/najib-razak-investigate-and-charge-policeman-over-rape-threat).
