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17April 2017
On 27 March, it was reported that the Thai masseuse retracted her claim. Nevertheless, the immigration officer has been charged with rape.
malaysiakini.comVerified account @malaysiakini
Immigration officer charged with rape of Thai woman
An immigration officer claimed trial in the Alor Gajah Sessions Court today to two sex-related charges and one criminal intimidation charge, involving a Thai woman.
Frankie Chua Siong Kiat, 30, is accused on the first charge, of raping the woman at the immigration depot at Machap Umboo on March 9 this year, between 1pm and 1.15pm.
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On the second charge, Chua allegedly forced the woman to perform a sex act on him against the order of nature, as charged under Section 377C of the Penal Code, which carries a minimum five years and not more than 20 years’ imprisonment on conviction.
He is accused of committing the offence at the same place, date and time.
On the third charge, he is accused of criminal intimidation against the woman at the same place, date and time, as charged under Section 506 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum imprisonment of two years or a fine or both, on conviction.
Judge Wan Mohd Norisham Wan Yaakob set RM12,000 as bail with one surety for each charge and fixed May 8 and May 9 to record the alleged victim’s statement and to engage a Thai interpreter for the case.
– Bernama
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/379434
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27 March 2017
She now retracts her claims!
The Thai masseuse had claimed rape by an immigration officer who did not use a condom and that he forced her to perform oral sex at the Machap Umboo detention centre in Alor Gajah.
27 March 2017
malaysiakini.comVerified account @malaysiakini
Thai woman tells embassy sexual assault did not occur
A Thai woman who alleged she was raped by an immigration officer in Malacca has told the Thai embassy in Malaysia the incident did not occur.
According to Thailand’s Foreign Ministry, the 32-year-old woman denied sexual assault took place as was previously alleged, as well as the accusation regarding the use of separate room for recording a statement.
“The Thai embassy (in Malaysia) was informed by the Thai woman that there was no sexual assault and no closed-door questioning in a separate room as was recorded in the report,” said the ministry in a statement released in Bangkok.
Officers from the Thai embassy visited the woman on March 23.
The ministry also said the Thai woman and her three other Thai friends had been transferred to a women’s shelter in Johor, in accordance with an order issued by the court under Malaysia’s human trafficking law.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/377201
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27 March 2017
New Straits Times @NST_Online
Malacca immigration officer at centre of rape charge released on police bail
MALACCA: An immigration officer at the centre of a rape investigation involving a Thai masseuse, was released on police bail after his three-day remand ended today.
Malacca Criminal Investigation Department chief Assistant Commissioner Kamaluddin Kassim said the officer was released after Magistrate Nor Azizah Yusof denied extension on his remand order, applied by the police, at the Alor Gajah court yesterday.
“Investigations are still ongoing on the immigration officer and several witnesses will be called in to have their statements recorded.
“Once our investigation is completed, we will submit the investigation paper to the deputy public prosecutor to obtain advice on the next course of action,” he told the New Straits Times today.
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25 March 2017
Malay Mail OnlineVerified account @themmailonline
Immigration officer held over depot rape case
MALACCA, March 25 — Police arrested an immigration officer at his office here yesterday in connection with the case where a Thai woman claimed that she was raped at the Machap Umboo Immigration Depot earlier this month.
Malacca deputy police chief, Datuk Ruslan Hasan said police picked up the 31-year-old suspect at the Melaka Immigration Office here at 5.30pm.
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The 32-year woman had claimed that an immigration officer at the depot had raped her when recording her statement.
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22 March 2017
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Thai masseuse says she was raped by immigration officer in Malacca depot
MALACCA: A Thai masseuse claimed she was raped by an immigration officer and forced to perform oral sex on him at the Machap Umboo detention centre in Alor Gajah, earlier this month.
The incident came to light when the 32-year-old woman told her sister, 28, about her ordeal.
Speaking to the press yesterday, the victim’s younger sister said she and a friend had gone to the massage centre in Melaka Raya on March 7 to meet up with her sibling, who worked there.
However, immigration officers raided the centre at 11pm.
Both sisters as well as three female workers were rounded up and brought to the immigration depot the following day.
The following day, the five were brought to the Machap Umboo immigration depot.
“We each had our statements recorded separately. My sister was the first to enter the questioning room.
“She spent about 15 minutes in there. When she came out, she appeared furious.
“When I asked her why, she told me that she had been sexually assaulted,” claimed the woman.
She claimed her sister told her that the immigration officer had demanded a massage, and then forced himself on her without a condom. He also forced her to perform oral sex on him.
“My sister vomited as a result,” she claimed.
“I was eventually released after I showed proof that I had valid documents,” added the woman, who is married to a Malaysian.
Her 34-year-old husband, who is from Seremban, was also present at the press conference.
Furious over the sexual assault against her sister, the housewife lodged a report at the Melaka Tengah police station.
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Star Online
22 March 2017 | MYT 10:20 PM
Holes emerge in Thai masseuse’s rape claim against Immigration officer
MALACCA: Holes have emerged in the police report of a 32-year-old Thai masseuse who claimed that an Immigration Department officer raped her at the Machap Umboo detention centre in Alor Gajah.
It is learnt that investigation officers are probing every angle after the masseuse provided conflicting details on Wednesday night.
Her 28-year-old sister from Taman Permai, Seremban only lodged a police report at the Melaka Tengah station on March 21 at 12.50pm although the incident allegedly occurred on March 9.
Malacca CID chief Senior Asst Comm Kamaluddin Kassim said the ongoing investigation would cover all possible angles to be fair to all parties.
He said it was premature for him to say if the report was lodged in bad faith and aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the immigration officer.
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