'Job interviewer' serial rapist nabbed
KUALA LUMPUR: The serial rapist who lured his victims by offering them lucrative salaries and setting up "job interviews" has been nabbed.
Police arrested the 29-year-old salesman about 3am in a house in Section 27, Shah Alam, near here, Wednesday.
City CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah said initial investigations revealed that the man was involved in at least five rape cases in Klang Valley.
He said three cases were reported here and two in Selangor.
"We believe more women have fallen prey to his 'staged' job interviews but did not lodge reports," he told a press conference here.
His activities came to light after police received reports from two victims who claimed they were raped and robbed during a "job interview."
It was reported that the man would ask his intended victim to a budget hotel in the city to attend the "interview" after she applied for a sales promoter job through a website.
In a replied e-mail, the victim would be offered RM400 per day for the job by the suspect.
The victim was then asked to meet the "interviewer" in a room at the hotel.
SAC Ku said the man would ask the victim to register the hotel room under her name to avoid his name being used.
"He would tell the victims that he had left his identity card at home and could not register," he said, adding that the man was home alone when police raided his house.
Initial investigations also revealed that the man had raped a 19-year-old in 2010 using the same modus operandi.
He also would convince the victims to bring along their valuables such as laptops, mobile phone and cash during the staged interview.
The suspect has been remanded to facilitate in investigations under Section 376 for rape and 392 for robbery.
Summary of the article
The serial rapist
that was loose for a few years has finally been caught by the police. He was caught in a house in Section 27, Shah Alam at 3am. The rapist was a 29-year-old salesman that lured his victims by offering them rewarding salaries and setting up "job interviews". Investigations revealed that the man was involved in at least five rape cases in Klang Valley. Police believed that more women have fallen prey to his 'staged' job interviews but did not lodge reports. He was revealed when police received reports from two victims who claimed they were raped and robbed during a "job interview." According to reports, the man would get his victim to a budget hotel in the city to attend the "interview" after she applied for a sales promoter job through a website. The victim was to register the hotel room under her name to avoid his name being used as he would tell the victims that he had left his identity card at home and could not register. He would also convince the victims to bring along their valuables such as laptops, mobile phone and cash. Currently, the suspect is returned to custody for investigation under Section 376 for rape and 392 for robbery.
Opinion
From my perspective, people especially women really need to be careful when they apply jobs online. They should really find out every details about the jobs offered online to avoid being conned and in more serious cases, raped or sold off to other countries to be prostitutes. The people can find out more about the details of the job by asking what the company of the job is and search on it in the Internet. To be more accurate, go to the website of the company and searc for the interviewer's name or call up the company to confirm about the existence of the job offered.
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