KUANTAN, Aug 30 — Three Orang Asli men were charged in the Sessions Court here today with raping a 14-year-old Orang Asli girl two weeks ago.
Rosli Bakar, 29, Helmat, 22, and Murad Ahmad, 26, pleaded not guilty to the charge before judge Shahrul Rizal Majid.
The three of them were jointly charged with gang-raping the girl in a forest area near an old cemetery in Bukit Ibam, Muadzam Shah, Rompin, between 11.15am on August 20 and 7am the following day.
The charge, framed under Section 375B of the Penal Code provides imprisonment for between 10 and 30 years if found guilty.
No bail was allowed as they also faced another charge of murdering the girl.
The court set September 29 for mention.
— Bernama
