Teenage Girl Allegedly Raped by Man She Met on Facebook

A 15-year-old girl from East Jakarta was allegedly raped by several men on Saturday night, after the teenager decided to meet with a man she met on Facebook.

Sr. Comr. Mulyadi Kaharni, chief of the East Jakarta Police, said 14 men were arrested on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the rape case. He said six people had already been questioned while the rest were serving as witnesses.

The man who befriended her on Facebook, who has not been identified, was charged as a suspect.

“We don't think they all did it [the rape] we are still studying the case, let's wait until they are all questioned,” he said.

The junior high school student decided to meet with a man she met on Facebook on Saturday night following several online chats.

The man took the victim to an abandoned place in Cijantung, East Jakarta, where more than 10 men were waiting for them. The student was then allegedly raped several times by the perpetrators.

Mulyadi sad the police had not been able to question the victim because she was still traumatized by the attack.

The victim's family filed a report to the East Jakarta Police’s Women and Children’s Protection Unit (UPPA) on Monday, where a medical examination performed at the police hospital revealed that the teenager had suffered severe injuries to her genital areas.

“The victim is still very traumatized, we are having difficulties to ask the chronology of the rape, we will conduct a more thorough investigation after her condition is better, only then we can find out how many people were guilty,” said Adj. Endang, head of the East Jakarta Police's UPPA unit, on Thursday.

Ari Wahyono, the forensic doctor who performed the examination on the victim, said she was physically getting better and her injuries were healing. But he said that psychologically she was seriously shaken.

“We are still focusing on stabilizing her mental and psychological condition, this is a very horrifying case for a girl her age,” he said.

The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) reported at least 27 cases in 2012 where underage children were abducted after meeting their captors on Facebook.