Police have arrested 15 men and are looking for the remaining ones as the investigation is going under way. Media accounts, quoting information from District Police Chief, Azham Otham, said 38 men were involved.
Report says the assault took place in the northern state of Kelantan on May 20 when the girl met a girlfriend and was lured to an empty hut said to be a local drug haunt. Astro Awani television and and The Star daily reported that the assault took place in the northern state of Kelantan on May 20 when the girl met a girlfriend and was lured to an empty hut reported to be a local drug haunt. The men took turns to rape her for hours. Police were also investigating whether her 17-year-old friend was also raped. The alleged attack, one of several brutal caes this week underscoring the violence to which women are being subjected across Asia, sparked outrage among women's groups. Politicians from a Muslim party running the region said their proposal to introduce Islamic hudud law, with harsh penalties, would deter offenders. Politicians from a Muslim party running the region said their proposal to introduce Islamic law, with harsh penalties, would deter offenders. Several of those detained had tested positive for amphetamine, the reports said. Report also says a man and his two teenage sons were among those detained.
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