Girl withdrawn after rape acquittal


  • Nation
  • Friday, 15 May 2015

Cry for help: Fatimah embracing the girl who visited the minister

KUCHING: The teenage girl, whom Bunya Jalong was acquitted of raping, has grown withdrawn following the ruling by the Court of Appeal. The girl, now believed to be 18 or 19 years old, has not spoken publicly about the court decision.

"I can sense that she has built a wall around herself," Sarawak’s Welfare, Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah told reporters.

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