The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a woman for falsely accusing her ex-boyfriend of rape on Monday, PJ spokesman Ho Ka Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Ho identified the suspect as a 35-year-old unemployed local woman surnamed Chan. Ho also said the victim is a middle-aged man from the Chinese mainland.
According to Ho, on August 6, Chan filed a report with the Public Security Police Force (PSP), claiming that last month she had been raped on four separate occasions by the victim, whom she had met and formed a relationship with at a casino in June. The case was subsequently transferred to the Judiciary Police for follow-up.
In the course of the investigation, Ho said PJ officers discovered that the suspect’s account was inconsistent with the facts. This included the finding that she had continued to engage in intimate behaviour with the accused after the alleged incidents, and that both medical and forensic reports showed no signs of injuries caused by resistance or violence.
The woman ultimately admitted that, dissatisfied with her ex-boyfriend’s decision to end their relationship, she had fabricated the rape allegations out of a desire for revenge, according to Ho.
Chan was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on Monday, facing a charge of making a false report.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Ka Weng looks on during yesterday’s regular press conference. – Photo: Armindo Neves
