Rapist faces legal charge after two months of detention and interrogation
August 6, 2025
HURFOM: On July 17th, 2025, a man who raped and killed a 13-year-old girl from Kaw Sein village, Mawlamyine Township, Mon State has been charged with legal action.
The girl was lost from her home on May 26th and found dead on May 28th.
Locals suspected she was raped and killed and two male suspects were arrested on the same day.
After two months of detention and interrogation in the police station, it was revealed that 32-year-old Maung Yan Nine Soe aka Kaung Ngae committed the rape and murder.
“Kaung Ngae raped and killed the young girl in the plantation of U Ohm Htein in Kaw Sein village. He showed us where he buried the dead body. The police said he was the perpetrator and brought him to the court,” said a local source.
The rapist was charged under the Burmese Criminal Code Act Section #320 – Punishment for severe harm as well as Act 376 – Punishment for Rape, at the Mawlamyine Township Court.
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