KUALA LUMPUR: A lawyer wants the police to speed up its investigation into the alleged rape of his client as the report was filed in December last year.

       The lawyer, Asheeq Ali, said he had sent a letter to the city police seeking feedback within seven days.

       "If they do not respond in seven days, we will consider filing a court order to demand police respond to us about the investigation," he said when met outside the city police headquarters on Wednesday (Aug 11).

       Asheeq said his client, a 33-year-old woman, was allegedly raped by associates of Gombak Setia assemblyman Hilman Idham.

       According to the initial police report, the woman alleged that the assemblyman invited her to celebrate his birthday on Dec 4, 2020 along with his close associates and two other women.

       After dinner, the woman claimed that all of them went for a karaoke session, where she drank alcoholic beverages and got drunk.

       Her last memory before losing consciousness was of the face of one of the assemblyman's associates over hers.

       She lodged a second report on May 8 alleging she had been intimidated and told to withdraw her report.

       Asheeq said they could no longer tolerate the delay.

       "She has been nothing but cooperative with police in their investigations and has given statements to the police five times already," he said, adding that the police must act fairly when investigating.

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