LAHAD DATU: The police are conducting an investigation into a report by a woman alleging that her 14-year-old niece was taken from a house in Kampung Tanagian in Lahad Datu to a plantation where she was reportedly confronted by 12 men dressed in black.
According to the report lodged at the Lahad Datu police station, the woman claimed that her niece had told her that she was tied up after being brought to the plantation near her house at about 1.30 pm on Monday.
“The men dressed in black and some armed, had asked her niece where the two other individuals (Bintor and Tasha) were,” she alleged.
The teenager reportedly responded saying that she didn’t know and the men then left her there, where thereafter she managed to escape and relate to her aunt about the matter.
Sabah police commissioner, Datuk Hamza Taib, said, the police had gone to the plantation immediately after the report was lodged at about 2 pm but found no traces of the men in black.
“We are somewhat skeptical about this report but nonetheless we will investigate from all angles,” he said when contacted on Monday night.