A suspected teenage serial rapist, wanted in connection with 10 cases for which he used the WeChat media platform to lure the victims was arrested by the police in Langkawi yesterday.

A police team nabbed the 19-year-old former hotel employee, based on information from an alleged rape victim who spotted him driving a car in Langkawi, while in the company of a woman believed to be his next victim.

Langkawi police chief Supt Dr Che Ghazali Che Awang said the suspect, from Alor Setar, was believed to have just arrived in the island with his latest victim when he was caught.

He said initial police investigations revealed that the suspect, nicknamed ‘Solleh’ was involved in 10 rape cases involving teenage girls, reported at several districts in Kedah and Kuala Lumpur.

“His modus operandi was to use ‘Nearby Search’ in WeChat to zero in on an intended victim before luring the girl to a quiet place to rape her,” he told reporters in Langkawi today.

- Bernama