The police have detained two teenagers in connection with the rape of a form one pupil in an oil palm plantation near Batu Pahat on Thursday.

The suspects, aged 14 and 15, were nabbed at about 2pm in the Air Hitam area.

Two suspected accomplices are being sought to shed light on the alleged rape at a hut in Kampung Manong, Ayer Hitam.

In a statement in Johor Baru today, Batu Pahat police chief ACP Abdul Wahib Musa said initial investigations revealed the 13-year-old victim - the second of three siblings - was gang-raped in the hut.

When a group of villagers stumbled upon them, the girl hid behind a tree while the teenagers escaped on motorcycles, he said.

“The villagers contacted the victim’s father who fetched her and lodged a report at the Ayer Hitam police station,” he added.

- Bernama