TRAUMATIZED by the experience, the nine-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by six construction workers could not be taken yet to the Pink Room of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center for a physical assessment.
Argao Police Chief Rolan Aliser said the child keeps crying and seems to be constantly in fear while in the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
He said they are waiting for the child to calm down before they bring her to the hospital.
Even if the child has yet to undergo a medical exam, Aliser said they charged the six suspects with rape in relation to Republic Act 7610, or the Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, before the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor.
The child was allegedly raped by her uncle, a cousin and their companions in the middle of a drinking session near their construction site in Barangay Talaga, Argao last Monday, March 25. (From GPL of SuperBalita Cebu, LRC)