Minah rempit step out of boyfriends’ shadows

A NEW breed of illegal racers is menacing the streets with their daredevil stunts – and they are not boys, reported Harian Metro.
These minah rempit do everything their biker boyfriends do, including racing for thrills, money and sex.
The paper interviewed two girls, who confessed they started out by being groupies and gradually learned from the mat rempit how to do wheelies and other acrobatic stunts on their machines.
A self-confessed 17-year-old minah rempit, who identified herself as Lia, said she learned the ropes from her boyfriend.
“I borrowed motorcycles from friends and three months later I could speed up to 130kph,” she said, adding that her skills were still not as good as some other girls.
Lia, who is being rehabilitated at the Darul Islah welfare home in Selangor, claimed girls who mix with street racing gangs are likely to be “spoilt” as they eventually become the “trophies” for the mat rempit who wins the race.
“I was nearly a victim after my boyfriend lost a race and I had to spend the night with the victor.
“I refused and coaxed the winner to take my money, instead,” said Lia, who added that she regretted becoming a minah rempit.
A similar tale was told by 21-year-old Jun.
She said within a few weeks of learning to ride a motorcycle, she had plucked up the courage to do wheelies on her boyfriend's Yamaha RXZ.
“It’s just to show off to the boys,” said Jun of the reason why the girls were turning to racing.
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