Suspect held over rape of Australian woman in Bali villa The Bali villa where an Australian woman was raped last month. Police have arrested a suspect. Picture: Lukman Bintoro Source: The Australian The exterior wall of the Bali villa where an Australian woman was raped last month. POLICE in Bali have arrested a man over the violent rape of an Australian woman on the island late last month. The man, identified only by the initial "A," denies raping the 28-year-old Perth woman but admits to being a member of the gang that robbed her her villa in Kerobokan in the early hours of April 27. North Kuta Police Chief Reinhard Habonaran Nainggolan says the man has provided details on the whereabouts of the other members of the gang, who are suspected of being behind a series of robberies around Bali. He was arrested based on sketch we made based on victims testimonies. From preliminary investigation, he denied that he's the one who raped the victim. But he did steal in that villa," Reinhard said. It's difficult to rely to his statement only. That's why we need to catch the other perpetrator. The arrested man has previously been jailed on robbery charges. The culprit at this moment, we take him to have a tour, helping us to catch his group. When all have been caught, then we can confront with each other to know who's the rapist and other perpetrators," Reinhard said. The Perth woman was attacked after being woken by an intruder in her room at Villa Damais in Kerobokan, where she was staying with family. She was forced to open a safe in her room, before being raped while a knife was held to her throat. The attack occurred as other members of her family slept in rooms inside the rented villa. Police said at the time that the woman's description of her attacker matched that of a man believed to have carried out previous rapes. Three iPads, two mobile phones and about 1.5 million rupiah ($A150) in cash were stolen. It was the latest in a spate of violent incidents in an area of Bali popular with tourists, especially Australians. In March, Mercedes Corby was bashed by a gang in Kuta as she returned home from a party. The older sister of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby needed minor surgery after suffering a broken nose and bleeding to the cornea during the assault. In January, a West Australian man was stabbed multiple times in the back while fighting off armed robbers at his Bali villa.