MELAKA: An imam has claimed trial to 12 counts of sexual abuse, including rape, against a nine-year-old child who is also his relative.
The plea at the Sessions Court in Ayer Keroh was read separately before judges Sabri Ismail and Nariman Badruddin yesterday.
The 40-year-old father of four was charged under Sections 376, 377C and 376 of the Penal Code as well as Section 14 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, read together under Sections 16 and 17 of the same Act. For the first three charges, the accused allegedly raped the girl at a house in Taman Seri Kerayong, Jasin, in September 2017.For the fourth to seventh offences, the accused was charged with raping and committing carnal intercourse on the same victim between 4.30pm in March 2019 and 9.30am in early September that year.
The offence is punishable under Section 377C, which states that whoever voluntarily commits carnal intercourse against the order of nature will be punished with a maximum jail term of 20 years and whipping upon conviction. The accused had allegedly committed the eighth to 12th offences of raping and physically abusing the girl at a house in Simpang Badak, Jasin, between 2.30am on July 12 2021 and June 13 this year.The court granted total bail of RM79,000 for all charges and fixed Oct 6 for mention.
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