Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail says they are not afraid of the law ‘even though we send them to prison’.
The Court of Appeal has maintained the 42-year jail term of a man who raped his stepdaughter 105 times over three years.
Hadhariah said cases of fathers and grandfathers committing such crimes were rampant despite deterrent jail sentences imposed by the courts. The lawyer, who is handling the case pro bono, suggested that his client be given a 30-year jail term so he could return to society sooner. Azmi said that in this case, the victim would have been traumatised and scarred for life based on the 105 charges framed against the man.
On Jan 27, 2021, the sessions court sentenced him to 1,050 years in jail, beginning from the date of his arrest on Jan 20, 2020. The judgment also stated that the life expectancy of Malaysian men was 70, while for women it was 75, but projected that both men and women could live longer in future.
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