A 52-year-old rubber tapper in Seremban, Malaysia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and five strokes of the cane for incest with his 11-year-old daughter.
A rubber tapper was sentenced to 15 years in prison and five strokes of the cane by the Seremban Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to a charge of incest with his daughter five years ago. The 52-year-old man pleaded guilty after the charge was read to him before Judge, Datin Surita Budin. The court set the prison sentence to start from the date of arrest on January 31, 2020.
Surita said, after hearing the accused's plea and the facts of the case, along with aggravating factors from the prosecution, the court found the accused guilty and ordered him to undergo police surveillance for one year after the completion of his sentence and two years of rehabilitation counseling during his sentence. Earlier, the lawyer representing the accused, Muhamad Hafiz Leman, pleaded for a minimum prison sentence for his client starting from the date of arrest, January 31, 2020, and taking into account the accused's age. Meanwhile, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Norazihah Asmuni, in her submissions, requested a just sentence and took into consideration the serious nature of the offense committed by the accused in the case. According to the charge, the accused was found to have committed incest with his 11-year-old daughter during the incident, where the accused's relationship with her was not allowed under the law to marry her. The offense was committed sometime between 8 pm and 12 midnight between June and December 2019 in a room in a house in Gemencheh, Tampin. The prosecution against the accused was brought under Section 376B of the Penal Code, which provides for a sentence of imprisonment of not less than 10 years and a maximum of 30 years and shall also be caned, if found guilty
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