18 years’ jail, whipping for man who raped seven-year-old niece
KLUANG: An unemployed man who raped his seven-year-old niece was sentenced to 18 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane by the sessions court here today. Judge Mujib Saroji ordered the man to serve the jail sentence from May 15, the day of his arrest. He was charged with…
KLUANG: An unemployed man who raped his seven-year-old niece was sentenced to 18 years’ jail and six strokes of the cane by the sessions court here today.
Judge Mujib Saroji ordered the man to serve the jail sentence from May 15, the day of his arrest.
He was charged with raping the girl in the back room of a house in Simpang Renggam at 3.30pm on May 14.
The man pleaded guilty to the charge. In mitigation, the accused, who was unrepresented, apologised for his action.
In the same court, a proprietor of a car spare-part shop, Tan Chuang Loong, 32, was charged with murdering K Ramachandran at a factory along Jalan Perindustrian Gemilang, Taman Perindustrian Gemilang, here between 2.50am and 4am last May 15.
No plea was recorded from Tan, represented by Abraham Mathew, as the case is under the jurisdiction of the High Court.
The court set June 17 for mention. — Free Malaysia Today