SANDAKAN: The Sessions Court sentenced a 36-year-old Indonesian man to 15 years in prison and 10 strokes of the cane on Tuesday.
The accused pleaded guilty under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code for raping his 14-year-old daughter at a plantation workers' house in Kinabatangan last year.
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The assault occurred on April 27, 2025, while the victim was sleeping in her room.
The perpetrator threatened to beat the girl if she disclosed the incident to anyone, keeping the crime hidden for months until the victim finally informed her uncle in November.
Medical examinations at the Kinabatangan Hospital later revealed that the teenager was 30 to 32 weeks pregnant.
Following the report, the man was apprehended by police after being handed over by members of the public at the plantation office.
Judge Rosalinda Razali ordered the jail term to begin from the date of arrest.
Once his sentence is complete, the convict will be handed over to the Malaysian Immigration Department for immediate deportation to his home country.
