Rohani: No escape for child rapists even if they want to marry victim

By GERYL OGILVY
  • Nation

  • Saturday, 15 Apr 2017

KUCHING: Rapists will not be allowed to escape punishment, even if they seek to marry their victim under new laws passed in Parliament recently, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim (pic).

"A rape is a rape.

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