Father kills man who allegedly tried to rape daughter


KOTA KINABALU: A father killed a 38-year-old man after he allegedly tried to rape his daughter at an estate in Tawau.  

The man was said to have sneaked up behind a 17-year-old girl who was watering some flowers at about 8.20am on May 26 before putting a sack over her head. 

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