KUALA LUMPUR: The Bar Council said the proposed increase in sentence for incestuous rape was appropriate to reflect the greater seriousness of the crime and distinguish it from consensual incest.
Chairman Mah Weng Kwai, however, pointed out that the minimum 15 years' sentence for incestuous rape or non-consensual incest was now more than double the present minimum six years' sentence for consensual incest, and triple the minimum five years' sentence for rape.
