KOTA KINABALU: Long jail terms handed to incest and rape offenders may not be an effective deterrent to others as educating children about sex, says a High Court judge here.
Justice Ian Chin said that although the courts had been meting out 18 to 20-year jail terms for such offences, they had not deterred other would-be offenders.
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