18 years’ jail and rotan for rape


SIBU: A soldier has been sentenced to 18 years’ jail and 34 strokes of the rotan by the Sessions Court for raping and sexually assaulting his daughter.

The accused pleaded guilty before judge Marutin Pagan yesterday to raping his 16-year-old daughter three times in their room of a longhouse from March 11 to April 26.

The case came to light when the victim told her teacher on April 12 that she had been raped by her father.

A police report was lodged by the 34-year-old teacher which led to the arrest of the accused.

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