KOTA KINABALU: A man was sentenced to seven years in jail and given one stroke of the cane by the Sessions Court in Tawau for committing a sexual offence against an eight-year-old girl last October.
Sessions Court Judge Rosli Ahmad handed the sentence to Jumaidi Abdillah Adi Basar, 40, after the latter pleaded guilty to the charge under Section 14 (d) of Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 on Wednesday (June 14).
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