Cleaner pleads guilty to raping his two daughters in Muar

MUAR: A cleaner has pleaded guilty to 19 charges of rape and 11 charges of sexual assault against his two daughters, aged 15 and 12, over a span of six years.

The accused, 53, pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court here on Sunday (July 16) to 19 charges of raping his daughters from when they were 11 years old at two separate houses in Bakri and Jalan Jeram Tepi, here, since 2018, with the last incident occurring on July 9, and 11 charges of sexually assaulting both victims at the same locations and times.

The 19 charges of rape are under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code while the 11 sexual assault charges are under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, read together with Section 16(1) of the same act.

Judge Abu Bakar Manat set Aug 8 for sentencing after Deputy Public Prosecutor Danial Munir requested another date for the preparation of the facts of the case and sentencing date.

In another case, Mohamed Hashim Saidin, 77, and his 21-year-old son, a courier, claimed trial after being charged with raping a teenager six years ago in 2017 under Section 376 of the Penal Code at the same court.

The man and his son, then aged 16, are charged with raping the girl, who was 15 at that time, in a car in Jalan Kinabalu, Kluang, on May 25, 2017 at 5.15pm and in an open area at Kampung Abdul Rahman Yasin, Kluang at 6pm the same day.

The court set Aug 9 for case mention and bail of RM12,000 for the son and RM15,000 for the father but both did not post bail. Danial Munir appeared for the prosecution while the two accused were unrepresented. – Bernama