Ex-religious teacher’s 15-year jail term upheld


PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has upheld the 15-year jail sentence and 14 strokes of the cane imposed on a former religious teacher for seven counts of committing physical sexual assault on a Year Six pupil four years ago.

The man’s appeal against his jail sentence was struck out by the three-member panel of judges led by Justice Hadhariah Syed Ismail.

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