Labourer gets 26 years' jail, 10 strokes for raping 16-year-old stepdaughter


SIBU: A labourer has been sentenced to 26 years in prison and 10 strokes of the cane for raping his 16-year-old stepdaughter twice in June.

Sessions Court judge Musyiri Peet on Tuesday (Oct 7) handed down 13 years' imprisonment and five strokes of the cane for each charge under Section 376B of the Penal Code, read with Section 16 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.

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