Raping daughter in front of wife: Man jailed 80 years
By M. Mageswari
A food stall operator in Kuala Lumpur was jailed 80 years and ordered to be whipped 40 times for raping his underage daughter in front of his wife.
The father of nine children did not show any reaction when Sessions Court judge Mohamad Sekeri Mamat delivered the sentence Wednesday.
The 47-year-old man admitted to committing four counts of incest when he was produced before the judge.
According to the facts of the case, the victim - who is the fifth child of nine siblings - had stopped schooling after completing her Form Two and was staying home with her family.
In early November last year, the accused entered a room after the victim and her mother had completed cleaning the bedroom and closed the door. He then raped the 15-year-old girl in front of her mother, at about 4pm.
The girl's mother tried to stop him but was assaulted by the accused.
In mid-November, the accused ordered the victim to touch his private parts while she and her mother were watching television in a room at 10pm. He raped her again in front of her mother, who ended up crying as she could not do anything to stop him.
At the end of December last year, the accused forced the victim and her mother to fondle him and kiss his body before raping her again.
On Jan 23 this year, the accused raped the girl again when her mother was not at home.
Three days later, the accused told the victim's mother that he wanted to rape the girl and asked her to bring the girl to him at 9pm that night.
The mother then asked the help of a neighbour to lodge a police report over the matter.
The police raided the house in Cheras and arrested the man the next day. The rape victim immediately lodged a police report over the incest.
Pleading for leniency, the rapist dad applied to the judge to consider that he had co-operated with the police and court over his offences.
"I am suffering from high blood pressure, gout and heart problems. I have to take medicine for blood thinning," he said in his mitigation.
Deputy public prosecutor Loon Jia Yin, however, applied for a deterrent sentence, saying the accused's actions were sinful and considered seriously by society.
She said the accused's actions had traumatised the victim and her family members as he had failed to play his role as a father and guide them in their life.
In sentencing, Judge Mohamad said he had to impose a deterrent sentence in view of public interest.
"You are supposed to give protection to your daughter as a father and not ruin her. You have spoilt her future. This will have an impact in her life forever," he said.
The judge ordered the accused to serve 20 years in jail and whipped 10 times for each of the four counts of incest.
The jail sentence is to run consecutively from the date of arrest on Jan 27.
Published Feb 2 2011
By M. Mageswari
A food stall operator in Kuala Lumpur was jailed 80 years and ordered to be whipped 40 times for raping his underage daughter in front of his wife.
The father of nine children did not show any reaction when Sessions Court judge Mohamad Sekeri Mamat delivered the sentence Wednesday.
The 47-year-old man admitted to committing four counts of incest when he was produced before the judge.
According to the facts of the case, the victim - who is the fifth child of nine siblings - had stopped schooling after completing her Form Two and was staying home with her family.
In early November last year, the accused entered a room after the victim and her mother had completed cleaning the bedroom and closed the door. He then raped the 15-year-old girl in front of her mother, at about 4pm.
The girl's mother tried to stop him but was assaulted by the accused.
In mid-November, the accused ordered the victim to touch his private parts while she and her mother were watching television in a room at 10pm. He raped her again in front of her mother, who ended up crying as she could not do anything to stop him.
At the end of December last year, the accused forced the victim and her mother to fondle him and kiss his body before raping her again.
On Jan 23 this year, the accused raped the girl again when her mother was not at home.
Three days later, the accused told the victim's mother that he wanted to rape the girl and asked her to bring the girl to him at 9pm that night.
The mother then asked the help of a neighbour to lodge a police report over the matter.
The police raided the house in Cheras and arrested the man the next day. The rape victim immediately lodged a police report over the incest.
Pleading for leniency, the rapist dad applied to the judge to consider that he had co-operated with the police and court over his offences.
"I am suffering from high blood pressure, gout and heart problems. I have to take medicine for blood thinning," he said in his mitigation.
Deputy public prosecutor Loon Jia Yin, however, applied for a deterrent sentence, saying the accused's actions were sinful and considered seriously by society.
She said the accused's actions had traumatised the victim and her family members as he had failed to play his role as a father and guide them in their life.
In sentencing, Judge Mohamad said he had to impose a deterrent sentence in view of public interest.
"You are supposed to give protection to your daughter as a father and not ruin her. You have spoilt her future. This will have an impact in her life forever," he said.
The judge ordered the accused to serve 20 years in jail and whipped 10 times for each of the four counts of incest.
The jail sentence is to run consecutively from the date of arrest on Jan 27.
Published Feb 2 2011
