KLUANG – A man was sentenced to 18 years jail and six strokes of the cane by the sessions court here today after he pleaded guilty to raping his 7-year-old niece.
Judge Mujib Saroji ordered the man to serve the jail sentence from the date of his arrest, which was May 15.
Malaysian Mohd Amin Mohamad was charged with raping the girl in the back room of a house in Simpang Renggam at 3.30pm on May 14.
In mitigation, the accused, who was unrepresented, apologised for his action.
In the same court, the proprietor of a car spare parts shop, Tan Chuang Loong, 32, was charged with murdering K. Ramachandran at a factory in Jalan Perindustrian Gemilang, Taman Perindustrian Gemilang, here between 2.50am and 4am on May 15.
However, no plea was recorded from Tan, represented by lawyer Abraham Mathew, as the case is under the jurisdiction of the high court.
The court set June 17 for mention. – Bernama, May 27, 2021
