Indonesian gets 10 years for raping girlfriend

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SANDAKAN: An Indonesian man here was sentenced to 10 years’ jail and ordered to be whipped four times by the Sessions Court here yesterday after he was found guilty of raping his 15-year-old girlfriend.

Din Bin Harun, 21, pleaded guilty before judge Egusra Ali to a charge under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code.

The accused had committed the offence three times at a house in Borneon Estate and Cacao Estate, Kinabatangan.

Din and the girl knew each other on April 20 this year at Kampung Buang Sayang, Kinabatangan.

The next day, she met the accused in Borneon Estate and he asked her to spend several nights with him at a house there.

The accused had sexual intercourse with the victim between 9pm and 11pm on April 21 this year.

He brought the victim to a house in Cacao Estate, Kinabatangan the next day and had sex around 11pm and repeated the offence between 2pm and 8pm on April 23.

The accused was arrested after a police report lodged by the victim’s father who claimed that his daughter was missing from school and suspected she was raped by her boyfriend.

Prosecuting officer Mohd Fillany Siji prosecuted the case.