Bentong’s Rambo charged with murder, rape of teenage girl

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TEMERLOH: Bentong’s Rambo, who is undergoing a 133-year jail sentence and 50 lashes for rape, unnatural sex and attempt to kill a policeman, was brought to the Temerloh High Court here yesterday on charges of murder and raping a teenage girl in 2009.

The accused, Rabidin Satir, 42, was charged with murdering Annie Kok Yin Cheng, 17, between 11.30pm on March 7, 2009 and 1.50pm on March 8, 2009 at Lot 4168 Kampung Ketari Bentong, Bentong.

Rabidin, from Kampung Libang Ulu, Tambunan, Sabah, was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code which carries a death sentence by hanging upon conviction. The accused was also charged with raping the victim to the point of causing death at the same place and time, the offence falling under Section 376(4) which carries the death sentence or jail of up to 30 years and caning.

Rabidin pleaded not guilty to both charges read to him in Dusun by the court translator in front of Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah.

Azman then fixed Aug 26 for remention of the case.

On Feb 5, Rabidin was sentenced to 115 years in jail and 50 lashes of the cane after pleading guilty at the Raub Sessions Court on four counts of rape and one count of unnatural sex on four female victims aged between eight and 17.

On March 21, the Raub Sessions Court sentenced him to 18 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to attacking and injuring Constable Mohd Suhaimi Md Razali, 24, with a parang in Bentong. — Bernama