Confessed rapist sent for mental observation

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SIBU: The Sessions Court here yesterday ordered a 55-year-old man, who pleaded guilty to rape, to undergo observation at Sentosa Hospital in Kuching for a month.

Sioe Wu Seng was charged under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code, which provides for between eight and 30 years in jail and not less than 10 strokes of the rotan. Judge Indra Ayub ordered Sioe to be produced in court again on Nov 7.

Sioe raped a 29-year-old woman between the end of April and early May last year at Foochow Lane.