Jail and lashes for father who raped own daughter

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KUCHING: A father of six was sentenced to 18 years in jail and four lashes by the Sessions Court for raping his own daughter.

The 29-year-old man had committed the offence under Section 376B(1) of the Penal Code.

On Dec 19 last year, at 4.30pm, the man lodged a police report saying his 16-year-old daughter had given birth to a baby boy at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) on that day.

He claimed his daughter had a relationship with her Indonesian boyfriend who had impregnated her.

However, upon investigation, the victim revealed that she was raped three times by her own father, the last time in March 2015 at their house in Kampung Tabuan Cemerlang.

At that time, no one was at home because her mother was working and her five other siblings were playing outside the house.

The victim was found pregnant in November when her mother realised that her stomach had grown bigger and brought her to a clinic where a pregnancy test on her turned out positive.

The father was arrested on Dec 27.