Man denies raping daughter three years ago

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KOTA KINABALU: A man denied at the Sessions Court here yesterday to a charge of raping his own daughter three years ago.

The 35-year-old accused, who appeared before Sessions Court judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim, was alleged to have committed the offence on his 12-year-old daughter at an unnumbered house in a Kota Belud village on August 28, 2013.

The accused was charged under Section 376 (3) of the Penal Code, which is punishable with imprisonment of up to 30 years and with whipping of not less than 10 strokes if found guilty.

Judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim fixed June 20 this year for pre-trial case management and ordered the accused to be detained under Section 259 of the Criminal Procedure Code, as deputy public prosecutor Dinesh Raja strongly objected to bail given the gravity of the offence.