Man Faces 12,000 Years In Jail For Sexual 626 Crimes Against Daughter

A Malaysian man is at the moment facing 12,000 years in jail term after been charged with more than 600 sex assaults against his daughter.

626 charges against the 36-year-old divorcee were finally read out on  Thursday afternoon.with 599 been charges of sodomy against the 15-year-old girl, as well as counts of incest, rape and other sex crimes.

He remained calm while the charges were read in court and pleaded not guilty afterwards. The case is now going to trail.


“He faces a prison sentence of over 12,000 years,” Aimi Syazwani, a deputy public prosecutor, told AFP at a newly-established special court for sex crimes against children in the administrative capital Putrajaya.

For each charge of sodomy, the man can be punished with a maximum jail term of 20 years, as well as caning. He faces a rape charge that carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, and 30 other charges of sexual assault, each punishable by up to 20 years in jail.

Judge Yong Zarida Sazali denied the man bail after prosecutors warned there was a danger of him fleeing or intimidating witnesses.

The man, who sold investment products, was arrested on July 26 after the girl’s mother lodged a police report. The offences were allegedly committed between January and July this year when the daughter was living with her father.

AFP