UPDATE:
PUTRAJAYA, 10 Aug 2017:
A man who was yesterday charged with 182 counts of committing sexual crime on his 15-year-old daughter, including 150 charges for sodomy, was charged in the Special Court for Sexual Crimes Against Children here today with another 444 counts of sodomising the girl.
This brings to 594 sodomy charges against the man, who allegedly committed carnal intercourse on the girl three times daily for seven months from January until July this year.
He pleaded not guilty to all the charges, totalling 626 in all, with all the offences allegedly committed at their house in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya in Selangor.
Yesterday, besides the 150 charges for sodomy, the accused, who is a 36-year-old unit trust agent, was also charged with raping, sexually abusing and 30 counts of committing physical sexual assault on the girl.
The charges were read out one by one by a court interpreter and the accused, who was in the dock, without fail, responded by saying “understand the charge” and “claim trial” to each and everyone of them.
Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali, when contacted, said the man was the first person in the country to be prosecuted with hundreds of charges for sexual crimes.
Today’s proceeding started at 9.15am and ended at noon, during which the court broke for recess three times for the charges to be filed before they could be read out to the accused.
Judge Yong Zarida Sazali refused the accused bail and set Sept 18 for mention to obtain the medical and chemist report on the case.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Aimi Syazwani Sarmin, who prosecuted, did not request bail for fear that the accused would escape and also intimidate the witnesses.
According to reports, the suspect began sexually abusing his daughter since his divorce two years ago.
The daughter came under the custody of her father, while her two younger sisters were under the care of their mother following the separation.
Earlier story:
A man was charged in the Special Court for Sexual Crimes Against Children here yesterday with 182 counts of sodomising, raping and conducting physical sexual assault on his daughter – who is now 15 years old.
The accused, a 36-year-old unit trust agent, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial to all the charges – each of which was read out by a court interpreter before judge Yong Zarida Sazali.
He was charged with 250 counts of committing carnal intercourse three times daily on the girl at their house in Sungai Way, Petaling jaya, between 6am and midnight from Jan 1 to 19 this year and everyday in March this year.
The charge, under Section 377C of the Penal Code, provides an imprisonment for up to 20 years and whipping, if found guilty.
The man, who is unrepresented, was also charged with 30 counts of committing physical sexual assault on the girl- who is his oldest of three children – three times daily on July 11 to 20 this year at the same place.
The charge, under Section 14/16 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, provides an imprisonment for up to 20 years and whipping, if found guilty.
He was also charged under Section 31(1)(a) and Section 31(1)(b) of the Child Act 2016, with sexually abusing the girl between Jan 1 and July 21 this year and faced an imprisonment for up to 20 years, or fine, or both, if found guilty.
The man was also charged with raping the girl at the same place at 2 pm on July 21.
The charge, under Section 376B (1) of the Penal Code, provides an imprisonment for up to 30 years and whipping, if found guilty.
The court set today to continue to read out more than 400 charges against him for committing unnatural sex with the girl and did not allow him bail as the offences involved were serious.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Nordalina Ali, who prosecuted, informed the court there were many more charges against the man that were not filed and requested for the case to be postponed. She did not offer bail as the offences were non bailable and serious.
“The victim is his 15-year-old biological daughter and at the time of arrest, they were staying in the same house.
“If bail is allowed, it is feared that the accused will intimidate the prosecution witnesses, especially the victim and her mother since the police report was lodged by the victim’s mother.”
– Bernama