Published on: Friday, April 09, 2021
By: Cynthia D Baga
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Kota Kinabalu: The court set Apr 29 for the trial of a 49-year-old Filipino charged with raping his daughter.
Sessions Court Judge Elsie Primus set the date for the man whose case was brought up for mention via Zoom.
The man allegedly raped the 15-year-old girl between midnight and 1am around May 2019 in a house at Pulau Gaya here.
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The offence under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code carries a jail term of between 10 and 30 years, and whipping at least 10 strokes of the cane, on conviction.
In another court, four men and a woman were jailed for entering the State illegally.