A 63-year-old man, who was jailed eight years and ordered to be caned six times for sexually harassing his seven-year-old grandson has had his whipping sentence reduced to three
Published on: Tuesday, April 20, 2021
By: Jo Ann Mool
Kelvin (right) listening to his counsel outside the court after the proceedings.
Kota Kinabalu: A 22-year-old who was jailed 12 years and ordered to be caned once for raping an underaged girl, was freed of the charge on Monday.
High Court Judge Datuk Nurchaya Hj Arshad allowed Kelvin Chong Hon Lam’s appeal against his conviction and sentence and discharged and acquitted Chong of the charge.
In delivering her ruling on Monday, Nurchaya held that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt the charge against Chong.
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Chong was on Feb 28, 2020 sentenced to 12 years’ jail and ordered to be caned once by the Sessions Court here after he was found guilty at the end of his defence of raping the 15-year-old girl at 11pm on March 28, 2017 in an apartment at Jalan Sulaman, Manggatal.