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Published on: Friday, April 23, 2021
By: Cynthia D Baga
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Kota Kinabalu: A 31-year-old was jailed eight years and two strokes of the cane for physical sexual harassment against a nine-year-old girl.
Roger Gamilus changed his plea and pleaded guilty before Sessions Court Judge Ummu Khaltom Abdul Samad, to the charge against him during the continuation of his trial.
He committed the offence by touching the minor’s private part at 9pm on July 26, 2019 in a house in a village in Kundasang, Ranau.
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The offence under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 provides for a jail term of up to 20 years, and whipping, on conviction.