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June 23, 2021
Fadley Faisal
The High Court sentenced a 45-year-old man to 30 yearsâ jail and 15 strokes of the cane on Monday, for raping and sexually abusing his daughters.
Judicial Commissioner Haji Abdullah Soefri bin Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin found the prosecution to have proven the case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant, whose name has been withheld to protect the victims.
Prosecutor Atiyyah binti Abasâ evidence included the two victimsâ testimonies, on which the court relied in convicting the defendant who claimed trial to the 10 charges.
The prosecutionâs case had always been that the defendant raped his then 14-year-old daughter, Miss X, twice in 2017, at a flat in Brunei-Muara District, where the family lived.