Pedophile is accused of rape, sexually assaulting a niece
Jun 27, 2023
A father of three was charged in the Johor Bahru Sessions Court today with three charges of raping and sexually assaulting his niece and possessing a pen drive containing child pornography.
Pedophilia is accused of rape, sexually assaulting a niece
A father of three was charged in the Johor Bahru Sessions Court today with three charges of raping and sexually assaulting his niece and possessing a pen drive containing child pornography. - Astro AWANI's photo
JOHOR BAHRU: A pedophile was charged in the Sessions Court here, today, on three charges of raping and sexually assaulting his niece, five years ago.
The 41-year-old former mechanic in Singapore was also charged with producing and possessing child pornography.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to all the charges when they were read before Judge VM Mabel Sheela.
Based on the charge sheet, he is accused of sexually assaulting and raping his niece, who was seven years old at the time, without her consent.
In the same proceedings, he was also charged with producing a child pornography video,
The act was allegedly committed at a residence in Taman Perling, here, at 1.30am, 1 August 2018.
The father of three is also alleged to have a pen drive containing a video and child pornography.
The offense was allegedly committed at Taman Nusantara, Iskandar Puteri, at 9pm, 24 May this year.
The charges against him are presented in accordance with Section 376 (2)(e) of the Penal Code, in addition to Section 5 of the Sexual Offenses Against Children Act 2017, as well as Section 14 (a) and Section 10 of the same act.
The accused can be sentenced to a maximum of 30 years in prison or whipping, if convicted.
The case was handled by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nor Fadilah Johanuddin while the accused was represented by lawyer Baharudin Baharim.
Bail was set at RM8,000 and the case was mentioned again on July 24.
