KUALA LUMPUR - A food stall operator was jailed 80 years and ordered to be whipped 40 times for raping his underage daughter in front of his wife.
The father of nine children did not show any reaction when Sessions Court judge Mohamad Sekeri Mamat delivered the sentence yesterday.
The 47-year-old man admitted to committing four counts of incest against his 15-year old daughter, the fifth of nine siblings.
Pleading for leniency yesterday, the accused said he had co-operated with the police and court."I am suffering from high blood pressure, gout and heart problems," he said in mitigation.
Deputy public prosecutor Loon Jia Yin, however, applied for a deterrent sentence, saying that the accused's actions were sinful and were considered seriously by the society.
In sentencing, Judge Mohamad said he had to impose a deterrent sentence in view of public interest.
"You are supposed to protect your daughter as a father and not ruin her.
"You have spoilt her future. This would have an impact on her life forever," he said.
The judge ordered the accused to serve 20 years in jail and be whipped 10 times for each of the four counts of incest.
The jail terms are to run consecutively from the date of arrest on Jan 27.
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