Seventeen-year-old pleads guilty to raping 14-year-old sister in Gemas


TAMPIN: A 17-year-old youth pleaded guilty at a Magistrate's Court here to a charge of raping his 14-year-old sister in Gemas.

The accused did not contest the charge after it was read to him before Magistrate Kartini Kasran.

He was charged with raping the 14-year-old victim in a house at around 4pm on Feb 6.

The teenager was charged under Section 376(3) of the Penal Code for raping a person he was not permitted by law to marry.

The offence carries a jail term of between eight and 30 years and a minimum whipping of 10 strokes on conviction.

Kartini then fixed May 27 for sentencing pending a probationary report.

She also allowed the boy to be released on a RM1,000- bail, which could only be posted by the father or mother.

Muhammad Amirul Noor Hashimi prosecuted while the accused was unrepresented.

In the same court, a 16-year-old boy claimed trial to a charge of raping a girl who was also 16.

He was charged with committing the offence at around 9am on Feb 16 in a house in Gemas.

The accused was charged under Section 376(1) of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of up to 20 years and whipping upon conviction.

The court allowed the accused to be released on RM2,000 bail, which could only be posted by either of his parents.

Magistrate Kartini also ordered the accused, who was represented by Roseli Abdul Gani, to stay away from the victim and fixed May 27 for mention.

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