High Court dismisses appeal by labourer convicted of raping pregnant woman

KUALA TERENGGANU: The High Court here has upheld the nine-year prison sentence and three strokes of the cane imposed on a labourer for raping a pregnant woman in Kemaman five years ago.

Justice Datuk Hassan Abdul Ghani, in upholding the sentence on Wednesday (Oct 9), dismissed the appeal by Mohammad Sukri Jaafar, 43, and ordered the man to begin serving the sentence immediately.

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