The Kota Kinabalu sessions court sentences a former Sabah anti-vice chief police to 100 years in jail and 15 strokes of the rotan for raping and sodomising a 13-year-old girl. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 23, 2015.
An ex-senior police officer was sentenced to 100 years in jail and ordered to be given 15 strokes of the rotan for raping and sodomising a 13-year-old girl, Star Online reported.
The news portal said Deputy Supt Rohaizat Abd Ani, 56, was found guilty of four charges of rape and one of sodomy between February and May 2012.
Kota Kinabalu Sessions Court judge Ainul Shahrin Mohamad imposed the maximum 20 years jail for each of the charge on the accused who was once the Sabah anti-vice chief.
Rohaizat, a father of two children, raped and sodomised the girl in a room at Tang Dynasty Hotel in Kota Kinabalu on February 1, 2012.
The following day and between May 1 and 6, the accused raped the girl in another room of the same hotel.
However, Rohaizat will have to serve a total of 80 years in all – 20 years for the first two charges (both to run concurrently) and 20 years each for the other three (to run consecutively).
Rape carried a maximum 30 years in imprisonment while sodomy 20 year plus whipping of up to 24 strokes.
Considering the accused age, he would likely spend the rest of his life behind bars due to the length of the prison term.
Star Online said Rohaizat, dressed in a dark grey jacket, remained calm and composed when the sentence was handed down to him.
His wife, who followed the proceedings also showed no expression as the judge read out the verdict.
The judge, however, allowed a stay of the sentences pending appeal in the High Court.
Bail was raised to RM100,000 with one surety and the accused was told to surrender his passport and report to the police in Bukit Aman in Kuala Lumpur on the 1st and 15th of each month.
Earlier, deputy public prosecutor Azeezi Nordin, who pressed for a heavy punishment, said that as a senior police officer, Rohaizat should be a guardian to the public.
"The victim was 13 years old at the time of incident, she was raped and sodomised by a 52-year-old, it was clearly a total manipulation of an adult against a child.
"The repetitious act of the accused in three months from February showed that he never considered the victim's age, emotions and consequences of his action."
Lawyer Zahir Shah, who represented Rohaizat, said they would file an appeal only against the sentence.
The accused, who is suspended from duties, had served as Setiu disrict police chief briefly and as deputy chief Federal Reserve Unit in Penang when he was charged in August 2013.
Counsel Mary Lee held a watching brief for the Sabah Women Action Resource Group.
- TMI
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