My father raped me since I was 12, says student

Sarawak police arrests the father after the victim confesses her ordeal to her school counsellor.

PETALING JAYA: A teenager, who has been raped by her father over the past three years, finally confessed her ordeal to her school counsellor last week.

Police say the 15-year-old Sarawakian student had been raped seven times by her 48-year-old father since she was 12.

Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department chief Dev Kumar said the teenager claimed the first incident took place at a hut inside an oil palm plantation.

“The other incidents allegedly took place at her house at a village in Kabong, Saratok,” the New Straits Times quoted Dev as saying.

The school counsellor lodged a complaint which led to the arrest of the victim’s father at the family home at about 11am Friday.

Police say they will obtain a remand order against the suspect, who is a farmer.

Dev said the case was being investigated under Section 376B of the Penal Code, which upon conviction carries a maximum 30 years’ jail and whipping.

He said the victim had been sent to Sibu Hospital for a medical examination. -FMT