<figure id="attachment_2775568" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2775568" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2775568" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/812b1c78-penjara-prison-file-pic-30524.webp" alt="Penjara" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2775568" class="wp-caption-text">The sessions court in Samarahan rejected a defence application for a stay of execution pending an appeal. (File pic)</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: A male teacher in Sarawak was handed a 12-year jail sentence and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old pupil.
Sessions court judge Datu Abdul Razak found him guilty after finding that the defence failed to raise a reasonable doubt, Dayak Daily reported.
The teacher, 52, was charged with sexually assaulting the pupil at a primary school in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, in May 2022.
The court rejected an application by defence counsel Christopher Bada for a stay of execution pending an appeal. Bada said the accused, who now works as an e-hailing driver, needed to support his family and also suffered from high blood pressure.
The prosecution was led by Margaret Ena Mihos.

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