Tronoh rep Paul Yong gets 13 years’ jail, whipping for raping maid


Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong has been found guilty of raping his former maid. – Facebook pic, July 27, 2022.

THE Ipoh High Court today sentenced Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong to 13 years in prison and ordered for him to be caned twice by for raping his Indonesian maid.

High Court judge Abdul Wahab Mohamed found Yong guilty of rape under section 376(1) of the penal code. The law allows for punishment of up to 20 years in jail and whipping.


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