A CLEANER pleaded guilty to 19 charges of rape and 11 counts of sexual assault on his two daughters, aged 15 and 12, at the Muar Sessions Court today.

The 53-year-old accused pleaded guilty to raping his daughters, beginning in 2018 at two houses in Bakri and Jalan Jeram Tepi, Muar. The last incident occurred on July 9.

The man also admitted to sexually assaulting the girls at the same locations and times.

The rape charges are under section 376(3) of the penal code while the sexual assault charges are under section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, read together with section 16(1) of the same act.

Judge Abu Bakar Manat set August 8 for sentencing after deputy public prosecutor Danial Munir requested another date for the preparation of the facts of the case.

In a separate case, Mohamed Hashim Saidin, 77, and his 21-year-old son, a courier, claimed trial after being charged with raping a teenager six years ago under section 376 of the penal code in the same court.

The man and his son, then 16, are accused of raping the girl, who was 15 at the time, in a car in Jalan Kinabalu, Kluang, at 5.15pm on May 25, 2017 and in an open area at Kampung Abdul Rahman Yasin, Kluang, at 6pm the same day.

The court set August 9 for case mention and granted bail of RM12,000 for the son and and RM15,000 for the father, but both failed to post bail.

Danial Munir appeared for the prosecution while the two accused were unrepresented. – Bernama, July 16, 2023.