THE Klang Sessions Court today sentenced an unemployed man to 15 years’ jail and ordered him to be given three strokes of the cane after finding him guilty of raping his friend’s daughter last year.

Judge Syafeera Mohd Said read out the sentence to Mohamad Zainol Hafiz Mohamad Azmi, 26, after finding the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt about the allegations.

She ordered Zainol Hafiz to serve the jail sentence from today, undergo counselling throughout his imprisonment, and be placed on a two-year probation after jail.

Zainol Hafiz was charged with raping the 12-year-old victim at a house in Sawah Sempadan, Tanjong Karang, near Klang, at 4am on February 6, 2022.

The charge, under section 376 (1) of the penal code, provides for a maximum 20-year jail term and whipping, upon conviction.

Nurul ‘Izzati Mohamad appeared for the prosecution, while Zainol Hafiz was represented by Izzat Amir Saharudin. – Bernama, December 28, 2023.