The 42-year-old accused pleaded not guilty after it took two hours for all the charges to be read out to him before Judge M Kunasundary.

He was charged with 55 counts of committing incest against his daughter at a house in Klang between April 2019 and January 2021.

The charges under Section 376B of the Penal Code provides for a jail term of a minimum 10 years and maximum 30 years, and whipping.

The accused was also charged with nine counts of raping his daughter’s friend between August 2020 and January at the same location, under Section 376 (1) of the Penal Code.

The accused was denied bail and the court set March 24 for mention.

Deputy public prosecutor Nurul Qistini Qamarul Abrar prosecuted while the accused was represented by Khairul Naim Rafidi.

Yesterday, Klang Selatan district police chief Shamsul Amar Ramli, in a statement, said the suspect was arrested on Feb 10 after a girl and her friend lodged a police report against a man.

Shamsul said investigators learned that the man’s hideous acts had been going on since his daughter was 10.