The 41-year-old pleaded not guilty after the charges were read before judge Haderiah Siri, Utusan Malaysia reported.

He faces 17 charges of incest with his daughter, allegedly committed at a house in Melaka Tengah between May 12 and Aug 2.

He is also accused of 17 counts of touching his daughter for sexual purposes, and another 17 counts of making her touch a part of her own body or that of another person for sexual purposes, at the same date, time and place.

Additionally, he was charged with producing child pornography by taking two nude photographs of the victim in a bathroom at the same location at about 7am on July 9.

Deputy public prosecutor Ehsan Nasarudin proposed bail of RM20,000 for each charge, subject to the conditions that the accused do not tamper with the victim or prosecution witnesses, report to a police station twice a month, and surrender his passport to the court until the case has been concluded.

Unrepresented, the accused asked for a lower bail, saying he had only RM8,000 in savings, which had already been taken by his wife before she left with their children.

The court set bail at RM90,000 for all charges, with the conditions sought by the prosecution, and fixed Sept 18 for case mention and the appointment of counsel.