PETALING JAYA: A male teacher in Sarawak was handed a 12-year jail sentence and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane for the sexual assault of an 11-year-old pupil.
Sessions court judge Datu Abdul Razak found him guilty after finding that the defence failed to raise a reasonable doubt, Dayak Daily reported.
The teacher, 52, was charged with sexually assaulting the pupil at a primary school in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, in May 2022.
The court rejected an application by defence counsel Christopher Bada for a stay of execution pending an appeal. Bada said the accused, who now works as an e-hailing driver, needed to support his family and also suffered from high blood pressure.
The prosecution was led by Margaret Ena Mihos.