KUCHING, July 31 -- The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced a general worker to 15 years in prison and three stokes of the cane for raping a 16-year-old girl.

Judge Iris Awen Jon convicted the unrepresented accused on his own guilty plea to a charge of committing physical sexual assault, framed under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 and punishable under Section 14 of the same Act.

The court also ordered to undergo rehabilitation and counselling during his imprisonment, and to be placed under police supervision for two years upon his release.

The accused committed the offence in a container room for contract workers in Serian between 7pm and 8pm on June 19, 2025.

The facts of the case stated that the v...