KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 6 -- Police in Melaka arrested a 41-year-old man suspected of raping his daughter for the past 10 years at their home in Taman Tambak Paya Harmoni yesterday evening.

The case came to light when the victim, now 18 years old, revealed her father's abusive behaviour to her mother at approximately 10pm last Saturday, Berita Harian reported.

Following this revelation, the woman fled to Kuala Lumpur with all her children with help from her brother at around 12.30am on Sunday.

The housewife had previously suspected her husband's incestuous acts but lacked concrete evidence to take action.

The eldest daughter, who works at a goldsmith, told her mother that she had been raped by the suspect since she was eight years old, wit...