Widower jailed 2 years for soliciting sex from teen daughter

Published on: Friday, June 20, 2025
Published on: Fri, Jun 20, 2025
By: FMT Reporters Text Size: The self-employed man pleaded guilty after the charge was read before Muar sessions court judge Sayani Nor. (File pic) PETALING JAYA: A 47-year-old widower has been sentenced to two years in jail and two strokes of the rotan for inviting his teenage daughter to engage in sexual acts. The self-employed man pleaded guilty after the charge was read before Muar sessions court judge Sayani Nor, Harian Metro reported.
Advertisement He was charged with sexually communicating with his 14-year-old daughter, his only child, at a house in Batu Pahat, Johor, at around 4pm on June 16. The charge was framed under Section 11(1)(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, punishable by a maximum three years in jail upon conviction. The charge was also read with Section 16 of the same Act, which provided for an additional sentence of up to five years and two strokes of the rotan due to the relationship of trust between him and the victim. Deputy public prosecutor Diyana Najihah Fauzi prosecuted while the man was unrepresented.
Advertisement According to the case facts, the victim contacted her aunt earlier this month to express fears that her father might act inappropriately towards her. On the day of the incident, the girl had rejected her father's advances and left his bedroom. The aunt then asked one of her children to pick the girl up from the house. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available.
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[UPDATED] NSTP shines with 13 wins at MPI-Petronas Journalism Awards

New Straits Times

3 hours ago

New Straits Times

[UPDATED] NSTP shines with 13 wins at MPI-Petronas Journalism Awards

KUALA LUMPUR: The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) group took home 13 accolades across various categories at the MPI-Petronas Malaysian Journalism Awards 2024 tonight. The wins were split among NSTP's titles, with four awards going to the New Straits Times (NST), six to Harian Metro (HM), and three to Berita Harian (BH). Harian Metro was the night's highlight, clinching the country's most coveted journalism honour, the Kajai Award. NST's Leslie Andres secured silver in the Best Column Writing category for pieces including 'UN veto power is main obstacle to world peace', 'Mindset shift must accompany any rule change', and 'Western singers skipping Malaysia due to those kicking up a fuss'. In the Best Investigative Journalism category, Aliza Shah from NST won the silver award for her impactful report titled 'Children forced into local pornographic content'. The report highlighted the disturbing rise of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, which fuelled the underground industry. Sexual predators were not just grooming children online, they were also found to have abducted their victims, recorded and sold such content. The authorities conducted large-scale operations code-named Op Pedo Bersepadu PDRM-MCMC, which led to the arrest of 13 suspects and seizure of 40,000 CSAM and pornographic content. In video journalism, NST received bronze in both the Best Video Documentary and Best Video Talk Show categories. The documentary was produced by Aliza Shah, Iylia Marsya Iskandar, Khairus Ramli, and Amalina Kamal, while the talk show was helmed by Siti Nur Amalina Kamal, Hazween Syarina Md Hassan, Farrah Ain Jasmine Jasman, and Shahrul Redzuan Zulkifli. The ceremony saw over a thousand guests from across the media industry, including editors, reporters and corporate representatives, gather to celebrate excellence in Malaysian journalism. This year's awards attracted 549 entries from 58 media organisations, with honours handed out across 23 categories. The night also marked the launch of MPI's first-ever journalism e-journal by Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir.

Jail for cop who told woman he could help with her drug case if she had sex with him

The Star

3 hours ago

The Star

Jail for cop who told woman he could help with her drug case if she had sex with him

Sean Teo arriving at the State Courts on April 15. He was sentenced to 13 months' jail over three charges on June 20. - ST SINGAPORE: A police sergeant heard that a group of people – five women and three men – were arrested in a drug case in late 2019, and he wanted to learn more about the women. Sean Teo then accessed a police computer platform even though he was not involved in the case, saved the women's particulars on his mobile phone and went through their social media profiles. Assuming a false identity, he met one woman he found attractive and told her in December 2019 that he would help her with the case if she had sex with him. But the insurance agent rejected his advances. On June 20, Teo, 29, was sentenced to 13 months' jail over three charges. He had pleaded guilty to one count each of misusing a computer system, soliciting sexual gratification from the woman and an offence under the Official Secrets Act. The court documents did not disclose the outcome of the woman's case, and the police said in an earlier statement that Teo has been suspended from service since January 2020. Deputy public prosecutors David Menon and Jonathan Tan stated in the documents that the woman and seven others were arrested in a suite at Marina Bay Sands (MBS) hotel on Nov 2, 2019. Teo was conducting patrol duties that day when he heard a radio transmission about the case. He was not dispatched to the scene, but one of his colleagues later shared a picture on a WhatsApp chat group of police officers, including Teo. Taken at the suite, the photo showed a white powdery substance on a plate, an MBS access card and a rolled-up S$2 note. Teo saved the photograph on his mobile phone, went on a police computer system and unlawfully accessed an incident report about the case to find out more about the five women. The prosecutors said: 'The accused recorded (their) names and contact numbers... and saved them on his personal mobile phone... The accused searched for (their) social media profiles... as he wanted to see what they looked like.' Teo found the insurance agent's public Instagram profile and decided to reach out to her. He then used a Telegram account that was not linked to his mobile phone number and added her on the messaging platform. He did this in an attempt to conceal his identity and avoid being implicated in any offences, said the prosecutors. Teo contacted the woman via Telegram on Dec 7, 2019, claiming to be interested in buying insurance. He introduced himself as 'James' when they met the next day and told the woman that he knew about the MBS incident. He also claimed that he could help with her case by 'leveraging his connections' with senior officers at the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB). When the woman expressed her doubts, he showed her the picture taken at the MBS suite. Teo was not authorised to show it to her, and he had committed an offence under the Official Secrets Act by doing so. After seeing the photo, the woman became convinced that Teo could help her. The prosecutors said: 'The accused told (the woman) that he had friends in CNB, and that he was aware of cases where subjects with connections in CNB could have their urine test results fabricated. '(Teo claimed that) to do this, male subjects had to pay money, while female subjects could either pay money or sleep with the IO (investigation officer). None of this was true. The accused was not personally aware of any instance where CNB investigations had been resolved in this way.' Teo then told the woman that he was willing to help her with the case if she had sex with him. The woman replied that she would ponder over the proposal and the pair parted ways. After the meeting, Teo continued exchanging messages with her via Telegram. In these messages, he alternated between reminding the woman that he could help with her case, and soliciting a sexual and romantic relationship from her. Teo also repeatedly asked her to 'be his woman', saying that she 'could sleep with him instead of sleeping with the CNB IO'. To cover his tracks, he told the woman not to tell anyone about their exchanges, and he deleted his chat logs with her. Court documents do not disclose how his offences came to light, but he later admitted to the authorities that he had been motivated by lust. Teo's bail was set at S$15,000 on June 20, and he is expected to begin serving his sentence on July 7. - The Straits Times/ANN

New 'Edisi Siasat 2.0' Cannot Be Accessed

Barnama

4 hours ago

Barnama

New 'Edisi Siasat 2.0' Cannot Be Accessed

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (Bernama) -- The Telegram channel of 'Edisi Siasat 2.0', which was created after the 'Edisi Siasat' and 'Edisi Khas' channels were blocked yesterday, is now also inaccessible to users of the platform. A Bernama check of the channel found that a warning displayed, saying "This channel can't be displayed because it violated local laws (Malaysia)" and all content on the channel had also been deleted. Yesterday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) filed a civil action against two channels on the Telegram platform, namely 'Edisi Siasat' and 'Edisi Khas', rendering the two channels inaccessible on the same evening.