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Published on: Friday, March 12, 2021 By: Jo Ann Mool Borneo Today pic Kota Kinabalu: A 69-year-old former lecturer was charged at the Sessions Court here Thursday with committing physical sexual offence against his eight-year-old step-granddaughter. The man pleaded not guilty before Judge Noor Hafizah Mohd Salim to committing the offence between 2017 and 2019 in a house of a village in Penampang. The accused was charged under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences against Children Act 2017 read with Section 16(1) of the same Act as he was in a relationship of trust with the child. ADVERTISEMENT Section 14(a) of the Act carries a jail term of up to 20 years and liability of a fine on conviction while Section 16(1) of the same Act provides for a jail term of up to five years and whipping of not less than two strokes, if convicted.

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