A bomoh has been sentenced to a total of 50 years in jail and 13 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to four counts of sexually abusing a teenager on the pretext of treating her for possession.
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00:00Abomo was sentenced to 50 years in jail and 13 strokes of cane after he pleaded guilty
00:08to four counts of sexually abusing a teenager on the pretext of treating her for possession.
00:13However, the Ayakero Sessions Court on Tuesday ordered the prison term for each sentence
00:19to be served concurrently, meaning the 51-year-old accused will spend 15 years behind bars.
00:25Zemi Rahim admitted to have committed the offences between September and October last
00:30year at secluded locations along Jalan Taman Malam Jaya and an industrial park near a supermarket
00:37in Cheng.
00:39The facts of the case revealed the accused had visited the 16-year-old victim's home
00:44to treat her aunt, but told the victim's 48-year-old mother that her daughter also
00:49required treatment as she was supposedly possessed by an evil spirit.
00:54He then took the victim to the secluded area where he sexually assaulted her.
00:59The abuse continued on several occasions until the victim reported the incidents.
01:04Deputy Public Prosecutor Noor Asnini Kamaruddin had requested a severe sentence as the victim
01:10was a minor and had been traumatised.
01:13The accused, a father of four, was unrepresented and appealed to the court to have his sentences
01:18to run concurrently from his arrest on October 16 last year.
01:24For more information visit www.fema.gov