Kota Kinabalu: A school security guard has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment and three strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court after pleading guilty to physically sexually harassing an 11-year-old schoolgirl.
Sessions Court Judge Amir Shah Amir Hassan imposed the sentence on Mohd Firdaus Basir, 34.
He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment and one stroke of the cane for sexually harassing the victim by hugging and kissing her cheeks for a sexual purpose at about 5.50am on Jan 13 this year at a school in Tuaran.
He was also sentenced to an additional three years’ imprisonment and two strokes of the cane under Section 16(1) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017 (SOACA).
The court ordered the sentences to run consecutively from the date of his arrest and directed the accused to undergo rehabilitation counselling while serving his prison term, followed by two years of police supervision upon his release.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurul Shafeerah Mad Iskim appeared for the prosecution, while Mohd Firdaus was unrepresented.
