TAWAU, July 22 -- A 53-year-old man was sentenced to 105 years in prison and 70 strokes of the cane by the Tawau Sessions Court after pleading guilty to seven counts of raping his eldest daughter, in a case prosecutors described as premeditated and aggravated by emotional manipulation.

Judge Ahmad Faizadh Yahaya handed down the sentence immediately after the man pleaded guilty to all charges read against him.

The court also ordered him to undergo counselling throughout his imprisonment and to be placed under police supervision for three years upon release, Sinar Harian reported.

According to the charges, the man raped his biological daughter, now 25, at several hotels in Tawau between December 2025 and March 2026.

He was charged under...