PORT DICKSON: Police have arrested a married couple in their 40s after their 20-year-old daughter claimed she had been raped by her father for the last eight years.
Port Dickson police chief Superintendent Aidi Sham Mohamed said that police received a report from the victim at 11pm on May 1.
"The police received a report from the 20-year-old woman who claimed that she has been raped by her father ever since she was 12 years old.
"Initial investigations found that the incidents occurred from 2016 until the latest one this year. It had all taken place in the victim's room of their home in Kampung Chuah, Port Dickson," Aidi said in a statement earlier.
He said the victim had tried to tell her mother about it but was ignored.
"Her mother ignored her complaints even after having given birth to two children.
"Acting upon her report, we arrested the couple (the victim's parents) on May 3 at around 11.40am at the Port Dickson police headquarters," he said.
After checks, Aidi said, it was found that both parents had records of drug crimes.
"The suspects have been taken to the Seremban Court, and remand has been granted for five days from May 4 to May 8. The case is being investigated under Section 376B for incest, which stipulates a prison sentence of no less than six years and no more than 20 years, and shall also be subject to caning," he said.