Brother and sister jailed for having sex
20 September, 2005

Kota Kinabalu: A 25-year-old local carpenter and his sister, who is two years younger, were each jailed six years for incest, by the Sessions Court, here, Monday.

The closely-guarded secret of the birth of a baby girl 10 months earlier was exposed and they were arrested, following a police report lodged by their 27-year-old elder sister.

Judge Ravinthran Paramaguru also ordered the carpenter to be given two strokes of the cane! The carpenter said he needed to work to support his adoptive father who has two children, while the sister said she had to look after her year-old daughter.

The siblings were separately charged under Section 376B of the Penal Code, which carries a jail term of between six and 20 years, plus whipping upon conviction.

In her report, the sister said she went to the siblings abode in Menggatal (click on small map, above, for larger map showing village of Menggatal), on June 12, to borrow money, and was shocked to find a 10-month-old girl in the house. The sister then asked about the baby, but the duo could not give a reasonable answer.

The siblings' behaviour made her suspect that the baby could be theirs, as they had been staying together at the quarters since 2003. The duo later admitted to having sexual liaisons resulting in the birth on Sept. 3, 2004. ASP Mohd Asmadi Yusoff earlier tendered a DNA report during the hearing, confirming that the carpenter is the biological father of the child.

Source: Daily Express

My comment: The young lovers were doing no harm to anyone! Why should they be treated so cruelly! They simply love each other, that's all! They need each other! And the baby needs her parents, too! The next six years are the baby's most formative years, when she needs her mother and father the most! This anti-incest society is too cruel, too savage. Stop the barbaric cruelty! Legalise incest between consenting adults now!