The Sessions Court here yesterday sentenced a 48-year-old man to 12 years in prison and four strokes of the cane for allowing his 10-year-old daughter to be sexually abused by his friend in exchange for RM160.

Judge Iris Awen Jon handed down the sentence after finding the accused guilty at the end of the defence case.

He was charged under Section 31(1)(b) of the Child Act 2001, punishable under Section 31 of the same Act, read together with Section 16 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.

In addition to the jail term and caning, the court also ordered the accused to undergo rehabilitation counselling and to be placed under police supervision for two years after completing his sentence.

He committed the offence at a house in Matang in 2021.

Based on the facts of the case, the victim was sent by her father to his friend’s house in Matang and left her there.