2007 05: Auxiliary cop guilty of rape 10 years’ jail and rotan for him

The Star online. News. Courts. Friday May 18, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: As an auxiliary policeman, he had sworn to serve and protect.

Instead, he took advantage of a schoolgirl and raped her.

Mohd Kamar Mohamed Saidin, a 27-year-old from Perak, pleaded guilty to three counts of rape yesterday.

He committed the offences on July 15 last year some time between 11am and 1pm, and around 3pm, and the next day at around 7am at a hotel room in Petaling Street here.

His victim, a 16-year-old girl from Klang whom he had befriended over the telephone just a week before the crime, was so traumatised by the incident that she did not want to go to school anymore.

Judge Datin Anita Harun sentenced Mohd Kamar to 10 years' jail and two strokes of the rotan for each of the three rape charges.

She ordered the sentences to run concurrently from his date of arrest on July 18 last year, which means he will spend another nine years in jail and given six strokes of the cane.

The Sessions Court was told how Mohd Kamar had arranged to meet with the girl at a police beat base in Klang on July 15 last year after getting her phone number from a friend.

After taking a bus to Kuala Lumpur, the accused checked into a hotel room together with the then 15-year-old girl at about 11am.

Once inside the room, Mohd Kamar forced the girl to remove her tudung and pants but she refused.

He then forcibly removed her clothes and raped her.

He raped her again later around 3pm.

At about 7am the next day, he raped her for a third time before asking her to take a bus home to Klang.

Upon arriving home, the girl related her ordeal to her mother.

A police report was also lodged.

In mitigation, Mohd Kamar asked for a lenient sentence, saying that he regretted his actions and promised that he would never repeat them again.

He also told the court that as the eldest son in his family he also had a responsibility to care for his ageing parents.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Tetralina Ahmed Fauzi told the court the case in question was statutory rape.

DPP Tetralina also pointed out that Mohd Kamar had taken advantage of the victim's naivety and immaturity.

“The victim refused to go to school after the incident,” she said.