Tahfiz teacher jailed 11 years, caned 12 strokes for abusing three students
AYER KEROH: A tahfiz teacher was sentenced to 11 years' jail and 12 strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to 10 charges of unnatural sex and sodomy involving three students.
A tahfiz teacher in Ayer Keroh was sentenced to 11 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to 10 charges of unnatural sex and sodomy involving three students. Muhammad Aimanuddin Julaihi, 31, committed the offences at various locations within the tahfiz centre in Bukit Rambai between May and July 2025. Eight of the charges involved carnal intercourse against the order of nature without consent against a 13-year-old male student, while the remaining two charges were for sodomising two other students, aged 14 and 16.
Deputy public prosecutor Nor Asnini Kamarudin urged the court to impose a deterrent sentence, citing the increasing prevalence of sexual offences against children.
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