Indonesian man gets 13 years’ jail for killing compatriot over daughter’s rape

An Indonesian man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Tawau High Court for the killing of a compatriot over his 12-year-old daughter's rape. The accused, 30 years old, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide under Section 304(a) of the Penal Code. According to the court's order, the sentence will begin from the date of his arrest on September 2, 2024, and he will be handed over to the immigration department following his release.

Police seized a parang, a traditional curved knife, used in the incident. The daughter informed her mother about the rape after it had occurred en route home from a social event. The accused, in a fit of rage, chased down the 33-year-old man and fatally wounded him with the parang near a chicken coop. Forensic evidence, including medical examination findings of genital trauma in the daughter and DNA matching between the victim's semen and the girl's underwear, supported the prosecution's case.