KUALA LUMPUR: A clerk at a community service centre was charged at the Sessions Court today with committing incestuous acts with his 17-year-old stepdaughter twice in May this year.
The 34-year-old man pleaded not guilty to two charges read out to him before judge Norshila Kamaruddin.
The acts were carried out at a flat unit at 10.30am on May 20 and 8.30am on May 21.
The charge under Section 376B(1) of the Penal Code carries a jail term not less than 10 years and not more than 30 years, and whipping if convicted.
Deputy public prosecutor Norhashimah Hashim urged the court to set a RM15,000 bail with one surety against the accused.
"As additional conditions, the accused and the victim must live separately. He must not harass the victim or prosecution witnesses, and must report to the nearest police station," she said.
Defence counsel Wan Afifah Che Bakar suggested a RM5,000 bail as her client has to support his wife and their three young children.
"I understand that the victim has been sent to her aunt's house in Subang following the recommendation of the Welfare Department.
"The accused and victim are no longer living together," she said.
The judge called in the accused's brother, who will be the bailor.
The brother said the accused would live with him at another location.
The judge allowed the bail sum proposed by the prosecution and the additional conditions, including a twice-monthly report to the police station.
The court set Sept 4 for mention.