KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian rape suspect who married his 14-year-old victim to avoid jail will be brought back to court for a retrial, the accused's lawyer told AFP on Saturday. It is a retrial," Ahmad's lawyer, Azam Trudin, told AFP. In 2013, a man who raped a 12-year-old girl avoided prison after he married her, provoking an outcry among rights groups. Heang Lee Tan from the Women's Aid Organisation said the retrial would "send the message that rape is a heinous crime, which we will not tolerate in our society". However, the following year a high court sentenced the father-of-four to 12 years in jail.

Source: Bangkok Post August 06, 2016 10:07 UTC