PETRA JAYA: The recent sexual assault case in Limbang involving suspected perpetrators who are minors has raised concern over the need to review the Penal Code. “Back then, the law (Penal Code) was drafted under the presumption that children below the age of 13 could not commit rape offence. Fatimah, however, did not mention which Section of the Penal Code to support her argument when she asked to comment on the rape case. Checks showed that Section 375 of the Penal Code only provided that a “man” is said to commit “rape” who, except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse with a woman under certain circumstances. The rape case, said Fatimah, was the first ever reported where both the perpetrators and victims are children.

Source: New Strait Times September 12, 2017 14:15 UTC