PUTRAJAYA: Incestuous rape will carry a prison term of between 15 and 30 years and a minimum 10 strokes of the rotan, the Cabinet has decided.
Under a proposed amendment to the Penal Code, incestuous rape that results in death will be punishable by the death sentence, Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim announced at his office yesterday.
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