Jail and rotan for duo who raped teacher

SHAH ALAM: A 24-year-old teacher was leaving her house in Ipoh three years ago when she was abducted by two men armed with a parang.

She was forced into their Perodua Kancil and was taken to two banks where she was forced to withdraw an undisclosed amount of money.

Not satisfied, they then drove her all the way to a secluded area in Rawang, where the two men took turns raping her in the car.

When she cried out for help, she was slapped and ordered to be quiet. She tried to escape but failed.

After they had finished with her, they left her by the roadside where she stopped a passing motorist who took her to the nearest police station.

Yesterday, her two attackers, Azakir Fadzil, 34, and Mahathir Azhar Mohd Khairy, 26, were sentenced to 15 years' and 12 years' jail respectively by the Sessions Court.

Judge M. Gunalan also ordered each of them to receive six strokes of the rotan.

The jail terms were ordered to begin from the date of their arrests -- Azakir on May 9, 2005, and Mahathir on Aug 28, 2005.

The duo had admitted to raping the then 24-year-old woman at an area near a jungle, at the end of Jalan KPK 4/1, Kundang Industrial Area in Rawang between 3pm and 6pm on Aug 24, 2005.

In mitigation, Azakir and Mahathir, who were not represented, said they were willing to receive more whipping so that the jail term could be reduced.Both also asked that they serve their sentence in Tapah prison to be close to their families. The judge allowed this.

Assistant public prosecutor Wan Zuraida Wan Nawan told the court that Azakir had nine previous convictions and Mahathir had two.

Azakir's previous convictions include drug-related offences, theft, trespassing and having in his possession stolen items. All offences were committed between 1994 and 2003 in Perak.Mahathir had a drug-related offence and was charged with possession of stolen property. The offences were committed in 2002 and 2003.