June 1 date to determine if 'monster dad' case had a miscarriage of justice

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court has set June 1 to review a record of court proceedings in the case of the "monster dad" to determine if there was a miscarriage of justice.
Defence counsels N. Rajesh and Cyrus Tiu who are representing the accused, have raised a dispute on whether all the 623 counts of sexual abuse were read out in court, adding that some of the charges were duplicates.
"Some of the charges were similar in nature, so there were duplicate charges for the same action. The accused was also not represented, and it is very important for him to be represented as the charges against him were enormous and technical. He must understand what were the exact charges against him," Tiu told reporters outside the courtroom.
However, Deputy Public Prosecutor Aimi Syazwani Sharmin reiterated that all the charges were read out one by one in court.
The 37-year-old unit trust agent who's named has been withheld to protect the identity of the victim, was dubbed the "monster dad" by the media.
On Sept 8 last year, the Criminal Court on Sexual Crimes Against Children in Putrajaya sentenced the man to jail after he pleaded guilty to 591 counts of sodomy, 30 counts of physical sexual abuse without intercourse, one charge of rape and one charge of sexual assault.
For the 591 sodomy charges, the judge sentenced him to 20 years on each count, to run concurrently, which would commence only after the man had completed the 28 years jail term for the other charges.
The court also ordered the father of three girls to undergo rehabilitation counselling for 10 years and to be placed under police supervision for three years upon completion of his jail sentence.
It further ordered the man to pay RM10,000 compensation to the victim or face another 12 months in prison.
The man was charged with committing the offences against his 15-year-old daughter in the master bedroom of his house in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya between January and July last year.