Guilty: Tronoh rep gets 13 years for raping former domestic worker

Tronoh assemblyperson Paul Yong Choo Kiong was sentenced to 13 years’ jail and two strokes of cane by the High Court in Ipoh today after he was found guilty of raping his maid in 2019.

Judge Abdul Wahab Mohamed handed down the sentence on Yong after finding that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt at the end of its case.

However, the court allowed...