KANGAR, Dec 30 — A police corporal pleaded not guilty at the Magistrate's Court today to seven charges of raping a teenage girl last year and this year.
Muhammad Farhan Abdul Karim, 34, claimed trial after the charges were read before Magistrate Ana Rozana Mohd Nor.
According to the charges, he is accused of raping the girl, now aged 15, at several locations in November 2024 and between June, July, September, and October this year.
The accused allegedly committed the offences inside a Proton Waja car belonging to the Royal Malaysia Police, which was parked opposite a workshop at a secondary school.
Farhan was also charged with committing the same acts in the female and male toilets of the same school, as well as at a hotel and a house in Taman Hijrah.
He was charged under Section 376 of the Penal Code, which carries a term of imprisonment of between 10 and 30 years, as well as caning upon conviction.
Magistrate Rozana granted bail at RM42,000 for all charges, subject to the additional condition of prohibiting the accused from approaching the victim until the case is concluded.
The court then fixed January 20, 2026, for the next case mention, pending the forensic report.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Natasha Azmi appeared for the prosecution, while Farhan was represented by lawyers Hasnor Arysha Hamdan and Nurul Hanani Che Nor.
