KOTA KINABALU, Jan 24: Restaurant manager Riduan Masmud, 40, has been found guilty of raping a 13-year-old schoolgirl who he later married. Sessions court judge Ummu Kalthom Samad will deliver his sentence on Monday after hearing submissions from the prosecution and defence. She is also giving time for the prosecution to get an impact statement from the victim. The judge extended Riduan's RM8,000 bail on Fr ...

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 14: The appeal of 40-year-old restaurant manager Riduan Masmud to be with his 13-year-old second wife, who he was accused of raping in February this year, has been rejected. Sessions court judge Ummu Kalthom Samad rejected his plea before the prosecution closed the case on Thursday, saying it was because the case was ongoing. Riduan, who is representing himself after his counsel Loretto P ...

KOTA KINABALU: He allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and saw no wrong in it. Riduan Masmud, the 40-year-old who shocked the nation after being charged with raping the minor and later declared that he had married her in the midst of the case, has opened up for the first time on why he decided to take the girl as his second wife. The restaurant manager defended his action, saying it was a case of suka ...

Photo illustration: A 40-year-old Malaysian restaurant manager has decided to marry a 13-year-old girl he had allegedly raped and she has agreed to accept his offer.KOTA KINABALU: A 40-year-old restaurant manager has decided to marry a 13-year-old girl he had allegedly raped and she has agreed to accept his offer.Deputy public prosecutor Ahmad Nazmeen Zulkifli told a Sessions Court here the girl withdrew he ...