Kuching High Court upholds conviction of teacher who sexually assaulted six male students but orders jail terms to run concurrently

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A Kuching High Court upheld the conviction of a 35-year-old boarding school counselling teacher for sexually assaulting six male students. While his original 90-year consecutive sentence (15 years for each of the six charges) was amended to run concurrently, resulting in a total of 15 years imprisonment, the 24 strokes of the cane were maintained. The assaults, involving touching private parts and hugging, occurred between March and May 2018 on school grounds. The victims were aged between 14 and 16.