High Court upholds conviction of Kuching teacher for sexually assaulting six students, orders jail time 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 was amended to 15 years served concurrently, the 24 strokes of caning remain. The teacher committed the assaults between March and May 2018 on victims aged 14-16 within the school compound. He touched their private parts and thighs, and hugged one victim. The charges fall under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.