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Police in Kuala Lumpur have arrested a man suspected of repeatedly sexually abusing his teenage daughter over a five-year period. The abuse came to light when the girl became pregnant.
A retired man in Batu Pahat was ordered to pay RM25,000 after admitting to molesting his stepdaughter on five occasions at various locations, including in a vehicle, spanning nearly a year.
Authorities in Rajasthan's Dholpur district are investigating the deaths of two sisters allegedly thrown into a river by family members in a suspected honour killing. The victims' father and relatives face scrutiny over their involvement.
Police in Japan's Mie Prefecture have arrested a 35-year-old man accused of placing his partner's five-year-old daughter inside a garbage can and closing the lid as punishment. The child was unharmed.