Judge Surita Budin meted out the sentence at the Sessions Court here yesterday after Hazmi Majid, 36, admitted to inserting his finger into the baby’s private parts.

On both charges, Hazman, who works as a barber, was accused of inserting his finger into the baby’s genitals and anus in a house at Apartment Sri Cempaka in Section 16, Bandar Baru Bangi, between 10.30am and 1.30pm on Nov 7.

The charges were framed under Section 377CA of the Penal Code which provides a jail term of between five and 30 years as well as a whipping.

Hazmi was sentenced to 20 years and six strokes of the rotan on each count, with the court ordering him to serve the sentences concurrently from the date of his arrest on Nov 13.

On Nov 23, Hazmi was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here with the murder of the infant at the same place.

The infant was reported to have died after being in critical condition for two days at Serdang Hospital, believed to be due to physical and sexual abuse by the babysitter’s husband.

Further medical examinations found that the infant had tears on her hymen and anus, while the post-mortem report stated the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the head and skull.