Bogus Indonesian doctor jailed for rape

Bogus Indonesian doctor jailed for rape

MALAYSIA: An Indonesian man was sentenced to 18 years in jail and six lashes of the whip after he tricked a woman into having sex with him as a remedy for her husband's impotence, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Usim Room, 36, had pleaded guilty to raping the 46-year old housewife in August at the victim's home in central Pahang state, the Malay-language Berita Harian daily reported.

Usim, who works at a local plantation, claimed to be a witchdoctor and reportedly told the victim's husband that he specialized in healing erectile dysfunction.

The bogus medicine man then duped the couple into allowing the victim to have sex with him, claiming the man's impotence would then be cured.

The victim later lodged a police report, and police arrested and charged the Indonesian man, the report said. -- DPA