M'sian man, 28, arrested after girl, 12, found pregnant, her mother wanted her to stop school & marry suspect

Police in Sarawak, Malaysia, arrested a 28-year-old oil palm plantation worker on Nov. 12 after a 12-year-old Year Six pupil was found to be pregnant.

The man is being investigated for alleged rape, The New Straits Times (NST) reported.

Mother told school she wanted girl to marry suspect

The girl found out she was pregnant about a week before telling her mother on Nov. 11, Saratok district police chief Mathew Manggie said, according to Malay Mail.

Her mother then took her to school and told staff about the pregnancy.

She reportedly said she wanted her daughter to leave school and stop studying to marry the suspect.

The headmistress referred the matter to the district education office, which directed her to lodge a police report because the girl was underage.

Suspect arrested at longhouse in Kabong

Mathew said preliminary investigations found that the man had known the girl since mid-2025.

The girl told police that the alleged offences took place on three occasions in mid-June 2026, reported NST.

Officers from Saratok’s criminal investigation division arrested the man at a longhouse in Kabong after the report was lodged.

Police are investigating the case as rape under Section 376 of Malaysia’s Penal Code, which provides for imprisonment of up to 20 years and whipping upon conviction.