Jail, caning for repeat offender who had sex with 3 underage girls

The DPPs said that although Khairil had been diagnosed with mild intellectual disability, he was found to have maturity that was normative for his age at the time of the current offences.

Khairil was 18 when he got to know the first victim in the latest case through Telegram on Dec 7, 2023. He started an online relationship with the girl, who was then 14 years old.

On Dec 9 that year, he had unprotected sex with her near Jalan Besar Stadium after she ran away from her home.

When Khairil noticed that the girl’s mother was tracking her location through her phone, he threw the device down a rubbish chute.

But her relatives later managed to track her down. They confronted him and the police were alerted. Officers interviewed him on Dec 21, 2023.

The following month, he met the second victim via Telegram.

The victim, who was 15, was a resident of a home for vulnerable and abused children at the time. Khairil had unprotected sex with her at a carpark later that month.

The home found out about the offence, and he was interviewed by the police again in February 2024.

He met his third victim, the 12-year-old, via mutual friends in August 2024.

The following month, she was warded at KKH for a suspected bacterial infection.

Khairil visited her, and they engaged in sexual activities in a toilet for the handicapped on the ground floor of the hospital.

Police arrested Khairil on Sept 25 that year, and he was charged two days later. He has been in remand since then.

The 12-year-old victim was later seen at the Child Guidance Clinic of the Institute of Mental Health in May 2025.

The DPPs said: “(She) reported feeling sad, scared and angry and disgusted since the incident and experiencing insomnias, nightmares and recurrent thoughts of (it).”