A 40-year-old truck driver has been sentenced to a total of 93 years in prison and 58 strokes of the cane for committing incest with four daughters aged 14 to 20 years, newspapers reported today.

The man pleaded guilty to forcing his daughters to have sex with him at the family home in Negeri Sembilan, the New Straits Times reported.

The man, who was not named to protect the identity of his daughters, had already been sentenced last week to 73 years' jail and 46 strokes of the cane. He received the additional punishment after being convicted of a second charge of incest with one of the girls.

Caning with a length of rattan, an extremely painful procedure which leaves lasting scars, is practised in countries like Malaysia and Singapore for men convicted of serious sexual crimes.

The Star newspaper said that the convicted father would have to serve 54 years of his total prison sentence.