A case involving a father who allegedly raped, sodomised and sexually abused his 15-year-old daughter in the past two years dragged on for hours due to the mountain of charges filed against him.

Proceedings were postponed to tomorrow morning after 182 charges from the 631 charges were read out today.

The man claimed trial to all charges.

Earlier, the man, a 36-year-old unit trust agent, arrived at the special court for sexual crimes against children in Putrajaya a few minutes before 9am this morning.

The man, clad in a dark grey T-shirt, kept his head low when he arrived. As he was led out from the court room during lunch break today, the man had his face covered with his shirt.

The media were told that the proceedings would start at 9am, however, proceedings only began almost six hours later.

This was because the deputy public prosecutor and investigating officer were forced to properly frame and get the charges endorsed as well as to count them before finally getting them registered.

As proceedings began, judge Yong Zarida Sazali ordered for all the charges to be read out in court. At around 6pm today, the judge postponed the proceedings to 9am tomorrow.

Altogether, the accused is being charged with 631 charges under the Sexual Offences Against Children Act, the Child Act and the Penal Code.

From the 182 charges read out today, the accused had purportedly committed the atrocious acts at his home in Petaling Jaya between January to July this year.

He was charged with 30 counts of committing physical sexual assault against his daughter between July 11 to July 20 this year. The assaults were made at the house's main bedroom around 6am, 1pm and 11pm on all the days except July 18.

Charged under Section 14 and 16 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act, the man can face up to 20 years in jail and whipping.

He was also charged under Section 31(1)(a) and 31(1)(b) under the Child Act for sexual abuse committed against his daughter between January 1 to July 20, this year, which carries a maximum jail sentence of 20 years or a fine, or both.

The man was also charged with raping the victim under Section 376A of the Penal Code on July 21. He can face a maximum 30-year jail sentence and whipping if found guilty.

The 150 sodomy charges under Section 377C of the Penal Code read as of today saw him purportedly sodomising his daughter between January and March this year.

The man divorced his wife two years ago and the former couple's eldest daughter's hellish ordeal began after she started living with her father.

Deputy public prosecutors Nordalina Ali and Aimi Syazwani Sarmin told Malaysiakini that the man's daughter decided to tell her mother her ordeal after her father made known his plans to take his younger daughters to live with them.

Nordalina said the girl's mother lodged a police report against the man on July 25 before he was detained the following day.