Go ahead! Kill someone today! Its just 7 years in jail here in Malaysia after all. Malaysia boleh!
Killer escape: NGOs hit out at light sentence for former cop Abdul Halim Hassan
Submitted by amir azree on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Pauline Almeida
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 06:47:00
WOMEN’S groups are outraged at the court for meting out a lenient sentence to a policeman who murdered
a woman whom he had an affair with four years ago.
They said by just letting him go without a deterrent punishment like a life sentence, the courts were sending
out wrong signals to the people.
The situation becomes more sensitive given that the offender was a cop who should uphold his duty towards
the people and country.
On Aug 20, former policeman Abdul Halim Hassan got only seven years’ jail for the murder of Tengku Teh Susilawati Tengku Akhirat, 20, from Kampung Pasir Baru, off Jalan Klang Lama.
Her family was devastated on learning that the 49-year-old father of five children escaped with a few years for the offence committed on the morning of Aug 6, 2005.
On that fateful day, Susilawati’s body was found in a box for a 29-inch television set near the University Malaya Medical Centre in Petaling Jaya.
National Council of Women’s Organisations (NCWO) deputy president Datuk Ramani Gurusamy said seven years is not deterrent enough.
“If you don’t give a severe deterrent then you are not sending the right message to the public. The seven years is definitely not enough,” said Ramani.
Empower, a non-profit organisation that champions human rights, executive director Maria Chin Abdullah said as a policeman he is supposed to protect life not destroy it.
“He has a special duty towards the country but instead he abused his position. I feel he deserves a life sentence for the violence he committed against the woman, and whom he took advantage of,” said Chin.
Besides, giving the offender a light sentence would not rehabilitate him either. For instance, in other (developed)
countries, there are therapists for rapists to help rehabilitate the offenders.
“In this case, there is a possibility of him going without receiving any therapy. So what guarantee does the State have that such offenders will not repeat their acts?” said Chin.
Cheshire Home president Khatijah Sulaiman said since this involved murder, the punishment ought to match the offence committed, taking into consideration public interest.
“It is important that the courts be consistent with penalties for a crime of this nature. Otherwise the people will be confused,” said Khatijah, an active social worker.
Killer escape: NGOs hit out at light sentence for former cop Abdul Halim Hassan
Submitted by amir azree on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Pauline Almeida
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 06:47:00
WOMEN’S groups are outraged at the court for meting out a lenient sentence to a policeman who murdered
a woman whom he had an affair with four years ago.
They said by just letting him go without a deterrent punishment like a life sentence, the courts were sending
out wrong signals to the people.
The situation becomes more sensitive given that the offender was a cop who should uphold his duty towards
the people and country.
On Aug 20, former policeman Abdul Halim Hassan got only seven years’ jail for the murder of Tengku Teh Susilawati Tengku Akhirat, 20, from Kampung Pasir Baru, off Jalan Klang Lama.
Her family was devastated on learning that the 49-year-old father of five children escaped with a few years for the offence committed on the morning of Aug 6, 2005.
On that fateful day, Susilawati’s body was found in a box for a 29-inch television set near the University Malaya Medical Centre in Petaling Jaya.
National Council of Women’s Organisations (NCWO) deputy president Datuk Ramani Gurusamy said seven years is not deterrent enough.
“If you don’t give a severe deterrent then you are not sending the right message to the public. The seven years is definitely not enough,” said Ramani.
Empower, a non-profit organisation that champions human rights, executive director Maria Chin Abdullah said as a policeman he is supposed to protect life not destroy it.
“He has a special duty towards the country but instead he abused his position. I feel he deserves a life sentence for the violence he committed against the woman, and whom he took advantage of,” said Chin.
Besides, giving the offender a light sentence would not rehabilitate him either. For instance, in other (developed)
countries, there are therapists for rapists to help rehabilitate the offenders.
“In this case, there is a possibility of him going without receiving any therapy. So what guarantee does the State have that such offenders will not repeat their acts?” said Chin.
Cheshire Home president Khatijah Sulaiman said since this involved murder, the punishment ought to match the offence committed, taking into consideration public interest.
“It is important that the courts be consistent with penalties for a crime of this nature. Otherwise the people will be confused,” said Khatijah, an active social worker.
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