Originally posted by lionnoisy:
This is a matter of justice.Pl do not mix up with
hanging.
Aussie judge oredered media covered up of NGUYEN
Tuong Van's brother, Nguyen Khoa
riotous assembly and recklessly causing serious injury in 1998 ,in
order to save Van life.
2.The Judge also changed a custodial sentence of three years, which
she suspended for three years in recognition of Khoa's personal
circumstances.
3.He(Khoa) had also previously served time [b]for drug-trafficking
offences and was released from prison in July
2002
4.Do u agree judge imposed publication ban of KHoa case in order
not to jeopardise Van's plea for clemency.Will Van lost much
support if Khoa
's drug traffickering records exposed?
5.Is it ok to impose a suspension sentence for a attack leading to
wheelchair
bound and it took 4 years to reach County court?
6.What was the role Aussie government in this drama---cover up
to
ask for people's support,changed a prison sentence to
suspension?
Should a government to do everything,including changing or
possibly
obstructing the course of justice to save her
citizens?
7.The Goddess of Jusiece is really blind,but without a balance and
a sword.[/b]
lionnoisy,
4) probably that was the case, or perhaps the Judge forgot. Anyhow,
there is no clear relevance of the Khoa case to the Ngyuen Case. My
best bet is that the Judge wanted the Aussies and the media to be
able to treat Ngyuen's case impartially, as well as sympathise for
his grieving family, whatever wrongs they might have committed in
the past.
5) Note, she suspended the sentence FOR THREE YEARS; Khoa is still
going to jail in the end, and I suspect he might go earlier than 3
years later to sap his remorsefulness over his brother's
death.
6) *Ahem* The Judiciary is DIFFERENT from the government. The
government you're talking abt - Howard, Downer, Robinson, AQC and
all - is the Executive. Unlike down here, where PAP has influence
over everything, the Aussies keep the division of power as distinct
as possible. So you don't blame the Judge's sentence on Howard or
Downer or Robinson; you could blame the Australian Legal system, or
better still blame the official herself.
7) That seems to apply to Singapore too, except that we have no
scales and too long a sword. The Judge's decision actually showed
her use of the scales, and she did give Khoa 3 years in jail, her
sword if you might. On the other hand, S'pore govt used the sword -
or rather the noose - against Ngyuen without considering properly
all the pleas of clemency, thus showing that it does not possess
scales at all, but only the sharp sword which cuts both ways; the
Hangman has trouble recruiting a successor.
the (sad) pikamaster