Recently a friend related this incident to me. He fetch a female
pax which some barang barang. She told him she wanted to go to her
workplace and then asked him to send the stuff on his own to her
home, where he family members will come down and collect and pay
the fare. She provided address and contact details. But my friend
scared refused to entertain, said she must accompany. Later he told
me and said he worried of allegation of theft or damage.
I told him why he so worried. The simple rule is this - If you
never do, why so scared? The police do not work that way, I have
never known a case where an innocent party was charged for theft.
Perhaps there may have occured some, but this is very very rare.
The courts do not simply convict people based on allegations alone,
there are so many other factors.Let give you an example how a
molest is determined - this is a true case - a boy alleges he was
molested by the neighbour of cousin. Among the factors the
prosecution asked the judge to consider were this 10 points:
1) Victim had no motive to lie
2) He was mature enough to understand the gravity of the
offence and the nature of the accused acts of molestation
3) He did not embellish his evidence (did not tambah his story,
add sugar and spice)
4) His account of the incident was detailed
5) His evidence was corrobated (by informing his cousin
and mother soon after the acts)
6) His account was credible (believable)
7) His conduct before and after the molest was consistent with
the allegation of molest.
8) He showed geunine signs of distress
9) He made detailed and heartfelt complaints of his molest and
having to endure them
10) Any discrepancy was minor ( maybe the timing was slightly
off or the sequence of the offences or his actions was not in the
exact order).
These are some of the factors a judge will consider, not just
side with a victim and convict you.
So don't be afraid, if you were honest and didn't take anything,
you need not have to worry/ At the worst case, just ask for a lie
detector test, if you never do, you definitely should be able to
pass it.
