Now in malaysia, child rapist can get away with just a slap on
the hand.
Malaysia should emulate laws to protect the underage. Maybe
after this case, all the pedophiles in singapore will start
flocking to malaysia for cheap thrills.
See the story from Star paper below:-
GEORGE TOWN: Deputy public prosecutor Lim Cheah Yit will file an
appeal today against the Sessions Court's decision to bind over
22-year-old electrician Chuah Guan Jiu for three years to be of
good behaviour after he was found guilty of statutory rape.
He is making the appeal amid rumblings of dissent over the
judgment which followed a similar penalty handed down to former
national youth squad bowler Noor Afizal Azizan for consensual sex
with an underage girl.
Lim said: “I'm disappointed (with the judgment). It had been a
consensual act between the two parties but the girl is still a
minor.”
The father of the rape victim (who was 12 then and 14 this year)
expressed his dissatisfaction with the judgment to reporters when
they called on him at his Air Itam flat yesterday.
The odd-job worker, who is in his 40s, said he might seek an
appeal for a more deterrent sentence against Chuah.
The widower declined further comment while a woman relative said
that she, too, was unhappy with the sentence.
All Women's Action Society senior programme officer Lee Wei San
said the organisation was “alarmed” by the ruling and the reference
to Chuah's “bright future”.
A similar allusion was made in the case of Noor Afizal.
“This seems to have become a standard excuse for lenient
sentencing in statutory rape cases. We look forward to reading the
court's written judgment (in Chuah's case),” she said.
Protect and Save the Children
executive director P. Nagasayee
Malathy appealed to the judiciary to view
such cases in the best interest of the victims to prevent future
offences.
On Tuesday, Chuah was ordered to be bound over on a RM25,000
good behaviour bond after he was found guilty of raping the girl on
two occasions last year.
Sessions judge Sitarun Nisa Abdul Aziz in her judgment had said
the court took into consideration that Chuah was a young, first
time offender.
Meanwhile, a 54-year-old former police officer also questioned
the court's decision.
Social worker
Datuk Dr E. Selvarajoo
said the convicted rapist should not be let off that easily.
“He should at least be sent to prison in the public interest,”
said Selvarajoo, a retired sergeant-major.
