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- Man gets 12-years jail for consensual sex with underage daughter who gives birth
- Foray murder: Accused appears to have wiped his walls, cop tells court
- Malaysia launches Gaza emergency fund
| Man gets 12-years jail for consensual sex with underage daughter who gives birth Posted: 20 Nov 2012 05:53 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: A 54-year-old man pleaded guilty to having sex with his underage daughter but claimed that both of them did not know they were father and daughter until it came to light when the girl got pregnant. He was sentenced to 12 years prison and seven strokes of the whip by Sessions Court judge Emelia Kaswati Mohamad Khalid who scolded him when he claimed naivety and a lack of religious education as reasons for his crime. "How can you still be naive at this age? Even without religious education, do you think it is acceptable to rape a teenager," she asked. "You are old, at an age where people are going for their Haji, you will now go to prison," she told the unemployed man, who started weeping when he heard his sentence. The man, who was unrepresented, admitted he raped the then 13-year-old girl in her bedroom at the PPR Kampung Muhibbah flat on Jalan Puchong, Cheras at 1am in July 2010. It is learnt that the man and the girl's mother had lived together many years ago and he had left her without realising she was pregnant. He then went on to marry and divorce another woman after having two children with her. Two years ago, he came back into the girl's mother's life and they resumed living together but the woman did not reveal that girl was his daughter. The girl was then 13-years-old and according to the facts of the case, the girl asked her mother and the man to sleep in her room on the same mattress one night. After some time, the man took off his pants and had sex with her. In her victim impact statement (VIS) the teen told the court that the sex was consensual and she did not know then that he was her biological father. A medical check in Aug 2010 confirmed she was pregnant, and she gave birth in April the next year. When she found out she was pregnant, she told her mother, who instructed her to keep the child and also revealed that the man was her biological father. When asked by the judge if she was upset when she found out she was pregnant, the teenager said she didn't mind as she felt it was the outcome of a consensual relationship with the man. The teenager, who wore a red blouse and matching red ribbon appeared unfazed when giving her statement and was even seen smiling. She told the court that she was moved around different children's homes while she was pregnant and had her daughter sent to a different home after she gave birth. She added that the taunting she received for being pregnant in a children's home did embarrass and traumatise her. During sentencing, Judge Emelia said it was the role of parents to protect their children from such predators and told the teenager not to let her daughter make the same mistake she and her mother had made. Earlier, DPP Ooi Chean Ling revealed that the man had previously been charged with breaking and entering and rape, though he was not convicted of rape in the earlier case. |
| Foray murder: Accused appears to have wiped his walls, cop tells court Posted: 20 Nov 2012 03:47 AM PST KUANTAN: The walls in murder accused Asni Omar's home had been wiped clean, a police forensics investigation officer told the High Court here. Insp Shuhada Salim said Tuesday that clear traces of recent wiping on the walls were found in the petty trader's home in Kampung Tekek, Pulau Tioman when the police investigated the crime scene of the murder of French tourist Stephanie Foray last year. "It was clearly wiped because the surface was dusty. If it was touched or wiped, it would leave a very significant difference on the wall," he said when questioned by deputy public prosecutor Salim Soib @ Hamid Tuesday. Insp Shuhada, however, said he did not estimate the extent of the wiping traces. He was testifying in the trial of Asni, 37, who is charged with murdering Foray, 30, at an unnumbered house in Kampung Tekek, Pulau Tioman, between 8pm on May 10 and noon on May 12 last year. Insp Shuhada also told the court that he took several seized items from Asni's house and then moved towards the nearby cave where the accused had pointed out the location of Foray's body. "Me and my team's duty at that time was to pick up any evidence dug up by forensic medical specialist Dr Sri Marni Zainal Abidin and her team," said Insp Shuhada. When asked whether he saw other things being dug up in the cave, Insp Shuhada said Dr Sri Marni and her team found a body. "I cannot describe exactly how the body looked like but it was kind of mummified," he said. During Tuesday's proceedings, Insp Shuhada identified three silver necklaces, two yellow bracelets and a brown ring, which were found in Asni's house. The items were then tendered as exhibits. The trial before judge Justice Mariana Yahya continues Wednesday. |
| Malaysia launches Gaza emergency fund Posted: 20 Nov 2012 03:05 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday called on Malaysians to continue to provide aid in various forms to the people of Gaza, Palestine who are being oppressed by Israel. Dr Mahathir, who is also president of Perdana Global Peace Foundation (PGPF), said whatever aid including food, clothing, construction materials or cash could assist the Palestinians to continue to live and receive better protection. "Malaysia has several bodies that are providing aid to Gaza. Today we launch a fund. The proceeds will be distributed to several NGOs (non-governmental organisations) which have distribution networks in Gaza, that we (PGPF) don't. "So, we are willing to give to anyone that are aligned with us whether within the country or in Europe," he told reporters after launching the Gaza Emergency Fund at the Putra World Trade Centre, here. Also present were his wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohamed Ali and PGPF Chairman, Tan Sri Norian Mai. Israeli attacks on Palestine since Nov 15 had killed more than 100 people in Gaza including children and the elderly, as well as injuring hundreds of others. Although Israel continues to impose blockades on any aid entering Gaza, Dr Mahathir said Malaysians could contribute without any limitation as the proceeds would directly be distributed to the relevant parties endlessly. While he regretted the blockade imposed, he was still thankful because the change in government in Egypt had to a certain extent made it easier to send aid to the people of Gaza. Earlier in his speech, Dr Mahathir labeled Israel as the 'most lawless country ever seen in world history' as it had broken every international law and carried out assassinations. "For every ship bringing supplies to Gaza, Israel mounted military attack on the ship. Israel said it is only looking after its security but its security is based on the insecurity of everybody else," he said. Dr Mahathir pointed out that Israel believed it had the right to carry out pre-emptive attacks on any country at any time, as what it did to Sudan recently. He said the people in Gaza also had the right to be secure, especially when they were put under blockade and were denied food and medicine. "What are they going to do when the world just looks on and does nothing. So, they try to fight back in their own way. They fire some harmless rockets which are not invented by the great power in the world," he said while demanding for Israel to show evidence that the action had killed three of their people and caused damage to Tel Aviv. "The evidence overwhelmingly showed that Israel is the terrorist. Israel is a terrorist state. It terrifies everybody around it. He later presented PGPF's contribution of RM100,000 to Prof Paola Manduca on behalf of Medical Aid of Palestine. - Bernama |
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