The Court of Appeal has ordered the release of the 17-year-old boy convicted of murdering his tuition teacher’s 11-year-old daughter five years ago. [Thestar]
Here is my simple understanding about the situation…
1. The mandatory punishment for conviction for murder in Malaysia is a death penalty…
2. Minors cannot be hanged in Malaysia…
3. There are no specific laws on how to punish a minor convicted for murder in Malaysia (there were some laws but deemed unconstitutional on July 12)…
4. A convicted young murderer who stabbed a girl 20 times is released.
The scariest part is… all minors can kill anyone they like from now on until our lawmakers could come out with something constitutional? (Correct me if I am wrong… I am not a law expert)
Update Oct 24 - teenage murderer went back to jail
[...] teenage murderer that has been released in July has been sent back to jail after the Federal Court overturned the Court of Appeal’s decision. [...]