Well, it is elections in Sarawak - and the question is whether these political parties have made a commitment to save the life of young Sarawakian, Kho Jabing, who may be hanged to death in Singapore? Or are they merely concerned in 'winning' seats but not really protecting the lives and livelihood of Sarawakians....
What is the position of PAS, DAP, PKR, Amanah - just not bothered? What is their stand on the Death Penalty - are they for the Abolition of the Death Penalty?
Are they just like the Sarawak BN? ....who will not take steps to save the life of this Sarawakian...
Remember, in the case of Kho Jabing, the Singapore High Court had re-sentenced him, saving him from the death penalty. The Singapore Court of Appeal then on a 3-2 decision reversed the High Court decision sentencing him again to death... If we look at it, 3 judges said he did not deserve the death penalty and 3 said he did.
Hence, I believe his life should be spared and his death sentence commuted to life >> not will the people and political parties contesting in the Sarawak Elections make a commitment to save the life of this Sarawakian. It will also mean a lot for the voters - will these political parties only be interested in the 'big projects' - and not just the woes of the individual person.
Remember that the Malaysian Bar, Sarawak Bar and the Sabah Bar has called that Kho Jabing's death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment...
Are they just like the Sarawak BN? ....who will not take steps to save the life of this Sarawakian...
Najib and BN not bothered about saving Sarawakian Kho Jabing's life - may be executed in Singapore soon?
Remember, in the case of Kho Jabing, the Singapore High Court had re-sentenced him, saving him from the death penalty. The Singapore Court of Appeal then on a 3-2 decision reversed the High Court decision sentencing him again to death... If we look at it, 3 judges said he did not deserve the death penalty and 3 said he did.
Hence, I believe his life should be spared and his death sentence commuted to life >> not will the people and political parties contesting in the Sarawak Elections make a commitment to save the life of this Sarawakian. It will also mean a lot for the voters - will these political parties only be interested in the 'big projects' - and not just the woes of the individual person.
Remember that the Malaysian Bar, Sarawak Bar and the Sabah Bar has called that Kho Jabing's death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment...
23. Where the occasion demands it, the 3 Bars have stood together in voicing out society’s concerns such as the repressive laws recently by Parliament. In 2015, we also lent our voice to the cause of justice and humanity by joining in the campaign to commute the death sentence of a Sarawakian, Mr Kho Jabing to life imprisonment. Mr Kho Jabing, is on death row in Singapore after being convicted by the Courts there for murder. - OPENING OF THE LEGAL YEAR 2016,22 JANUARY 2016, ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT,OF THE ADVOCATES’ ASSOCIATION OF SARAWAK, Leonard D. Shim
BY SULOK TAWIE Wednesday November 4, 2015
06:59 AM GMT+8
Tan
Sri Dr James Masing, acknowledged Jabing’s death sentence but said it
was inappropriate for any Malaysian authority to interfere in the
Singapore court system. — Picture by Kamles Kumar
KUCHING,
Nov 4 — The Sarawak government will not interfere in Kho Jabing’s murder
case as the youth, who will be executed this Friday in Singapore, was
not convicted of the crime in Malaysia, a senior state minister said.
The minister, Tan Sri Dr James Masing, acknowledged Jabing’s death
sentence but said it was inappropriate for any Malaysian authority to
interfere in the Singapore court system.
“Just (as) we do not want other countries to interfere in our justice
system, we also do not want to interfere in the justice system of other
countries,” the minister in charge of land development said.
“Let the law takes it course (sic),” he added, when reminded of the Friday deadline for Jabing.
Masing, who is also Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president, also urged
Sarawakians to respect and abide by the laws of the countries they
currently work and reside in.
“Please do not break the laws of the countries where you work. If you
do, you alone will face the consequences of your misbehaviours,” he
said.
He said Jabing’s case should be taken as a lesson to others not to violate any law, regardless where they are.
Jabing
(pix) was accused of beating Cao Ruyin, 40, with a piece of wood, with
the China national later succumbing to injuries. — Picture courtesy of
Jumai Kho
Malay Mail Online reported yesterday Jabing’s sister Jumai as
confirming that her brother will be executed this Friday in Singapore
over the 2008 murder of 40-year old China national Cao Ruyen.
Jabing left Miri, Sarawak, in 2007 to look for a better-paying job as a
labourer in Singapore so that he could help support his family.
One year later, the Sarawakian of Iban and Chinese ethnicity was
arrested together with a friend for robbing and assaulting a labourer
from China.
Jabing was accused of beating Cao Ruyin, 40, with a piece of wood, with the China national later succumbing to injuries.
According to Kirsten Han, the co-founder of We Believe in Second
Chances, Jabing was convicted and sentenced to death under Section 300c
of the Singapore Penal Code, which at the time, in 2010, required the
mandatory death penalty.
However, amendments to the mandatory death penalty came into force in
2013 and Jabing was deemed eligible to apply for resentencing. The High
Court resentenced him to life imprisonment plus 24 strokes of the cane.
But the prosecution appealed and last January,the Court of Appeal sentenced the Malaysian to death in a 3-2 decision.
Singapore President Tony Tan rejected Jabing’s appeal for clemency on October 19.
- See more at:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/sarawak-wont-interfere-in-kho-jabings-singapore-execution-state-minister-sa#sthash.n3uzRYvW.dpuf
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