Rape, Sodomy, Wanton Killings
Thursday, February 24, 2005
I was appalled to read about what happened in our country within a fortnight - Two women were brutally murdered. A 26-year old boutique owner, May Goh Lee Fang, whom almost everyone interviewed said she was very pretty, was found dead with multiple stab wounds in the newly opened The Curve shopping complex. Robbery was ruled out, as her cash was not not taken. She was reported to have been raped, at first. However, recent reports claim that she was not sexually assaulted - I hate to speculate, but I wonder how did the initial claim (that she was raped) came about in the first place? Were the newer reports deliberately made up, to cushion the damage done to our country, especially when Canny Ong's rapist was recently sentenced? A cover-up, perhaps? Okay let's just stop speculating.

In another case, a bright 17-year old student, Li Mingqian was found dead and naked in an oil palm plantation. She was a foreign student, from Southwest China's Guizhou Province. In less than two months after her enrolment in a private college, she was raped, sodomized and then killed. Brutal? You bet. Very much similar with the high-profile Canny Ong's rape-cum-murder case, I'd say. The accused in Canny Ong's murder trial was recently given the honor of a "full-tour" in the prison (as my friends say). He was ordered to be given 10 strokes of rotan, a maximum of 20 years of jail term, and a death sentence. That's some combo-sentencing, if you ask me. By the way, a friend actually wondered which comes first, the jail or the death sentence. He won't be needing the jail sentence if he were to be hung first now, will he?

If only that sort of punishment scares other would-be sex offenders. I wonder if the rapist(s) of 17 year old Li (she might have been gang-raped) knew about these punishments. If he is (or they are) caught, it'd be apt if he (or they) get(s) the same punishments. The rape, sodomy and murder of Chinese student Li have tarnished the image of our country terribly. The authorities were heard saying that this was only "an isolated case". Mr Authority, we Malaysians certainly hope so too. But sadly, with the string of events that hit our country in recent months, Malaysia may no longer be an obvious choice for foreign students. Certainly, more needs to be done to curb these sex-offenders.

What world are we living in? What's the problem? Is it the people, or is it the law? Months ago, I remember telling my friends "Malaysia is no longer a safe place". Now, recent news reports seem to justify that.

My deepest condolences go to the family members of the dead.
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