Nusantara
Nov 28 2004, 12:12 AM
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The Sunday Times - World
November 28, 2004
Malaysia Briton could be hanged
Michael Sheridan
MALAYSIAN prosecutors will present detailed murder charges this week against a British man, Anthony King, who faces death by hanging if convicted of the crime.
King, 32, is alleged to have killed Ang Sze Yuen, a Malaysian man of Chinese descent, in a row over a woman on November 14. He was arrested the following day.
He is being held on remand in the notorious prison at Johor Bahru, a city renowned for its nightlife, at the tip of Malaysia near Singapore.
The British honorary consul visited King in jail last week and reported that he was being properly treated.
King, an engineering researcher working in Malaysia, is said by prosecutors to have kicked and punched Ang in an affray at a petrol station that led to the man’s death. Local media reports say Ang owned a small shop and was the father of one child.
More details are due to be revealed at the court hearing in Johor Bahru on Thursday, at which King may be asked to enter a plea.
Malaysia has not hesitated to carry out the death penalty in the past against foreigners convicted of capital offences, rejecting appeals for clemency.
While the new government headed by Abdullah Badawi is less prickly towards western countries than that of his predecessor, Mahathir Mohamad, political analysts say the administration will not want to appear willing to make special concessions to foreign defendants.
Iron Malayan
Nov 28 2004, 02:18 AM
"He is being held on remand in the notorious prison at Johor Bahru, a city renowned for its nightlife, at the tip of Malaysia near Singapore"
LOL. Notorious prison
Iron Malayan
Nov 29 2004, 02:16 AM
If found guilty this guy will swing for sure.
DaNiu85
Nov 30 2004, 08:09 AM
QUOTE (Iron Malayan @ Nov 29 2004, 03:16 AM)
If found guilty this guy will swing for sure.
of course... he won't be let off if he was found guilty right?
Iron Malayan
Nov 30 2004, 09:42 AM
Yup. He can forget about appealing for a lighter sentence or getting a pardon from the king.
Protoculture
Nov 30 2004, 10:55 PM
Let that bugger swing for all I care. Just because he is a 'high & mighty' Anglo-Saxon, he think he can get away scot-free or even get a lighter sentence after killing our fellow Malaysian .....
Hang him all the way, I say!
Iron Malayan
Jan 26 2005, 01:20 PM
QUOTE (Protoculture @ Nov 30 2004, 11:55 PM)
Hang him all the way, I say!

They need to flog him a few times before hanging him.

2 .j/k
Suzu
Apr 24 2005, 11:21 AM
A Briton or any other non-Malay should be tried according to Malay law - but does he (or any Malay) have to be hung? Aren't there more modern death penalty methods? :o
Iron Malayan
Jul 26 2005, 02:08 PM
QUOTE (Suzu @ Apr 24 2005, 11:21 AM)
A Briton or any other non-Malay should be tried according to Malay law - but does he (or any Malay) have to be hung? Aren't there more modern death penalty methods? :o
In Malaysia,hanging is the only way to go.
the model racist nation
Sep 11 2005, 01:43 PM
Unfortunately the prime minister of the last 22 years, Dr Mahathir, has mixed politics into every aspect of our civil life. The privatisation of public utilities and transport, the management of Proton, Petronas, Malaysian Airlines, banks and the Renong have all been influenced by Malaysian politics.
As a result we, the people in the last 22 years have inherited a rotten education system with more than 60 percent of ethnic Chinese in Chinese-type schools and a substantial number of malays in Sekolah Agama Rakyat or private Islamic-type schools.
A system where one group is taxed for the benefit of another group will only work if the tax payers feel that the tax beneficiaries are selected on the basis of economic need, nothing else. As a proud tax payer, I know that taxation is necessary for the maintenance of the social contract.
The poor in Malaysia must be served but I am sure all taxpayers feel that this should be done in a manner which is blind to age, ethnicity, gender and religion.
Our government is filled with people who do not fundamentally understand economics and the forces of free market and capitalism. They think they do, but they don't.
Many of them have grown rich under the NEP which they think has not hurt anyone and hence they think that free markets, market forces and open competition is something that can be tamed.
For those that come from a poor background, the situation seems almost impossible as their rich neighbours only seem to keep on being rich. This is because the rich are always fewer in number while the poor are many.
The Malaysian problem is that rich do become richer. And because of the political system, the players are the same.
Out of control - this is all I can say about any type of enforcement and the level of corruption in Malaysia. No idea what Pak Lah has done in his first year in office but judging from the ground, I guess nothing much.
There is still concentration of power in the prime minister's position, a practice inherited from Dr Mahathir.
There is still a lack of urgency and political will to tackle corruption. Many cases involving politicians are still pending while new cases do not seem to get the attention of the Anti-Corruption Agency for reasons best known to them.
The law enforcement which was once among the best of Southeast Asia is now reportedly the most corrupt government agency in Malaysia. The judiciary, once also respected in the region and the world is now not a respected place where Malaysians can find justice.
And just like his predecessor, he is not living up to his slogan. In fact as home minister, he is not such a nice guy after all.
malaccan
Sep 11 2005, 01:46 PM
Corruption is a problem in Malaysia

, as it is in many other regional countries.
Terima kasih tmrn.
Iron Malayan
Sep 12 2005, 11:56 AM
If the govt is so corrupt why don't you pay them to leave your massage parlour alone ?
QUOTE (the model racist nation @ Sep 11 2005, 01:43 PM)
As a result we, the people in the last 22 years have inherited a rotten education system with more than 60 percent of ethnic Chinese in Chinese-type schools and a substantial number of malays in Sekolah Agama Rakyat or private Islamic-type schools.
60% ? Hahaaaa