SUPP women central against acquittal of rapist

suppadmin | May 18, 2015

SUPP women central is disappointed as the three-judge panel unanimously discharged and acquitted a 60 years-old man who raped and impregnated a minor. The case took three long years, yet the perpetrator walked free at the end.

Section 375 of the Penal Code defines rape as forcefully inserting the male penis into the body of the female victim without the victim’s consent. The accused had inserted his semen smeared finger into the victim’s virginal. He walked free because the finger is not penis, therefore his act can not be constituted as rape; although DNA test confirmed the accused as the father of the victim’s child. Since Malaysia’s law does not allow one to sue the same accused twice with similar conviction, the accused is now a free man who do not have to be responsible for his act.

SUPP women central chief Datin Jennifer expressed great concern over such restrictive definition of rape in Malaysia’s law. Due to loopholes in laws, rapists walked free in countries such as India and Bangladesh. The inadequate laws and loopholes had caused the increase of crime rate in these countries and crippled their economy development.

“How can our country achieve the vision of 2020 if the laws are unable to protect the younger generation who is the backbone of this country’s future and development? It will be impossible to achieve developed nation status if our laws are unable to keep up with the need of present time.” Stressed Datin Jennifer.

Datin Jennifer urged the Government to amend obsolete laws as soon as possible. Only when the safety of each individual is safeguarded can we have a developed, stabilised and peaceful nation.