Life Imprisonment for Child Kidnapping

They deserve the punishment for what they did. But the punishment aside, just imagine what would happen to the child if... We are lucky that the child was returned to the family, but what if...? There are so many "what if", so many possibilities but the best that we can do is to prevent it from happening. Hence, the question of "what if" and other worse possibilities won't arise if we work together to prevent this from happening.

Be a concerned citizen. It is ok to be busy body in this situation. Prevention is better than cure

Georgetown: Sepasang kekasih dihukum penjara seumur hidup semalam selepas didapati bersalah menculik seorang kanak-kanak lelaki sembilan tahun dan memperoleh wang tebusan RM200,000, tiga tahun lalu.

Lai Khan Mei, 35, dan teman wanitanya, Gao Bingju, 25, seorang warga China, didapati bersalah melarikan dan mengurung mangsa di rumah di Taman Gemilang Ria, Bukit Mertajam, jam 5.30 petang, 19 Disember 2009.

Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman, Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah turut menjatuhkan hukuman 15 kali sebatan terhadap Khan Mei selepas mendapati pihak pembelaan gagal menimbulkan sebarang keraguan munasabah terhadap kes pendakwaan.

Wang pemberian rakan

Beliau berkata, mahkamah menolak keterangan Khan Mei yang mengatakan wang yang ditemui ketika dia dan Gao ditangkap di Genting Highlands adalah pemberian kawan-kawannya.

“Mahkamah mendapati keterangan dikemukakan pihak pendakwaan berjaya membuktikan identiti kedua-dua tertuduh terlibat dalam kes ini,” katanya. - BERNAMA

Translation 
 
A couple was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday after they were found guilty for kidnapping a child age 9 years old and secured ransom of RM200,000, three years ago.

Lai Khan Mei, 35 and his girlfriend, Gao Bingju, 25, a China national were found guilty for kidnapping and detained the victim in a house in Taman Gemilang Ria, Bukit Mertajam at 5:30pm on 19th December 2009. Judicial Commissioner, Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah further sentenced Kah Mei to 15 strokes of rotan as he was satisfied that the defence team had failed to raised reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case. 

Money given by friends

He further said, the Court dismissed the statement by Khan Mei that the money found with him when he and Gao were arrested in Genting Highlands was gift from friends.

"The Court found the evidences tendered by the prosecution team shows the accused's involvement in the case," he said. - BERNAMA     

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