Namun, seingat saya, cadangan hukum bunuh bagi perogol kanak2 ni dah lama dicadangkan oleh PDRM kita. Mungkin cadangan ni tidak disukai sangat oleh UMNO pada masa itu kerana ada kepimpinan UMNO yang ditangkap kerana ada skandal dengan budak bawah umur. Nak tahu yang mana , tanya Lim Guan Eng. Hairan juga, mengapa tiada kepimpinan UMNO yang membawa cadangan ni?
Karpal suggests death penalty for child rapists
Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:44
KUALA LUMPUR: DAP chairman Karpal Singh today called upon the government to amend Section 376 of the Penal Code to provide for the death penalty for child rapists. Karpal said although he had been an advocate for the abolition of the death penalty, in light of the daily occurrences of crimes against children, in particular, instances of rape against them, it was time for the government to act in the public interest which demanded the introduction of measures which were bold and effective.
"This is to send a clear message to would-be offenders that the law will not tolerate anymore the rape of innocent children," he said in a statement today.
Karpal said the recent alleged rape of a 10-year-old girl while being driven from school in a school bus by the driver brought into sharp focus the dire necessity of reviewing the penalty for such offences.
He said the punishment for rape of a child under the age of 12 under Section 376(2)(e) of the Penal Code was a term of imprisonment which might extend to 30 years together with whipping.
Undoubtedly, he said the guilt of the accused must be proven beyond any reasonable doubt and of course in cases where an accused was caught red-handed in the act itself supported by the evidence of credible eye witnesses, there should be no difficulty in proving the case beyond reasonable doubt.
"I am mindful of the danger of the execution of an innocent man. The execution of the death penalty is irreversible. The horror suffered by an innocent man condemned to death at the instance of the state is beyond imagination," he said.
However, he said the magnitude of the offence of rape of an innocent child in broad daylight in the observance of eye witnesses must attract the need to amend the law.
- Bernama