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Puzzling News

Published Thursday, March 08, 2007 by SaiRay | E-mail this post

I had read about an article a few days ago regarding this young little girl being sexually abuse by his teacher or something. The article was relating the ordeal and her experience from a third party view. She had a hell of a time being harass and interrogated by the policewoman. You have to go and read the full story yourself over here.

My question is.....what the hell are those cop doing. I mean I know they are dirty and etc but to treat a sexually harass girl that way......is it right ? What is more puzzling about the whole episode and the subsequent days ahead was that there was no response nor any sign of the case being follow-up. That's not very like the news media. Usually when there is something going on or some tragic news and etc........we can expect lots of response both from the politician, NGO and etc through the news media. So my only guess is that there is a news blackout on this sensitive issue and furthermore it involves a big shot son. Another surprises to me was the case didn't happen in some kampung or suburban but right here in the klang valley.....in subang jaya.

What is happening to our cop ? Where is that ICMPC thing that this AAB had promised and that the A-G is looking into it. It has been a year now and still no news. Where is that 'Standard Procedure Code' that was promised so that no nude squatting and misuse and abuse of power on innocent public. Not a single thing is being done with this government. It is really a half-past government as claim by Tun M.

Here's the story from TheStar.

Where is the compassion for a traumatised teen?

Comment by K.W. MAK

THE policewoman was apparently harsh and abusive in the way she investigated the case of a 13-year-old student who claimed that a coach had molested her at a swimming pool.

“Do you know where the person lives?” the officer is said to have asked.

When the reply was a simple “no’’, the officer apparently shot back angrily: “How am I supposed to arrest the person if you don’t know where he lives?”

The victim’s older sister told me that she had a tough time protecting the young girl from more trauma. The older girl was at a loss as to what to do.

She said the officer did not brief them on the investigations procedure, but that after a few more questions, the latter called the school and gave instructions for the coach to report to the police station.

Upon hearing this, the victim apparently shrank back in fear and cried while the older sister protested the move, asking for the “confrontation’’ to be called off.

Because this was denied the siblings sought my advice.

I went to the police station and saw that the older sister looked frustrated, and the younger one, bewildered.

Not knowing the proper procedures myself, I decided to remain calm and quiet, urging the older sister to do the same – advice I received from my friends.

We tried to negotiate for a one-way mirror identification, but instead got scolded by the officer for suggesting it.

“Don’t you know we have nothing against this man?’’ the officer told the younger sister.

“You have no marks on you, no traces of semen and all that. If he doesn’t admit to the crime, we cannot detain him.

“We need him to see you so he will know you are the victim and not some other victim that he could have molested.

“And if you don’t identify him, he could turn around and sue you and sue me!”

As I continued advising the older sister, we heard the officer complaining loudly to her colleagues that “the case would not hold in court because the girl was uncooperative.’’

Then we heard her say: “How? This is the son of Datuk (followed by a name that we could not catch) and he has filed a report saying this is all slander.”

I told the older sister to ask the officer to call the coach and set a time for the meeting.

We waited for about two hours and the younger sister was getting tired and restless.

Meanwhile, the officer then handed a report that she had written to the sisters, suggesting that they both read and sign it.

This done, we left the room and decided to wait outside. I took the opportunity to seek legal advice from my friends.

We were told to wait a little longer as the coach was on his way to the station.

However, half an hour later we were told to go home as the coach might not come at all.

He was apparently making conflicting statements about his whereabouts.

The ordeal lasted some three hours for me, but for the sisters, it was much longer.

The siblings had first lodged a police report at 1pm at the Bandar Sunway police station before they were instructed to see an investigating officer at the Subang Jaya district police headquarters at 3.30pm.

What angers me is the way the police officer conducted the entire investigation.

The 13-year-old’s feelings were not taken into account.

I am not trying to determine whether a crime has been committed, but child protection laws state that a child’s interests must come first.

And yet, here’s a case where I witnessed that even the people concerned with supporting her do not seem to be aware of this.