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Sinar Daily
04-07-2025
- Sinar Daily
Man pleads guilty to sex crimes against Australian at cemetery
He is charged with raping the Australian woman in a Perodua Axia car and putting the victim in fear by pointing a metal scissors at her at a cemetery in the Mount Erskine Estate. 04 Jul 2025 01:39pm S. Prasanth, 25, (right) pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court today to two charges of raping and committing unnatural sex with an Australian national last week. Photo by Bernama S. Prasanth, 25, (right) pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court today to two charges of raping and committing unnatural sex with an Australian national last week. Photo by Bernama GEORGE TOWN - A part-time hotel worker pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here today to charges of raping and committing unnatural sex on an Australian woman. 25, who made the plea before Judge Juraidah Abbas, requested time to appoint a lawyer to represent him. S. Prasanth, 25, (right) pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court today to two charges of raping and committing unnatural sex with an Australian national last week. Photo by Bernama He is charged with raping the Australian woman in a Perodua Axia car and putting the victim in fear by pointing a metal scissors at her at a cemetery in the Mount Erskine Estate here, between 5.20am and 6am last June 28. The charge, under Section 376 (2) (b) of the Penal Code, provides imprisonment of up to 30 years and whipping upon conviction. He is also charged with committing unnatural sex on the woman at the same time and location, and was charged under Section 377C of the Penal Code, which carries a prison sentence of between five and 20 years and whipping upon conviction. S. Prasanth, 25, (right) pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court today to two charges of raping and committing unnatural sex with an Australian national last week. Photo by Bernama The prosecution, conducted by Penang Prosecution Director Mohd Nordin Ismail and Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Jun Keong, did not offer any bail due to the seriousness of the offence and the sensitivity surrounding the good bilateral relations between Malaysia and Australia, as the victim is an Australian citizen. "We do not want this matter to give a bad impression to foreign tourists who come to Malaysia. We cannot tolerate such offences,' said Mohd Nordin. The court did not allow bail and set July 31 for mention for the submission of documents and appointment of a counsel. - BERNAMA More Like This
The Sun
04-07-2025
- The Sun
Part-time hotel worker charged with raping Australian woman
GEORGE TOWN: A part-time hotel worker pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here today to charges of raping and committing unnatural sex on an Australian woman. 25, who made the plea before Judge Juraidah Abbas, requested time to appoint a lawyer to represent him. He is charged with raping the Australian woman in a Perodua Axia car and putting the victim in fear by pointing a metal scissors at her at a cemetery in the Mount Erskine Estate here, between 5.20 am and 6 am last June 28. The charge, under Section 376 (2) (b) of the Penal Code, provides imprisonment of up to 30 years and whipping upon conviction. He is also charged with committing unnatural sex on the woman at the same time and location, and was charged under Section 377C of the Penal Code, which carries a prison sentence of between five and 20 years and whipping upon conviction. The prosecution, conducted by Penang Prosecution Director Mohd Nordin Ismail and Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Jun Keong, did not offer any bail due to the seriousness of the offence and the sensitivity surrounding the good bilateral relations between Malaysia and Australia, as the victim is an Australian citizen. 'We do not want this matter to give a bad impression to foreign tourists who come to Malaysia. We cannot tolerate such offences,' said Mohd Nordin. The court did not allow bail and set July 31 for mention for the submission of documents and appointment of a counsel.
The Star
04-07-2025
- The Star
Part-time hotel worker charged with raping Australian woman
GEORGE TOWN: A part-time hotel worker pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here on Friday (July 4) to charges of raping and committing unnatural sex on an Australian woman. 25, who made the plea before Judge Juraidah Abbas, requested time to appoint a lawyer to represent him. He is charged with raping the Australian woman in a Perodua Axia car and putting the victim in fear by pointing a metal scissors at her at a cemetery in the Mount Erskine Estate here, between 5.20am and 6am last June 28. The charge, under Section 376 (2) (b) of the Penal Code, provides imprisonment of up to 30 years and whipping upon conviction. He is also charged with committing unnatural sex on the woman at the same time and location, and was charged under Section 377C of the Penal Code, which carries a prison sentence of between five and 20 years and whipping upon conviction. The prosecution, conducted by Penang Prosecution Director Mohd Nordin Ismail and Deputy Public Prosecutor Lee Jun Keong, did not offer any bail due to the seriousness of the offence and the sensitivity surrounding the good bilateral relations between Malaysia and Australia, as the victim is an Australian citizen. "We do not want this matter to give a bad impression to foreign tourists who come to Malaysia. We cannot tolerate such offences," said Mohd Nordin. The court did not allow bail and set July 31 for mention for the submission of documents and appointment of a counsel. - Bernama
The Hindu
04-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Powers of Waqf Board were unconstitutional: V. Muraleedharan
Former Union Minister V. Muraleedharan has said that the Union government passed the Waqf (Amendment) Act in Parliament as the Waqf Board's power to claim rights over anyone's land was neither democratic nor in line with the judicial system. He was inaugurating the Waqf Act Amendment public awareness campaign organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kollam West district committee at the Press Club on Sunday. 'Numerous ordinary people are suffering and being denied justice due to this law. The hardships faced by the people of Munambam stand before us as an example. Justice will be served to those suffering in the name of the Waqf Board and the rights of the people of Munambam will be restored,' he said. BJP Kollam West district president S. Prasanth presided while State spokesperson Narayanan Namboothiri presented the subject. Former district president B.B. Gopakumar and national council member M.S. Shyamkumar spoke.
