Teen's fatal school stabbing case heads to Court of Appeal
The acquittal of a teenager in the fatal stabbing of his schoolmate will now come under scrutiny at the Court of Appeal after the Attorney-General’s Chambers filed an appeal against the Shah Alam High Court’s decision.
The 15-year-old student was acquitted and discharged by the Shah Alam High Court last Monday after the court ruled that he was not criminally responsible for the death of 16-year-old Yap Shing Xuen on grounds of insanity...
The acquittal of a teenager in the fatal stabbing of his schoolmate will now come under scrutiny at the Court of Appeal after the Attorney-General’s Chambers filed an appeal against the Shah Alam High Court’s decision.
The 15-year-old student was acquitted and discharged by the Shah Alam High Court last Monday after the court ruled that he was not criminally responsible for the death of 16-year-old Yap Shing Xuen on grounds of insanity.
The teenager had been charged with murdering Yap at a secondary school in Bandar Utama on Oct 14 last year.
In a statement, the AGC said it had filed a notice of appeal on Sept 22 against the High Court’s decision.
“After considering the decision of the learned Shah Alam High Court judge, this department filed a notice of appeal at the Court of Appeal on Sept 22 against the acquittal and discharge decision,” it said.
The teenager has since been placed at Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, where he is undergoing treatment and counselling.
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He is expected to remain there until medical authorities determine that he is fit to be reintegrated into society.
A mum's petition
The acquittal prompted Yap’s mother, Wong Lee Ping, to appeal to members of the public to support a petition urging the AGC to challenge the decision.
“We are neither judges nor prosecutors. We are simply a family who have lost our daughter,” she said.
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Wong (above) said the family hoped all relevant legal avenues would be given serious consideration and that any right of appeal available under the law would be exercised.
“We are not asking anyone to prejudge the outcome of the case.
“We only hope that the proper legal process will be given serious consideration, the right to appeal, where legally available, can be duly exercised, and that the voice of a mother who has lost her daughter will be heard,” Wong added.
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May God bless and give strength to the victim’s family, and may justice ultimately prevail despite any legal maneuvering or attempts to obscure the truth.
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