Magistrate: “The ‘bitten’ cop admitted he punched Tian; thus the cop’s testimony must be true”

by Nathaniel Tan

You can kill people and throw them off buildings in this country, but God forbid you should “bite” a cop.

Let’s start by some truly, truly incredulous statements from the judgment:

Batu MP and PKR strategic director Tian Chua was today fined RM3,000 and jailed six months after being found guilty of biting a police constable and preventing the latter from discharging his duty.

Earlier, magistrate Mohd Faizi Che Abu found Chua not to be a credible witness as his defence was a mere denial.

“Even a video recording submitted by the defence showed he had resisted arrest.

“Although the video recording did not show the biting, I believe it did as the policeman had testified that he had punched the accused and Chua had retaliated by biting,” said the magistrate.

Mohd Faizi however said the policeman was not on trial but the accused was.

“I find the policeman’s credibility intact as he did admit when testifying at the prosecution stage that he punched Tian Chua,” said the magistrate.

He said that the sentence meted out to Chua should send a message to the public to respect the court and the law of the land.

O_O ?!?!

I cannot help but feel that swearing is the appropriate response.

So let me get this straight, the magistrate - our representative of Malaysia’s mighty paragon of integrity, the justice system - has decided to uphold the testimony and integrity of this one policeman, BECAUSE HE ADMITTED HE PUNCHED AN ARRESTEE.

And he’s talking about a sending a -ing message?!

I think the message clearly is: it’s ok to abuse prisoners sayang, it will just make any testimonies you give more credible.

But nevermind. We’re concerned with the truth, no? Let’s look at the videos once again.

Here’s the short version, wherein the punching can clearly be seen:

And here’s the long version, action around 6.30 onwards:

So the cop in question is the guy in blue. He shamelessly punches Tian in the head, wherein Tian says “Eh, you jangan pukul saya, jangan pukul.”

Nowhere is there a “Jangan gigit!” or any cry of pain, or ANY indication of a biting.

So what is this 2 bit magistrate basing his judgment on? The testimony of a proven thug.

Hukum rimba!!