Restore Jury System In Malaysia For Capital Offences
The High Court made a mistake by acquitting the killer in the BU school stabbing of murder. The psychiatric evidence, as detailed in the written judgement, is questionable. Malaysia should restore juries, requiring unanimous verdicts for capital offences.
I believe that High Court judge Adlin Abdul Majid erred in acquitting the killer in the Bandar Utama school stabbing of murder on the ground of insanity or unsoundness of mind.
Justice Adlin wrote a 77-page judgement on the case of LCH (“Child”), a teenage boy charged with the murder of 16-year-old girl, Yap Shing Xuen, in SMK Bandar Utama Damansara (4) in Petaling Jaya on October 14, 2025, when he was aged 14 then.
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- Sep 25, 2026
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- Sep 25, 2026
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