SINGAPORE: A 10-year-old boy who was sitting at the void deck and playing with his handphone was molested repeatedly despite pushing his perpetrator away.
The perpetrator, Teo Koon Tian, 57, was sentenced to 20 months’ jail on Thursday (Aug 7). At about 4pm on July 18 this year, Teo purchased three cans of beer from a provision shop and was drinking at the void deck. As he was drinking, he spotted the boy, who cannot be named as he is a minor.
Teo told the boy that he was “very cute and handsome” and touched him on the cheeks. However, the boy ignored Teo and continued to play with his handphone. Teo then walked around the void deck and touched the boy’s cheeks again, and the boy once again ignored him.
Subsequently, Teo sat behind the boy and used his right hand and patted and rubbed the boy’s left thigh. Though the boy immediately pushed his hand away, Teo continued to use his right hand to touch the boy’s thigh, proceeding higher up the thigh. The boy was very scared when Teo touched him, the court heard. The boy continued to push Teo’s hand away, after which Teo walked away.
The boy then immediately went back home and told his elder sister about the incident. They went down to look for Teo but could not find him. They later called their mother and filed a police report that night.
During the hearing, Deputy Public Prosecutor Joshua Lim argued that the offence was committed in broad daylight and the boy was “simply trusting in the safety and security of his own housing estate”.
“In no uncertain terms, he (Teo) has to be told that he has to pay for his crimes against innocent, vulnerable, defenceless young boys,” said Mr Lim.
He also urged the court to send the message that the criminal justice system will “come down hard” on child molesters who commit such offences. “You will be appropriately censured, castigated and dealt with,” added Mr Lim.
LEMBAGA Perpustakaan Negara (NLB) akan melakar satu proses yang lebih jelas untuk buku-buku yang telah ditarik keluar dari senarai bacaan awam “disebabkan kandungan yang kontroversi”.
Menerusi pendekatan yang dikemaskinikan, NLB tidak akan terus memusnahkan buku-buku yang dianggap tidak sesuai, sebaliknya akan mencari jalan lain untuk mengenepikan buku-buku ini.
Jaminan ini diberikan Menteri Penerangan dan Maklumat, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, yang berkata, NLB tidak akan terus memusnahkan buku-buku yang dianggap tidak sesuai dibaca khalayak umum.
“Untuk buku-buku yang masih berkeadaan baik tetapi telah ditarik keluar disebabkan kandungannya yang kontroversi, NLB akan mempertimbangkan pilihan lain selain memusnahkannya.
“Saya tidak mahu mendahului pertimbangan mereka, tetapi salah satu kemungkinan adalah untuk meletakkan buku-buku ini di bahagian yang lebih sesuai untuk khalayak pembacanya membuat pinjaman, sepertimana yang dilakukan dalam kes ini (kes tiga buku kanak-kanak berbaur homoseksual yang kini ditarik keluar dan dua ditempatkan di bahagian dewasa).
“Kemungkinan lain termasuklah meletakkannya di bahagian rujukan, atau dijual atau didermakan,” kata Dr Yaacob.
Tengkarah tercetus awal bulan lalu menyusuli tindakan NLB menarik keluar tiga buku kanak-kanak berbahasa Inggeris yang berbaur homoseksual – And Tango Makes Three, mengenai dua penguin jantan yang menetaskan telur; The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption, yang antara lain memaparkan pasangan lesbian dan ibu tunggal; dan, Who’s In My Family?: All About Our Families, tentang pelbagai struktur keluarga.
Keputusan itu dibuat NLB menyusuli maklum balas awam yang mendapati buku-buku tersebut tidak mencerminkan resam hidup masyarakat di sini yang konservatif.
Baru-baru ni, ada pergerakan memakai putih untuk kembali ke fitrah, pada 28 June ini. Ada juga yg tidak memberi sokongan atas alasan, ‘kalau nak kembali ke fitrah, tidak perlu memakai putih. Sembarang warna pun boleh.’
Di sini masalah orang Islam. Berpecahan. Kalau kita beri sokongan, apakah menjadi dosa? Jatuh miskin ke kita di dunia dan hari kemudian apabila memberi sokongan?
Masalah sekecil inipun dibantah, dicela, dikritik.
Dalam soal ini, saya neutral. Tapi memandangkan ianya tidak mendatangkan dosa untuk saya kalau saya menyokong, saya rasa paling sedikit saya boleh buat adalah dengan sokongan moral dan lisan.
Kita tahu ada banyak cara untuk kembali ke fitrah. Tapi yang mengaturkan acara ini, memilih supaya kita memakai serba putih untuk menunjukkan kesatuan. Bagaimana kita hendak bersatu jikalau perkara sekecil ini yang tidak melanggar peraturan Islam pun dibangkang? Berat ke untuk kita menyatakan sokongan kita supaya pergerakan ini dapat sokongan orang ramai dan sekaligus, dapat eratkan perpaduan?
Dari segi kelebihan dan kelemahan, saya tidak dapat terfikir akan kelemahan yg ada pada pergerakan tersebut. Malahan, ia banyak kelebihannya dari sudut perpaduan. Jadi mengapa susah untuk orang kita menolak tepi perbezaan pendapat untuk sesuatu yang baik? Saya mahu bertanya mereka-mereka yang membangkang sepenuhnya. Mengapa tidak setuju dgn cara ini? Dari segi haram, adakah ia merosakkan akidah? Ataupun mendatangkan dosa kepada yg menyertai?
Kalau kedua-duanya tidak, dengan segala hormat dan merendah diri saya usulkan supaya kita berhentikan membantah hanya kerana tidak sesuai dengan citarasa masing-masing. Mari kita lihat kepada kebaikkan dalam masa panjang. Dan kalau tidak dapat melihat akan kabaikkannya dalam masa panjang, atau kelemahan pergerakkan tersebut, jgn pula lancang atau memperkecilkan usaha mereka2 ini. Mereka bergiat untuk ummah walaupun tidak sehaluan dgn cita rasa kita. Mungkinpun saya tidak akan memakai putih pada hari tersebut, tetapi niat baik org2 ini, tidak harus dicela. Malahan, kita harus beri semangat untuk mereka meneruskan hajat baik mereka itu.
Maaf kalau pendapat saya ini kurang menyenangkan pihak-pihak tertentu. Tidak bermaksud untuk bertelaga. Cuma sebagai kaum muslim di singapura, saya mahukan yang terbaik untuk semua. Bersatu kita teguh, bercerai kita roboh.
There’s something we need to confess to you. We, straight Muslims, do not hate you. In fact, we have never hated you. True, we may seem aggressive with our acts of eradicating LGBTQ from the society but it’s not because we hate you.
So my dear brothers and sisters, how can homosexuality ever be acceptable in Islam?
Allah’s wisdom is so great that nothing can surpass it. We’re always talking about hijab. That’s why we even need to hijab when we’re in the same room with the same gender. Both men’s and women’s aurah when in front of the same gender are from the navel to the knees (knees included). We cannot be naked in front of anyone, except for your halal wife/husband. That’s the beauty of marriage. MasyaAllah. How much details Allah SWT has put into the rules and guidelines for us to live our daily lives and not even a single loophole in Islam.
Allah SWT even forbid us from cross-dressing. A lady can’t dress like a guy and a guy can’t dress like a lady. Even if a guy wears the headscarf just for sake of fun, it is haram. SubhanAllah. How strict our Lord is when it comes to this.
Again my homosexual brothers and sisters, we’re not against you. We will never humiliate you. Those who humiliate you are not one of us. We are here to give constant reminders to you. It may be hurtful going through the process of purification. No doubt, it will be very very hard to contain those urges and desires. But just think of your parents, if not for them, you’ll not see the world. You need both mother’s and father’s love and attention. You know both of them play very different roles. Can you imagine yourself being brought up by same sex parents? And knowing that you’re either adopted or your birth isn’t normal? Not knowing who’s your real parents or who your dad is? If you can’t imagine, then please spare the emotional torture from your future child(ren). Plus, you know how important breastfeeding is to newborn. How can you have the heart depriving a newborn of the best nutrition?
Allah is great. He wants to protect us. Have we not read of the statistic that proportionally, more homosexuals are infected by HIV than heterosexuals? Can’t you see how much Allah SWT, the One who created you, loves you? He knows you more than you know yourself. He forbids homosexuality as He knows how much detrimental effects it will bring to you, to the community.
It’s not too late, my dear brothers and sister. You may have a very dark past. You may feel that your sin is too big for Allah SWT to forgive. But know that the only sin that Allah SWT won’t forgive is syirk (associating partners to Allah SWT). Allah SWT says in the Qur’an:
“Allah says: “O My servants who have transgressed against their souls, do not despair of Allah’s mercy, for Allah forgives all sins. It is He Who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.” (al-Quran 39:53)
Remember that whenever you wanna repent and there’s something inside you saying that you’re not deserving of Allah’s forgiveness, that’s not your voice. That’s syaitan who’s whispering into your ears. You’re better than syaitan and iblis. Know that while you’re struggling to stop loving the same gender, there’s also a straight person who’s struggling not to be in a haram relationship.
I know this post may not change you, but my only hope is that for you to keep seeking the truth. My only advise is that to not miss any prayers. I remembered at one point of time how far I was from Allah SWT, but I keep telling myself that I should never miss any prayers. How difficult it was to find the time or place to pray, I still struggled hard to stop making excuses for myself. At that moment, I didn’t know what actions will make Allah SWT happy, but I knew the things that Allah SWT hated. So I tried my best to refrain from doing things that brought pleasure to me, but hatred to Allah SWT.
If you always club, drink, smoke, have promiscuous sex, or any sinful acts, avoid it one by one. No one is asking you to change drastically. For drastic change will bear drastic impact. If you can handle the drastic impact, then Alhamdulillah for you. If not, then do it one at a time. What’s most important is that you have the intention to change, only for the One. Keep making do’a to the Lord of the universe. Know that if He can control the entire universe, controlling your heart is just a small matter. Just ask for it. He doesn’t need you to survive, you need Him to survive.
Life is just a challenge. Everyone has their own challenges. If you think your challenge is the biggest, know that there’s someone else in this world who’s struggling to live; no food, no place to sleep, no parents, don’t know if tomorrow a bullet gonna pierce through his/her head.
You can be the happiest person. You don’t need a human’s love to make you feel complete. All you need is Allah SWT’s and Rasulullah SAW’s love. To have your halal spouse to love you, is a bonus. You choose your own happiness.
“A happy person once said: “The beautiful day is the day on which we have control of our affairs and our affairs do not control us. It is the day on which we control our desires and we are not controlled by them like slaves.”” (extracted from the book ‘You Can Be The Happiest Women In The World’)
Last not but not least, be friends with those who love Allah SWT. Be in the environment that gives you the positive vibe. Know that if someone loves Allah SWT, it doesn’t only come from the heart. If someone truly and sincerely loves Him, from the heart it will automatically show through from one’s appearance and actions. Be with those who truly and sincerely love Him.
How contradictory and hurtful it may sound, but know that those who support your sinful acts are actually the one who don’t love you. Those who stop and acknowledge you are the ones who truly love you. Life is temporary and we don’t want you to live “happily” only for a short period of time. We want you to be happy forever, now and till the Hereafter. InsyaAllah.
May Allah SWT guide us always and never make us go astray.
Apa ada pada warna? Berbaju puteh bukan bermakna kita suci dan bersih dari sebarang dosa.. Dan berbaju pink tidak bermakna, kotor dan jijik…
Pelajar-pelajar Madrasah AlMaarif hari2 menggunakan warna pink dan putih? Adakah bermakna mereka menyokong LBGT dan pink dot kah?
Sedangkan warna putih juga symbol penyokong fanatik PAP…
Selagi kita berpegang kepada Syahadah kenapa pedulikan tentang warna pakaian sangat dan terkejar2 stop mereka? .. Cukupla sekadar spread awareness di acara forum. Tak perlu bertanding akan warna dan berkejar2..
Perlu ke copycat cara mereka sibuk sgt soal warna?
Saya sebenarnya ada membuat comment di salah satu posting…
White tu ikut sejarah Islam memanglah asal warna kesukaaan Rasulullah saw.
Dan ia juga warna favourite fanatik PAP juga..
Susahkan kita mahu tegakkan besarkan “soal warna” ni? Adakah kempen berwarna baju puteh gara2 ingin berlumba isu LBGT dan Pink dot dan hadirnya Ramadan saje?
Jika mahu dapat pahala sekalipun kenapa tidak mulakan hari ini setiap solat dan mengapa perlu tunggu Ramadan untuk bertaubat?
Bagi saya tak perlu a berkejar all out dan stop LBGT ni semua.. Yang mulakan ni semua siapa dan siapa mereka semua? Bukan orang Islam kita.. Sedangkan ramai orang Islam kita sendiri bukan perfect dan byk buat dosa juga. The most kita boleh nasihat jika berlaku depan mata kita saje.. Berdoa… Jika ikut cara Nabi saw, beliau tidak berkejar orang sampai mcm tu sekali.. Pernah tidak kita terbaca cara Nabi berdakwah seperti mahu serang atau “confrontional”?
Bagi saya mengadakan acara forum atau syarahan dan spread awareness, seperti biasa tu lebih baik..
