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  • No Death Penalty For Suspects Involved In Tahfiz School Fire

    No Death Penalty For Suspects Involved In Tahfiz School Fire

    The youths detained in connection with a fire at the Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah residential religious school in Datuk Keramat, which claimed the lives of 21 students and two teachers, cannot be punished with the death penalty. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said Section 97 (1) of the Child Act 2001 stated that the death penalty cannot be imposed on children under the age of 18. However, the court may imprison them for as long as consented by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or the Yang Dipertua Negeri, she added.

    In addition, Section 94 of the same Act empowers the court to order the parents of the suspects to pay a fine or compensation, she said in a statement today. The police had detained seven youths, aged between 11 and 18, in connection with the fire which broke out at 5.15am on Sept 14. Azalina said all the suspects were still being remanded and investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder and Section 435 of the same code for mischief by fire. She hoped that the incident would serve as a lesson to all parties, especially parents, in the fight against crimes involving children. She also urged all parties to stop speculating and give space to authorities to complete the investigations. “I believe this case will be brought to justice,” she said.

     

    Source: Bernama

  • Suspects In Charlie Hebdo Massacre Named By French Police

    Suspects In Charlie Hebdo Massacre Named By French Police

    French police have named two brothers as suspects in the attack on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, as a manhunt continues.

    They issued photos of Cherif and Said Kouachi, said to be “armed and dangerous”, and arrest warrants. A third suspect has surrendered.

    France is holding a day of mourning for the 12 people killed in the attack.

    A minute’s silence will be observed at midday across the country and the bells of Notre Dame in the capital will toll.

    Security forces carried out a major search operation in the eastern city of Reims overnight but no arrests were made. Police cordoned off a block of flats and forensic teams could be seen inside.

    The country has been placed on the highest terror alert and extra troops have been deployed to guard media offices, places of worship, transport and other sensitive areas.

    Vigils have been held in Paris and in cities across the world in tribute to those killed in Wednesday’s attack. Many carried placards reading “Je suis Charlie” (I am Charlie) in solidarity with the victims.

    Eight journalists – including the magazine’s editor – died along with two policemen, a maintenance worker and a visitor when masked men armed with assault rifles stormed the Charlie Hebdo offices.

    The magazine has angered some Muslims in the past by printing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The offices were firebombed in 2011.

    The gunmen were heard shouting “we have avenged the Prophet Muhammad” and “God is Great” in Arabic (“Allahu Akbar”).

    French media, citing police documents, initially named a third suspect as Hamyd Mourad, 18, who later handed himself in to police. Paris prosecutor’s spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre said he had surrendered after hearing his name on the news in connection with the attack.

    Officials then issued photographs of the Kouachi brothers and said arrest warrants had been issued for them.

    Cherif Kouachi was sentenced in 2008 to three years in prison for belonging to a Paris-based group sending jihadist fighters to Iraq.

    France ‘targeted’

    President Francois Hollande said the country’s tradition of free speech had been attacked and called on all French people to stand together.

    In a sombre televised address late on Wednesday he said: “Today the French Republic as a whole was the target.”

    Thursday’s national day of mourning is only the fifth held in France in the past 50 years.

    The attack took place as the magazine was holding its weekly editorial meeting. In addition to the dead, 11 people were wounded, some seriously.

     

    Source: www.bbc.com