German ****/rapist arrested

Post by **jetdoc** » February 18, 2007, 2:30 pm

dougness wrote:

"In my country these creeps don't do enough time."

Unfortunately true in my country also, oft-times the perpetrator is a family member and bread winner and Courts take the position that incarceration does more harm and just orders therapy.

Post by **BobHelm** » February 18, 2007, 5:34 pm

It should be noted that this man was not (as far as I can see) actualy found guilty of anything.
What ever happened to the due process of law? Or is it OK for someone to die just because he has been accused of a certain crime??
It is very easy for a Falang to be accused of anything in Thailand (especially if you have upset someone with "pull").
I have no regard what happens to anyone who abuses children, but I am a strong believer in innocent until proven guilty.

Post by **cookie** » February 18, 2007, 6:24 pm

Man sells daughter to pay for eye op
KARACHI (updated on: February 16, 2007, 22:19 PST): A man sold his 10-year old daughter for $500 to pay for his eye operation, a police official in the southern province of Sindh said on Friday.

The father Noor Mohammad had agreed to hand his daughter over to a fellow villager, Gul Mohammad Kalohi, once she reached puberty, according to Abdul Hadi, District Police Officer for Badin, some 250 km (152 miles) east of Karachi.

"It is a shameful incident and has taken place," Hadi said. "We were informed about this incident from a complaint made by a relative of the father."

Police have completed their investigation of the case, but no charges have been laid yet as they were still determining which district had jurisdiction as Kolai village, near Tando Bagho town, lay on a boundary.

Zia Awan, a noted rights lawyer, said under the children's protection law in Sindh the father could be sentenced to a year in prison.

Such cases are relatively common in rural parts of Pakistan, where feudal and tribal customs prevail. Men either sell or exchange their daughters to pay off debts or settle disputes.

Copyright Reuters, 2007

Post by **beer monkey** » February 18, 2007, 7:01 pm

Interesting story but ....Errrr.... wrong country cookie.