The Dewan Rakyat has passed the amendment to Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code. The amendment bills are now pending at Dewan Negara.
All parties in the criminal justice system will have to scrutinize the bills and prepare accordingly. It will become law by August 2006.
On the other hand, I find the parliamentary debates on the amendment bills very interesting.
For the full text, please read the Hansard dated 13-July and 17-July.
I have written an article on the similar topic in 2004. Hukuman kepada pesalah bagi perlakuan jenayah terhadap wanita masih terlalu ringan?
The man who stole the thunder was none other than the MP for Kota Melaka (MCA).
His quotable quote:
Tuan Wong Nai Chee [Kota Melaka]: Tuan Yang di-Pertua, biasanya kita gunakan
perkataan rogol, biasanya kita menggunakan satu situasi yang mana pesalah itu adalah lelaki dan mangsa itu perempuan. Tetapi jika isteri saya mahu rogol saya, saya pun rela juga..... [Ketawa]
Elizabeth Wong, a social activist, provides more insight on the debate - When MPs debate rape.
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