I REFER to the home minister’s statement that he was sad over Noordin Mohd Top’s death and that he had hoped that Noordin would be “rehabilitated”.

While I am in agreement that our government has successfully rehabilitated extremists, a distinction should be made between individuals who have not committed murder and someone who has committed mass murder.

Obviously, different penalties must apply. The punishment for murder in Malaysia is the mandatory death sentence, not rehabilitation. I believe that the punishment is the same in Indonesia.

So while a life may be a life, perhaps we should also think about those victims murdered by Noordin and his cohorts. I am sure that the families of the victims also have a thing or two to say.

FKYS
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Source: The Sun – September 30, 2009