Yim’s sentence cut to 12 years

This is what happened when you have money ....... No, she didn't buy her way out, but the money she had, has been spent to buy time in and out of court, justice on the other hand must be seen being done with each and every appeal that is made. Just imagine without the amount of money she has spent, she would have been in jail years ago. Luckily, our judiciary system allows both side to appeal and the prosecutor is just using the right thing..... I just want to see justice done. Ini baru dunia.... belum akhirat lagi!

Yim’s sentence cut to 12 years

KUALA LUMPUR: Housewife Yim Pek Ha who was convicted of causing grievous hurt to Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonat five years ago has had her sentence reduced to 12 years.

Judicial Commissioner Azman Abdullah reduced her sentence from 18 years to five years for each of two charges of causing hurt to Nirmala using an iron in January 2004 and hot water in March 2004 when he decided on her appeal.

Bad day: Yim sobbing while her husband and Jagjit try to console her after the court’s decision yesterday.

He acquitted Yim of the third charge of causing hurt to Nirmala with an iron in April 2004 on technical grounds.

The judge overturned an acquittal by the Sessions Court on her fourth charge of breaking the maid’s nose with a steel cup and sentenced her to another two years’ jail.

The judge allowed a cross-appeal by the prosecution and ordered her sentence to run consecutively.

Yim, 41, who was at the court yesterday, was already seen teary-eyed even before her case started.

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