COHEN GIVEN WHIPPING

Malaysia has rejected an appeal for clemency from the New Zealand Government and given a six-stroke whipping to the convicted New Zealand drug addict Aaron Cohen.Cohen's lawyer, Mr Karpal Singh, said from Kuala Lumpur last night that Malaysia had whipped a sick person."The magnitude of the shame astounds me," Mr Karpal Singh said.

Cohen, aged 25, had been whipped in Penang jail last Thursday morning. "No notice of the execution of the whipping was received by me. He received his six strokes last Thursday."Cohen was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment and a six-stroke whipping on September 1, 1987, for possession of 34.61 grams of heroin.

[ THE AUTHOR OF THIS BLOG DOES NOT BE SUSCRIBE  TO THE CANING OF DRUG OFFENDERS.IT'S INHUMAN]