Magistrate: “The ‘bitten’ cop admitted he punched Tian; thus the cop’s testimony must be true”

ARCHIVES 2009

By adminK On Oct 22, 2009

By Nathaniel Tan

You can kill people and throw them off buildings in this country, but God forbid you should “bite” a cop.

Let’s start by some truly, truly incredulous statements from the judgment:

Batu MP and PKR strategic director Tian Chua was today fined RM3,000 and jailed six months after being found guilty of biting a police constable and preventing the latter from discharging his duty.

Earlier, magistrate Mohd Faizi Che Abu found Chua not to be a credible witness as his defence was a mere denial.

“Even a video recording submitted by the defence showed he had resisted arrest.

“Although the video recording did not show the biting, I believe it did as the policeman had testified that he had punched the accused and Chua had retaliated by biting,” said the magistrate.

Mohd Faizi however said the policeman was not on trial but the accused was.

“I find the policeman’s credibility intact as he did admit when testifying at the prosecution stage that he punched Tian Chua,” said the magistrate.