Criminal lawyers question why sex bloggers not given bail
(TMI) – Criminal law lecturer Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu said Section 389 of the Criminal Procedure Code clearly states that bail is offered to secure the presence of the accused in court.
What if the sex bloggers are found not guilty?
The time spent in jail as remand prisoners cannot be reversed and this would amount to a travesty of justice for sex bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivien Lee.
In pointing this out, criminal lawyers are aghast the infamous couple were not granted bail when they were charged yesterday with three charges related to their Ramadan bak kut teh greeting on their Facebook page and pornographic pictures in their blogs.
“They are innocent until proven guilty,” said Rajpal Singh.
Rajpal said under normal circumstances bail would have been offered to those who were charged with similar offences faced by the two.
“I feel bail should have been offered to the two because they did not plead guilty to the charges,” he said.
He said Sessions court judge Murtazadi Amran did not use his discretion to offer bail judiciously.
Criminal law lecturer Datuk Baljit Singh Sidhu said Section 389 of the Criminal Procedure Code clearly states that bail is offered to secure the presence of the accused in court.
