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23 February 2016

In A violation of her rights, woman accused of cutting off her Pakistani husband’s penis, was not told she could consult a lawyer

My rights violated, says wife who cut off penis

 
KUALA PILAH: A woman, accused of cutting off her Pakistani husband’s penis, was not told she could consult a lawyer before police questioning, said her lawyers.
As a result, Fatimah Abdullah, 51, admitted to the offence on Jan 29 and faced a maximum 20 years in jail.
Yesterday, on the advice of her lawyers, she now pleaded not guilty to the charge of causing grievous hurt to her husband with a straight razor at their home in Batu Kikir here on Jan 20.
The 44-year-old man was sleeping at the time of the alleged attack which was purportedly over his weird sexual demands on her.
Shamsher Singh, one of the three lawyers for Fatimah at the Sessions Court here, said Section 28A of the Criminal Procedure Code clearly spells out that anyone arrested by the police has the right to consult a lawyer before questioning or having a police statement recorded.
“But in Fatimah’s case, this was not done.
“She was arrested and immediately produced in court on Jan 29 where she pleaded guilty to the charge without even consulting a lawyer,” he said.
Fatimah, who has five children from a previous marriage, had also allegedly told police that she slashed her husband, Umar Rahman, because she couldn’t endure his “strange sexual demands”.
She purportedly claimed that she had been tolerating this since their marriage in 2014.
Judge Sazlina Safie fixed April 11 for re-mention of the case, pending a medical report on Umar’s condition.
DPP Nik Azhan Hakim Nik Mahmud was prosecuting, assisted by Nabilah Mohammad Zainudin.
Fatimah’s lead counsel was J. Gunamalar while the third lawyer was Parmjit Singh.
Shamsher said that if not for the timely intervention of the MIC, Fatimah, who was “innocent until proven guilty”, would have been sentenced without having had access to legal counsel.
National MIC Wanita chief Mohana Muniandy, who was present in court, told reporters that the party would assist Fatimah.

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