— Hussaini Abdul Karim
The Malaysian Insider
Dec 24, 2011
DEC 24 – The headline in The Star’s report by Nurbaiti Hamdan, Friday December 23, 2011 read, “Khir Toyo gets 1 year jail for graft”
Former Selangor Mentri Besar Dr Mohd Khir Toyo was found guilty by the High Court here Friday of knowingly purchasing two pieces of land and a bungalow in Section 7 at a much lower price than its original value from Ditamas Sdn Bhd director Shamsuddin Hayroni in 2007.
He was sentenced to one year in jail from Friday and Justice Mohtarudin Baki ordered his land and bungalow be forfeited.
However, the judge granted him a stay of execution of jail time and forfeiture of the properties pending an appeal after his lawyer M. Athimulan made the request.
The lawyer said the appeal would be filed Friday evening.
The properties involved were purchased at RM3.5mil although Ditamas had bought it for RM6.5mil on Dec 23, 2004.
The court found that the defence had failed to raise reasonable doubt in the case.
On Saturday November 12, 2011, The Star also reported that
Man jailed for stealing shampoo
A 31-year-old man was jailed eight months for stealing eight bottles of shampoo worth a total of RM119.56.
Mohamad Fazlee Zainuddin, 31, was charged with committing the offence at a supermarket at Jalan Gambang here on Nov 10.
Magistrate Nurunaim Abdullah sentenced Mohamad Fazlee to eight months jail and fined him RM2,500 in default two months jail after he pleaded guilty.
What is RM119.56 compared to RM6.5mil?
Just look at the sentences, the former gets 12 months jail for a RM6.5 million offence and the latter, eight months jail for a RM119.56 offence. It is grossly unfair!
Khir Toyo should be sentenced to jail for a longer period that is commensurate to the seriousness of the offence that has been proven guilty of committing, regardless of who he was or who he is.