It took eight years for a full trial to be called. It certainly didn't help that the accused managed to escape the authorities and went into hiding in Australia for a few years. A country can have the best laws, but it's always the enforcement that matters.
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http://year1malaysia.blogspot.com/2013/06/crime-choo-gaik-yap-kidnap-rape-murder.html
2015 UPDATE: http://year1malaysia.blogspot.com/2015/08/crime-choo-gaik-yap-kidnap-rape-murder.html
Car salesman told to enter defence in rape and murder of UUM grad
PUTRAJAYA: The man accused of the death of Chee Gaik Yap, who was found raped and murdered in Alor Setar eight years ago, will now face a full trial before the High Court there.
The Court of Appeal panel led by Justice Linton Albert unanimously set aside car salesman Shahril Jaafar's acquittal and discharge, and ordered he enter defence.
"We order that he (Shahril) also be placed in remand forthwith," said Justice Linton on Monday.
The three-man panel, which included Justices Mohtarudin Baki and Abdul Rahman Sebli set Oct 19 for mention of the case before the Alor Setar High Court.
Gaik Yap's father Chee Ah Sau, who attended the proceedings, told reporters he was relieved that the case would finally be heard in full.
On June 25, the Alor Setar High Court acquitted and discharged Shahril of murdering Chee after finding that the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case.
Shahril, 33, had been charged with the murder that took place between 5.30pm on Jan 14, 2006, and 3.05am on Jan 15, 2006, near the Cinta Sayang Club in Taman Ria Jaya, Sungai Petani.
Gaik Yap, a marketing executive and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) graduate, was believed to have been tailed by her assailant while jogging in the neighbourhood of Taman Ria Jaya in Sungai Petani.
She was kidnapped, raped and killed before her body was dumped at the housing estate.
- http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/10/13/Court-Car-salesman-told-to-enter-defence-in-rape-and-murder-case/
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