VIDEO BASHING HORROR: NETIZENS ENRAGED BY CLIP
‘What if it were my sister?’
One angry viewer urges boyfriend to make police report
By Dawn Chia
June 22, 2006
ENRAGED after reading news reports about a video clip of a girl being bashed up, Netizens have condemned the three assailants.
One student was so horrified after viewing the 4 1/2-minute clip that she urged her boyfriend to make a police report.
The video clip shows the 13-year-old being repeatedly kicked and punched, and partially stripped by three other girls.
This was first reported in The New Paper on 15 Jun.
The 21-year-old student, who declined to be named, said she thought: What if it were one of my sisters who was the victim of such a brutal act?
She has twin sisters aged 17.
She told The New Paper: ‘I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw it.
‘I showed it to my boyfriend who eventually made a police report.’
Police spokesman ASP Stanley Norbert said the police are looking into the matter.
He said: ‘We have established the identity of the victim and are seeking her cooperation in the investigations.’
The student said she saw the video-clip on Friday night.
A friend she was chatting with online sent it to her.
‘I was very upset because I couldn’t understand why the assailants would beat a young girl up and even film it,’ she said.
HANDPHONE NUMBER
Although outraged by the actions of the three girls, she did not know what to do until her boyfriend told her that he heard a handphone number being mentioned on the clip.
Her boyfriend, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ng, said: ‘I don’t like to see people being bullied, and I felt I should do something about it.
‘With the handphone number, the police could perhaps do something about it and track down the assailants.’
On Sunday, Mr Ng, 22, made a police report.
The victim, Cindy, and her mother, Madam Amy, (not their real names) told The New Paper they did not want to make a police report after settling the case privately with the alleged assailants.
Madam Amy said she also did not want to involve her elder daughter, who knows Cindy’s alleged assailants.
Madam Amy said: ‘My husband and I are adamant that we want to forget about the whole incident.
‘We gave the girls and their parents our word that we’ll not pursue the matter, so we have to stick to what we said.’
INVESTIGATIONS
Lawyers say a report of any crime need not necessarily be made by the victim or victim’s family.
Anyone who witnesses a crime or is offended by an act can make a police report.
For instance, neighbours can report a violent family quarrel.
Or any member of the public who is outraged by pornographic material can make a report.
Investigations can result from such reports.
Lawyer Amolat Singh said: ‘For the police to investigate any matter, they require what is known as a first information report, or FIR.
‘The FIR is essential as it forms the basis of a police investigation and quells any speculation that we are a police state, where the authorities will simply step in to investigate without a complainant.’
The FIR can come in the form of a 999 call, a walk-in report at any police station, or an online report.
Now that such a report has been filed, any decision on how to proceed with the matter is no longer in the hands of Cindy and her family.
It will be the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) which will decide whether to charge the assailants or not.
Lawyer Peter Low said: ‘Though the victim and her parents may decide not to pursue the case, the AGC has the final say because it has sole control of all crime cases.’
finally work is being done…..i hope the gers get their deserved punishments….
