Friends, when i was reading a newspaper i bumped into an interesting and touching article in which i want to share with you. Hope that this article makes you appreciate what you have and think wisely before you do something.
STAR-Tuesday April 28, 2009
Mum’s love saves juvenile.
KUALA LUMPUR: A juvenile sought forgiveness from his single mother in open court under the watchful eyes of the Sessions Court judge.The touching moment moved the hearts of members in the public gallery who shed tears, as did the seven co-accused charged together with the juvenile.It started with Judge Zainal Abidin Kamarudin asking the juvenile how he could not feel pity for his mother who worked as a security guard at a school.“Look at your mother. She is already divorced from your father. She has to work, earning a low income just to give you food,” he told the juvenile, who admitted to charges of committing assault and robbery.The mother, seated near the dock, started to cry uncontrollably, saying she only had RM300 for her family expenses.Upon hearing this, Zainal told the school-dropout: “She has been crying for you non-stop. You ask forgiveness from your mother now so that you will not get a (deterrent) sentence.”The juvenile, who was standing outside the dock, immediately rushed to his mother, took her hands and sobbed. His mother cried and hugged him. She then kissed him on the cheek.Zainal then asked the juvenile: “Is that the way you seek forgiveness from your mother?“You should bend down and sit near her properly.”The juvenile then sat at the side of the bench and embraced his mother and kissed her hands.The juvenile, the third of five siblings, was 17 when he and his friends attacked a policeman with a helmet and scaffolding frame on Jan 5.They also robbed him of his pistol, five bullets and a pair of handcuffs.The facts stated that L/Kpl S. Paramasiwam suffered six stitches on the head, five stitches on the chin and swellings on the right cheek and left hand after being assaulted by a group of 10 people in Cheras.The judge also asked the juvenile’s seven co-accused to look at the crying mother and child.Touched by what they saw, they also cried.Members of the gallery shed tears as well.The juvenile, who claimed he only intended to collect scrap metal for extra income at the time of the offence, promised never to repeat his mistake.Zainal later imposed a two-year good behaviour bond on the juvenile under Section 91(1)(b) of the Child Act 2001 with a RM1,000 collateral.“Sometimes, you have to be firm if you are a judge. It is the love of your mother which has saved you,” Zainal told the juvenile.One of the co-accused, security guard Nor Azlan Johari, 26, was jailed for nine months for assaulting the policeman.The prosecution, led by DPP Lee Keng Fatt, withdrew the robbery charges against the others.
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