A lot has been said about the events surrounding the tragically brutal and gruesome ending suffered by 8 year old Nurin Jazlin.
Barely has little Nurin been buried a few days when we have uncaring people saying that they should be hauled in for neglience and punished under the Child Act 2001. I agree with lynnee's take here that the parents shouldn't be blamed. Haven't they gone through enough suffering already knowing that their little girl is dead (in the most brutal manner) and that nothing they can say or do will bring her back? Why punish them further? They have their own guilt to bear for having let her out of their sight. It's easy to say that they shouldn't have let her go to the pasar malam on her own. It's easy to blame the parents (especially the mother) for not keeping an eye on her children. And what about the sister who was supposed to have followed Nurin to keep her company? Do we blame her for not going along when she could have potentially saved her sister or ended up as the killer's second victim?
But most importantly, why are we so hung up on hanging out the parents to dry when we should be redoubling efforts in the search for the killer?
There Nurin Jazlin's parents would do anything to have her come back to them, and here we hear of a woman caging up her own seven year old daughter in a cage outside her house or locking her outside the gate for hours.
What has Malaysia come to?
Barely has little Nurin been buried a few days when we have uncaring people saying that they should be hauled in for neglience and punished under the Child Act 2001. I agree with lynnee's take here that the parents shouldn't be blamed. Haven't they gone through enough suffering already knowing that their little girl is dead (in the most brutal manner) and that nothing they can say or do will bring her back? Why punish them further? They have their own guilt to bear for having let her out of their sight. It's easy to say that they shouldn't have let her go to the pasar malam on her own. It's easy to blame the parents (especially the mother) for not keeping an eye on her children. And what about the sister who was supposed to have followed Nurin to keep her company? Do we blame her for not going along when she could have potentially saved her sister or ended up as the killer's second victim?
But most importantly, why are we so hung up on hanging out the parents to dry when we should be redoubling efforts in the search for the killer?
There Nurin Jazlin's parents would do anything to have her come back to them, and here we hear of a woman caging up her own seven year old daughter in a cage outside her house or locking her outside the gate for hours.
What has Malaysia come to?
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