Unbelievable

I have been deeply disturbed since yesterday, after I heard some news which would make those 6pm serial dramas seem as boring as documentaries on astrophysics!

Huh?

Okay, be prepared for a long story... It's rather sensitive material so there will be no names.

So X has a neighbour, this weird guy who lives with this lady (don't think she's the wife) and his son, aged around 10. I call him weird cos he rents a room at a terrace house, but has a truck, a pick-up, a boat, a car or two, parked all over, inside and out. Then he owns a gun and hunts. One night, he even hauled back a huge crocodile and was skinning it on his car porch! Then another time, he shot a big huge bird which X couldn't identify and figured was most probably some endangered species!

More importantly, this man and his 'wife' frequently abused the boy! The woman especially would beat the boy and shout at him abusively and call him names right on the front porch for everyone to see! All the neighbours knew about this and it was a frequent occurrence too! Once, they even saw, I forgot the man or woman, kicking the boy who was doubled up, lying on the floor. X's family tried everything, they befriended the boy, talked to the parents, and even offered to bring them for counselling. Anything before having to resort to the police.

Once, they were causing such a racket on their front porch that X shouted for hubby to go have a look. The man was beating his son with a plastic pipe until it shattered into pieces!

Finally, one of the neighbours reported it to the police, the police said that this was already the second report and they came and took the boy and the lady away. The man wasn't around, and when he found out, the coward stayed away from his house for a couple of days. The lady apparently spent a night in jail and the boy was put at the General Hospital until Social Welfare could make arrangements for him.

X visited him in hospital and he was scared, being suddenly left alone, but was still a very cheerful child! The Social Welfare people interviewed him to find out more. Apparently he used to stay with his Grandma at another town and only recently moved in with his dad and 'step mum'. He insisted that he loved being with his dad despite what he had to endure! It also seemed that he wasn't doing very well in school. He said that he could not concentrate, because he knew that when school was over and when he got home, he would be hit again.

The man had the nerve to plead to X and family to give him another chance and give a good testimonial to the authorities! It didn't happen of course, and after that, the court decided to put the boy in a facility for abused children for a few months. No one was allowed contact with him, so even X didn't know how the boy was doing.

Since then, the boy has come home to his 'parents', and no one knows what lies the parents have told him, cause when X's hubby saw him one day, the boy just stuck his tongue out at him!

Well, at least the boy is not being abused any longer (or so we hope). There's definitely no more public abusing that's for sure.

So anyway, is this the end of the story? Oh no....

Recently, the man left a huge, truck/ trailer parked on the road next to X's house. It basically takes up half of the road and also happened to snag one of the telephone wires, disconnecting the lines in X's house. After a few days, it was apparent that he had no intent to move the truck. X's hubby approached him and requested him to move it but he refused.

After that came some heated exchanges, lawyer letters, and police reports... something to that extent...

So then, X's hubby decided to find out more about this man. What he found was beyond awful.

It would seem, this man and woman were the prime suspects of a murder case which happened 6 years ago. A man who went to his house, to collect payment for furniture after the first cheque bounced, inexplicably disappeared!

I do not know the exact details, as X told me the story in a rush, but it went more or less something like this;

The dumped body was found, with bullets matching this man's gun. (for more accurate info read comments below) Despite this glaringly obvious evidence, the judge found them innocent because, all the evidence was 'circumstantial', as no one witnessed the act!!???

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Have you picked your jaw off the table yet?

Unbelievable right? The next time you plan to murder someone, just remember to make sure you don't do it in front of anyone else mmmkay??!!!

 It just so happens that X knows the murder victim's cousin and they informed them that they were appealing to the courts for a retrial or something. If he is found guilty, the penalty will be death by hanging. They told X and family to keep away from this cold-blooded man. I wouldn't need to be told twice!

So, in the mean time, this mad man is allowed to live freely, with this very same gun, among innocent, unknowing families!! This is so atrocious and absurd! I find it so disturbing because in this country which we live in, there seems to be no justice. Murderers can roam free and innocent people can mysteriously 'jump out the window'! How can we live in a country where we cannot feel safe? Where innocent people like you and me could one fine day find themselves in jail or worse, and people who murder your loved ones not only do not have to pay for their sin, but might instead get rewarded!

It is obvious that there is something very wrong with our country. It is undoubtedly a beautiful country with beautiful people, but is unfortunately rotting from the core. I think that when my kids grow up, they should consider living elsewhere. I dread to imagine the fate of my children, or grandchildren or great-grandchildren, for that matter, should they continue to live in this country and there were no changes in the governance.

I read an article once about the mass migration of Malaysians. Karpal Singh was quoted saying, "Malaysia is such a beautiful place. Why should we leave? Stay and fight!" or something to that extent. That is indeed a noble notion, and I applaud those who 'stay and fight'! But in the interest of my family, I think I would tell my kids to, "Go! Go far, far away!"

The further the better...