'AG, ignorance of the law is no excuse'

Can we call the AG nasty names and accuse him of hideous crimes and then plead ignorance and say "no offense intended"?'

Kit Siang: AG should be censured over Al-Islam decision

Justgreat: If malice was not intended, why were the two in the church at that time? If malice was not intended, they could always have left during communion and not partake in it, only to desecrate the holy communion wafer? If malice was not intended, what was intended then? So can we plead ignorance later if we murder someone?

What a stupid reason from someone who is supposed to be learned in law. It is more like sedition to me, failing to act against perpetrators of a crime against the Christians. Why have Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein been so quiet over this matters. As if torching churches are not enough, now some are resorting to acts of desecration in churches.

I hope that this shows Malaysians of other faiths that the Umno/BN government is not sincere in promoting religious or racial unity but undermining them. What will happen to the cases of the arsonists who torched the churches? Will be another 'No Further Action' case? I hope not for the people's sake.

Abd Samad: Now anyone can go into a place of worship and do whatever and later can say I don't know what I did, so there is no need charge me. What 1Malaysia.

Black Mamba: The country law give the archbishop every right to take legal action against the two journalists. Why wait? The Catholics are too magnanimous. An apology will suffice but are the wrongdoers remorseful?

Singa Pura Pura: Even experienced politicians are falling into the Umno trap. There is 'method' in their apparent injustice. "Springes to catch woodcocks," old Polonius would say. It is all designed to widen the rift between the Muslims and the non-Muslims. To make the Muslims feel threatened by the opposition's expected response to Umno's 'championing' of the Islamic cause.

The harder the DAP 'hentam', the more the Malays that drop into the Umno net. Only the Muslim vote can return Umno to its feudal throne. Umno knows that.

And that is why there is today this overwhelming but artificial atmosphere of fear, bewilderment and besiegement amongst Muslims and Malays, when in actual fact they would have much less to fear under Pakatan Rakyat than they would have under Umno. But who is to say.

Paul Warren: Get real. these guys are making decisions to show themselves to be the true defenders of the faith. Anything that might show the defenders to have fallen on account of an underhanded act should be defended and these fallen should be propped up.

To charge them for an act done in the course of defending the faith should be applauded not censured. Hey, even the worse of the crusaders were hailed as heroes when they got home... and those times have not changed really.

Y Omarmohdnoh: As a Muslim,I would like to see the two journalists charged in court. Why? They finally found that all the allegations (apostasy) were untrue. Instead of going back to their informants, knowingly they had been made bloody fools, they committed foolish acts and published photographs of their undoing.

So I hope the AG could view the issue from this angle and proceed wisely.

Arul Inthirarajah: Is this not the same attorney-general that allegedly attempted to fabricate evidence for the 'Sodomy 1' trial in 1998? We should not then be surprised by the lack of ethics or disrespect for the rule of law by this individual who should have been sacked.

Lin Wen Quan: "Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat" (Ignorance of the law is no excuse.) The Catholic Church has been offended by the journalists out to create mischief in a place of worship. Yes, it is futile to demonstrate because these imbeciles are being protect by Umno likewise the AG. Whatever despicable acts against other races or religions sanctioned by Umno will have a ready defence legal team in the AG's office.

Gibran: The AG is just another stooge of the ruling Umno. No way can the journalist plead ignorance because before the holy communion can be taken, the coordinator for the days service will announce that communion can only be taken by practicing Catholics.

Practicing Catholics are those who attend service regularly and who do their confessions regularly. The behaviour of the two said journalist was blasphemy. There appears to be a conspiracy between the AG and the journalists.

Geronimo: Maybe this should come as a shocker to Umno, AG, Utusan Malaysia and the two reporters. By partaking in the communion and having the host in your mouth, the two reporters are now considered 50 percent Catholics. All they need to do is finalise it with baptism. May God have mercy on their souls.

Pro-Truth & Justice: Can we call the AG nasty names and accuse him of hideous crimes and then plead ignorance and say "no offense intended"?

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