Briefs, December 6, 2012
A Malaysian court overturned the homicide conviction of a policeman who sprayed machine gun fire at a fleeing teenaged motorist, killing the boy and stoking anger over police brutality. Malaysia's opposition denounced the verdict, calling for an appeal, while the family of Aminul Rasyid Amza, 15, said they were considering how to challenge it.
KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court overturned the homicide conviction of a policeman who sprayed machine gun fire at a fleeing teenaged motorist, killing the boy and stoking anger over police brutality. Malaysia's opposition denounced the verdict, calling for an appeal, while the family of Aminul Rasyid Amza, 15, said they were considering how to challenge it. Jenain Subi was convicted last year of causing the death of Aminul Rasyid in April 2010 by firing on a car in a suburb of the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Jenain had been sentenced to five years in prison. AFP
GARUT - Hundreds of Indonesians demanded the dismissal of a district chief who divorced his teenaged wife via text message days after they married, alleging she lied about her virginity. Around 300 protesters gathered outside the local government office in Garut, western Java, against Aceng Fikri, 40, who already had a wife when he married Fany Octora, now 18, as a second spouse. AFP