March 1 for decision in Paul Yong's appeal in maid rape case

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The Court of Appeal fixed March 1 to decide on former Tronoh Assemblyman Paul Yong Choo Kiong's appeal against his conviction and sentence of 13 years in jail and two strokes of the cane for raping his maid.  A three-member bench led by Justice Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail set the date after hearing the appeal on Tuesday (Jan 30).  Read more at http://tinyurl.com/j4ws4he5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Former Toronto Assemblyman Paul Yong was deprived of a fair trial when his accuser testified

00:08 against him behind a screen the Court of Appeal heard on Tuesday.

00:12 Yong's lead counsel Datuk Hisyam Tehpotek said the High Court had wrongfully invoked

00:17 Section 265A of the Criminal Procedure Code to protect the witness's identity.

00:23 He said the identity of Yong's accuser, who is the prosecution's 50th witness during the

00:28 trial, was already known to Yong and his family as she was working as a maid in their household.

00:35 In his reply, Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamed Amril Johari said it was normal for a rape

00:40 victim to testify in camera in court without facing other parties except for the trial

00:45 judge.

00:46 Court of Appeal Judge Justice Hadharia Syed Ismail, who chaired a three-judge panel, remarked

00:52 that it was common for rape victims to testify from another location.

00:57 As they were traumatized, she said, they could not look at the accused persons.

01:02 The panel then fixed March 1 to deliver its decision.

01:05 On July 27, 2022, the Ipoh High Court found Yong guilty of raping his 23-year-old Indonesian

01:13 maid in a room of his house between 8.15pm and 9.15pm on July 7, 2019.

01:21 Fifty-four-year-old Yong was given a stay of execution pending his appeal.

01:26 He is currently out on a 30,000 ringgit bail.

01:28 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.uk

01:30 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.uk

01:32 For more information, visit www.fema.gov.uk

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