Girl locked in van dies (The Star)
KUALA KUBU BARU: A six-year-old girl who was locked inside a van for almost three hours died of heat exhaustion five days after she was found slumped inside the van.
Apparently the girl dozed off in the van while on her way to her kindergarten in Bukit Sentosa near Bukit Beruntung at 7.05am last Wednesday.
The heat caused the organs in Syarifah Fatin Syahirah Syed Ahmad Najmi's body to fail.
......According to a police spokes- man, the incident happened on Wednesday, after the van driver, aged 39, had picked up Syarifah Fatin Syahirah and her sister Sharifah Nurulain Shafi- qah, seven, from their house in Jalan Tulip 2, Bandar Bukit Sentosa.
“Not realising that the girl had dozed off and had not been sent to her kindergarten which he also owns, the driver dropped seven other children including her elder sister at the private religious school an hour later.
“He then locked up the vehicle at an open space near the school and rushed off to Kuala Kubu Baru in a car parked there earlier, to attend a court case against him for not having a valid permit in 2003,” he said.
Quite horrible, right? But I did not recoil with anger until I read another related report:
Joy at girl’s reading skill turns to sorrow (The Star)
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The van driver and owner Azahar Sahan, 39, said he regretted what had happened and was ready to bear the responsibility for it.
“This is all a test from Him (God). [emphasis is entirely mine]
“I'm ready to be charged if I'm truly guilty,” Azahar said.
Er... no, Azahar! This is not a test from God! You were negligent and didn't check the van properly! You can't accept responsibility until you admit that she died through your own actions. I don't think you are worth sacrificing a 6 year old girl just to test you.
2 comments:
If everyone was willing to just step up and admit that it was things happen through their very own negligence, the world would be at peace. Everytime I read the papers, the sentence "This is God's will/test" will never cease to amaze me. It's amazing how people can just shirk their responsibilities by just saying that.
"This is God's test"
I think the guy in the Canny case said the exact same thing. For him, the statement sounds absurd because he was well aware of his actions and was practically saying that God 'tempted' him with Canny.
However, that statement does not necessarily means that the driver is shirking his responsibility. In his own personal turmoil of realizing that he killed a child due to his carelessness, I guess its fair for him to say that in his heart, but as a comment in the press, its kinda disrespectful to the family of the victim. Its an even bigger 'test' for them, having been robbed of their child.
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