One is not guilty until proven otherwise

I read with concern a posting on the blog of hornbillunleashed dated March 20, 2011 in regard to an alleged rape by a Police Officer. The case was first highlighted at the onset of the Sibu By-election about a year ago and again now with the impeding Sarawak State Election. So much as i am made to view it as a cheap political agenda of the opposition ie. to discredit the Police and the current BN government but also as an unethical act of becoming both a prosecutor and judge to this poor officer. Defenceless as he is now, i am compelled to put forth my argument against such allegation. Before i proceed, let us examine the definition of rape. According to Wikipedia rape is defined as:
Sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, of one person (not necessarily, though almost always "the victim") by another person (typically "the accused" or "the perpetrator") without the consent of the victim.
Consent - In any allegation of rape, the absence of consent to sexual intercourse on the part of the victim is critical. Consent need not be expressed, and may be implied from the context and from the relationship of the parties, but the absence of objection does not of itself constitute consent.
Duress, in which the victim may be subject to or threatened by overwhelming force or violence, and which may result in absence of objection to intercourse, leads to the presumption of lack of consent. Duress may be actual or threatened force or violence against the victim or somebody else close to the victim. Even blackmail may constitute duress.
In the above case, i was made to understand that it was committed voluntarily by the 24 year old woman and her pair, not once but numerous times until a child was born. To conceal their act, they came with a consensus to have the baby adopted by a relative witnessed by close relatives and the hospital staff.
There are other underlying factors as to why this case received special attention and blown out into the open. One: Family dispute over properties. There had been a dispute between the family of the police officer’s spouse over land matters. The dispute got bitter and bitter compelling the other party to engineer an act which would badly hurt the spouse at the expense of the husband. Two, political motive. The police especially the Special Branch is loathed by the opposition as their enemy, a stumbling block to their desire of governing. This case is a significant issue that can be exploited to discredit the Special Branch. This explains why the issue is highlighted in the Sibu By-election and now the forthcoming State election. It can’t be coincidence, i believed. Three, a subtle way of extorting RM100,000.00 through a civil suit. Initially, RM10,000.00 and then increased to RM 30,000.00. A big and easy money put forth to lure a poor farmer to play with the games of the opposition.
It is a family matter and it is best that the case be resolved amicably. But, because of the interest of certain parties the police officer, his spouse, children, the girl, the farmer etc are subject to embarrassment of all sorts.
Since this case had been reported, investigation had been carried out and the papers submitted to DPP, so what is the fuss that a political party is up to. Let the laws to take it course and if found guilty, that police officer to face the music. Remember, one is not guilty until proven otherwise.