PETALING JAYA: Amanah Youth has provided to assist {the teenager} who attempted to steal cash from a mosque to purchase treatment for his sick grandfather.
Its chief Hasbie Muda stated in a Facebook publish that they wished to assist Daniel Iskandar, 19, by giving him a second likelihood in life.
He stated they might additionally lengthen their assist to purchase treatment for his grandfather.
Earlier, he stated the wing would pay the advantageous imposed by the court docket however discovered that a donor had paid it off.
On Thursday (Jan 13), the Selayang Magistrate’s Court sentenced Daniel to 10 days’ imprisonment and fined RM4,000 or 5 months’ jail, after he admitted that he attempted to steal cash from the donation field of Masjid Al Islahiah, Kuang, Rawang, on Jan 8.
“The aid can be used to help the family as well as to help Daniel (if he was indeed involved in drugs), depending on our discussion with them.
“I think the action by the mosque committee of ‘bathing him like corpse’ and subsequently spreading the video were excessive.”
However, I hope folks don’t assault the committee on the similar time.
“I do believe their intentions were good, which was to teach the boy a lesson but the method was unsuitable.
“The real perpetrator here is the person who recorded the video and made it viral. This action of obstructing the modesty is forbidden in Islam and has great repercussions,” he stated in his publish.
He added that one ought to keep away from cyberbullying, as it could possibly trigger emotional stress for the folks within the video.
On Monday (Jan 10), a viral video of a youth being “bathed like a corpse” by a few mosque committee members for attempting to steal from a donation field was circulated on social media.
The act had obtained assist from some quarters whereas others felt that it was unsuitable for the teen to be handled in such a means.
Defence counsel Azman Abdullah had yesterday requested the court docket to impose a lenient sentence.
He stated the circulation of the video on social media was not acceptable, because it had triggered him to turn out to be depressed.
