Man accused of murder freed: state has to compensate

I may have eggs thrown in my face for jumping the gun or run the risk of being called naive.

In the wake of the stunning acquittal of Mr lsmil Kadar by the Court of Appeal, people are asking whether the government is going to offer some form of compensation.

Mr Ismil Kadar spent six years in prison, two in death row. For a crime he didn’t commit.

Six years of uncertainty and anxiety.
Six years living in fear.
Six years wondering if he would ever see the sky again.
Six years in the shadow of death.

PM Lee must now do the right thing. Before the assembled Ministers, MPs and other VIPs after the watershed General Election, he pledged to build “a just and fair society”.

He has to prove that he meant what he said.

Apart from the issue of compensation, PM Lee cannot choose to remain silent over the “serious lapses” by the police and prosecutors. He has to address public disquiet over the potential for a miscarriage of justice when the overarching aim is to find an accused person guilty at all cost.