Lawyer offers to help Indon accuser who had been representing himself


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 22 Jun 2005

IPOH: An Indonesian convicted of raping and sodomising an underage girl after defending himself at the trial attracted the attention of a criminal lawyer during his appeal at the High Court here. 

Lawyer Gurbachan Singh, who was at court for another case, volunteered to represent Maaruf Mahmud after High Court Justice V.T. Singham pointed out discrepancies in the rape trial in a Sessions Court. 

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