Australian court delivers justice in Indian student case.Byline: ANI New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. , Oct. 27 (ANI): An Australian court has sentenced a youth to four-and-a-half years' jail with a minimum non-parole period of two years for attacking an Indian student, Sukhraj Singh. This is another demonstration of the zero-tolerance approach being taken by Australian authorities in response to cases of violence against Indian students. Australia's High Commissioner to India, Peter Varghese Director-General of ONA Peter Varghese is an Indian Australian who is Director-General of the Office of National Assessments (ONA), the Australian government intelligence agency. The ONA reports directly to the Prime Minister of Australia. , said today "Australian authorities are taking such incidents extremely seriously." "There is no place in Australian society for racism or racist violence and the perpetrators of any such acts will face the full force of the law." Mr Varghese said "our legal system has delivered justice in the Sukhraj Singh case in a prompt and efficient manner." "This judgement will send a strong signal to the community that such acts will not be tolerated and will be investigated and punished." In handing down her judgement, Judge Pamela Jenkins Pamela Jenkins can refer to:
adj. 1. a. Causing shame; disgraceful. b. Giving offense; indecent. 2. Archaic Full of shame; ashamed. " that the defendant had vented his rage on international students. Four of the individual's co-offenders, aged between 14 and 17 at the time of the attack, have already received 12-month sentences in a youth detention centre detention centre Noun a place where young people may be detained for short periods of time by order of a court Noun 1. detention centre and a fifth teen received a 12-month youth supervision order. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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