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PASIR PUTH: The continued prayers of a man and his mother for his release from prison were granted when he was finally released after 20 years behind bars.
Abang Li (not his real name), 66, said he was honored and grateful to Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah for granting him a pardon.
“I had already asked (forgiveness) several times, but I was not successful. The prison management has just advised me to leave the matter in the hands of the prison authorities, ”he told reporters when he met today at his home in Kampung Kandis.
Abang Li is one of 13 convicts serving life sentences in various prisons in Malaysia and who were pardoned by the King as part of the country’s 63rd National Day.
All of them were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on December 28, 2001 by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on charges under Section 121 of the Penal Code for making war or attempting to wage war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the state ruler.
Abang Li said he had been sent to prisons in Sungai Buluh, Kajang and Pengkalan Chepa before finally being sent to the Machang Moral Rehabilitation Center.
She said she studied religion and learned to sew during her time in prison, and gave new inmates lessons of faith.
All Abang Li wants for now is to spend some quality time with his family and take care of his mother, Fatimah Ab Rahman, 98, to try and make up for lost time.
Meanwhile, his wife, who only wished to be known as Kak Yah (Kamariah), said she was grateful that in the absence of her husband, other family members had reached out to help her and the couple’s eight children. (now 21 to 40 years old) to get for.
He said his income as a cake merchant was not enough to raise his children and send them to school, but the Pasir Puteh Social Welfare Office had come to the family’s aid.
“Raising eight children without a husband is not easy,” she said.
“Alhamdulillah, all my children except the youngest are working. My youngest son is studying at the Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) ”.
