Three navy vessels and two helicopters were sent to find the missing marines, after the HTMS Sukhothai warship suffered an engine malfunction and went down just before midnight.
A hashtag on the two reported COVID-19 deaths quickly became the top trending topic on Weibo. “What is the point of incomplete statistics?” asked one user on the social media platform.
“It’s ironic that (rapists) could escape from the pain caused by caning despite the lifetime of severe trauma and irreparable damage that they cruelly inflicted on their victims which will last a lifetime,” said Madam Halimah.
“Does he have sufficient maturity to understand his offending conduct? Was he mentally impaired at the material time of the offence?” said a lawyer who added that he did not think there was any dispute as to the boy's physical actions.
