M2M response to young man killed in Gurney drive

Halo friends ! Welcome to this 1st post for Men2men blog !

To start the ball rolling I'm attaching a letter I sent to Rohana this afternoon :


Halo Rohana !

From the perspective of M2M I think a few points here can be highlighted in our press release:

While we don’t know the entire situation we can assume this much had happened from press reports (appended): a few youth tried to stop another group of youth from teasing 2 girls from the first group. As a result the other group attacked the first group –resulting in 1 youth being killed. From here a number of disturbing points :

· Whether the attempt to stop the teasing of the girl arose of being over-protective attitude of the first group of youth or not the resort to violence to settle the issue is to be regretted and condemned. However this is an increasing trend –and the above violence is not the first nor the last. M2M warned against such trend in which violence is used as a common resort to settle issues arising from interaction between males and females. The stereotype macho image of men almost regularly condone males’ violence as a way to assert manliness. This values behind men’s violence must be challenged before a new non-violent male self-image can come about.
· Youth violence is also an increasing trend –reflecting conditioning from media and culture that violence is to be accepted as part of reality. This is worrying because it helps to reproduce pattern of violence found in adult society, despite anti-sexism and anti-violence campaign over the last generations.
· The culture of violence among males easily extend to victimization of women as reflected by prevalence of violence against women as reported by media.

In order to probe further into the nature of violence in the interactions between males and females-especially how it relates to the males’ self-image of sexuality M2M will be holding the 1st M2M forum:

* July 23rd (Sat)
* 2.00pm-5.00pm
* YMCA, Macalister Rd.
*Speakers are :
Dr Ismail Baba (Topic : Understanding Men and sexuality) &
Dr Rohana Arrifin(Patterns of violence against women) .

FREE entrance. All welcome.
Enq. 016-4284297 (Chia-Yi)







General
June 29, 2005 14:56 PM

School Leaver Assault Victim Dies After Four Days In Coma


Asrin Mohsin who was bashed up by a group of youths at Persiaran Gurney and lapsed into a coma on Saturday, dies at the Penang Hospital.
PENANG, June 29 (Bernama) -- An 18-year-old school leaver, who was bashed up by a group of youths at Persiaran Gurney and lapsed into a coma on Saturday, died at the Penang Hospital early Wednesday.Penang Police Chief Datuk Christopher Wan said he was informed that Asrin Mohsin died at 4am. Police have classified the case as murder.Meanwhile, State CID Chief SAC II Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said police have detained a Form Five student and a 22-year-old youth from Teluk Bahang and are looking for four others in connection with the murder.He said the student was arrested at his school in Tanjong Bungah at 10.30am today while the youth turned himself in at the North-East district police headquarters at about 9am yesterday.He has been ordered to be remanded for a week to facilitate investigations.Both the suspects are not known to Asrin, he said.Syed Ismail said police have identified for youths from Tanjong Tokong, aged between 18 and 21, believed to be the group which attacked Asrin.The youths, armed with crash helmets and other weapons, attacked Asrin of Medan Tengku in Jelutong, at about 2.30am on Saturday.He remained in critical condition at the hospital's intensive care unit since then.Asrin was buried at the Jelutong muslim cemetery after Zuhur prayers.-- BERNAMA

General
June 29, 2005 08:34 AM

Man Surrenders To Police Over Brutal Assault


PENANG, June 29 (Bernama) -- A 22-year-old man was Tuesday remanded for a week to assist police investigation into the brutal assault of Asrin Mohsin who has been warded in Penang Hospital in a coma since Saturday.Magistrate Priscilla H.N. Rajan issued the remand order after the man, who is from Teluk Bahang, surrendered to police.He is one of two men sought by the police for the Persiaran Gurney assault. The other is a 21-year-old from Jalan Tanjong Tokong Lama here.The police issued the photographs and identities of the two men on Monday.Penang CID chief SAC II Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said the remanded man gave himself up at the Timur Laut district police headquarters at about 9am.He said the man was taken to the police station by the headman of a village in Teluk Bahang.Asrin, of Medan Tengku Jelutong, remained in critical condition in the hospital's intensive care unit, and his family had been told by doctors to prepare for the worst.During the 2.30am incident, Asrin was attacked by a group of men with crash helmets and other weapons.Police believed it was a case of mistaken identity as the assailants were said to be going after a friend of Asrin who scolded the group for teasing a girl who was the cousin of the friend.-- BERNAMA

June 27, 2005 17:57 PM

Assault Victim Still In Coma
Asrin Mohsin, the victim of a ruthless assault lies in a coma at the Penang Hospital.
PENANG, June 27 (Bernama) -- Asrin Mohsin, 18, the victim of a ruthless assault by a group of 12 teenagers on motorcycles in Gurney Drive here last Saturday, still remains in a coma at the Penang Hospital.His eldest sister Ayu Mohsin, who is in her 30s, said there had been no change in the condition of her brother since he was admitted two days ago.When contacted here Monday, Ayu said doctors had informed the family that his brain no longer functioned and that his heart had become weak.Asrin, who was being treated at the normal ward with the aid of a respirator, was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Monday.In the assault incident at about 2.30 am on Saturday, Asrin from Medan Tengku in Jelutong here had gone to Gurney Drive with neighbourhood friends on motorcycles when they were attacked by the teenage bikers, believed to be from Tanjong Tokong.A dispute was alleged to have arisen over a girl-riding pillion with one of Asrin friends. Asrin, however, who was unable to escape the gang's brutal assault using crash helmets and other weapons, causing him to fracture his skull, cheeks and neck.-- BERNAMA