The lawyer for Nepali migrant worker Nirmala Thapa expressed "disappointment and dismay" that the Attorney-General defended her conviction and sentencing: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/283228
Nirmala was earlier reported to have been sentenced to a year's jail for upcoming abortion without fully knowing the facts of the case.
However, lawyer Cecil Rajendra (below) said that careful scruity of her charge sheet revealed she was sentenced for performing the abortion on herself at a clinic in Bukit Mertajam on Oct 9.
