Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) wishes to give its sponsored student child pornography convict, Nur Fitri Azmeer Nordin, with a second chance, reported online news portal mStar today.
MARA Council member, Nazir Hussin Akhtar Hussin, said the 23-year old Imperial College London student will be given the opportunity to continue his studies at any MARA institution in Malaysia as soon as he ends his five-year jail sentence in the United Kingdom and returns to the country.
"This proposition is a way of our support to him. Personally, I agree. We will provide our support in various forms for him to reshape his identity," the portal quoted Nazir Hussin as saying.
He said the opportunity was not exclusive to Nur Fitri Azmeer as the same opportunity could be given to any other MARA-sponsored student if they were faced with a similar fate.
"The reports provided by the prison authorities there showed that he was on best behaviour until his sentence was reduced, thus it is only right for us to support him again," Nazir Hussin reportedly said.
READ: MARA terminates Nur Fitri Azmeer's study loan
On May 3, it was reported that MARA had terminated Nur Fitri Azmeer's study loan following his conviction by the Southwark Crown court in London on 13 offences of possessing more than 30,000 pornographic images and videos of children.
He was was caught in possession of 601 videos and images belonging to category A (abuse involving penetrative sexual activity with children), as well as hundreds of category B and C ones.
He was charged last November.
The student who hails from Malim Nawar, Perak, had arrived in the UK last year and was pursuing a study in Mathematics.
READ: Paedophile: Why should he be given a second chance? - Social Media
READ: Malaysian Maths genius jailed in UK for child pornography
Astro Awani
Tue May 05 2015
Nur Fitri Azmeer will reportedly be returning to Malaysia after completing his five-year jail sentence in the UK. - Filepic
EPL: Man United sama hebat dengan skuad tercorot liga
Penjaga gol Manchester United, Andre Onana menjadi punca buat pasukannya kehilangan kemenangan menentang Burnley.
Pedofilia MRSM Tumpat: Polis selesai panggil 14 individu
Polis selesai memanggil 14 individu untuk dirakam keterangan berhubung kes pedofilia melibatkan seorang guru di Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM) di Tumpat.
PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu: Pengundi tentukan kemenangan, bukan Tun M - Azmin
Kemenangan DAP dalam PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu hanya akan ditentukan oleh pengundi dan bukannya bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu: Calon PN sah miliki Sarjana Eksekutif UMPSA
Calon Perikatan Nasional (PN), Khairul Azhari Saut, 54, disahkan memiliki Sarjana Eksekutif Pengurusan Perniagaan dari Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (UMPSA).
PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu: Calon PN tunjuk bukti kelayakan akademik
Calon Perikatan Nasional (PN) bagi Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Kuala Kubu Baharu, Khairul Azhari Saut menunjukkan bukti berkaitan kelayakan akademiknya bagi menjawab isu berkenaan.
Enakmen kawalan hiburan baharu, Kelantan yakin tidak bercanggah
Kerajaan Kelantan yakin proses penggubalan Enakmen Kawalan Hiburan baharu Kelantan yang akan dibentang pada sidang Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) selepas ini tidak bercanggah dengan aturan sedia ada.
Misi teroka peluang ekonomi, tarik pelaburan baharu di WEF - PM
Delegasi Malaysia akan berkongsi dasar dan hala tuju negara di samping mempertegas pendirian negara dalam isu geopolitik serantau di hadapan pemimpin dunia.
JBPM Terengganu berdepan kesukaran padam kebakaran
JBPM Terengganu menghadapi kesukaran memadamkan kebakaran di Kampung Sungai Ikan Kuala Nerus yang melibatkan lebih 75% tapak pelupusan sampah
Polis jangka laporan baharu selepas berkas guru tahfiz
Polis Kelantan menjangkakan lebih banyak laporan polis berkenaan pencabulan di sebuah pusat tahfiz di Machang selepas penahanan seorang guru.
Polis Jerman rampas 4 kereta Bugatti Veyron edisi terhad yang dikaitkan dengan 1MDB
Kenderaan berkenaan dikatakan sebahagian daripada siri "Legenda" khas Bugatti Veyron, dengan hanya 18 daripada supercar tersebut dibina dalam enam spesifikasi.