Mangal Bahadur Gurung

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Charge:	Immigration Violation
Sentence:	10 months
Years Imprisoned:	0.2
Year Crime:
Year Convicted:	2005
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Malaysia
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated Released
Summary of Case:	"Mangal Bahadur Gurung was a Nepalese migrant worker wrongly convicted of being an illegal immigrant in Malaysia and sentenced to 10 months imprisonment. When he pled guilty he hadn't been provided with an interpreter so he didn't know what he was agreeing to plead guilty to committing. The Malaysian High Court reversed his conviction after he had been imprisoned for 2-1/2 months. When convicted, the judge ignored that he had photocopies of his passport and work permit that proved he was a legal worker. His employer had taken and was in possession of the originals. Although Malaysia has no scheme to compensate the wrongly convicted, Gurung filed a claim with the government. In February 2006 the Malaysian offered financial compensation of RM8,340 (U.S. equivalent of $2,246). It was the first time Malaysia offered compensation to a wrongly convicted person."
Conviction Caused By:	False confession (No interpreter provided.) The trial court failed to consider evidence that no crime was committed.
Innocence Proved By:	Conviction quashed by the Malaysian High Court based on proof that no crime had occurred because he was a legal worker in Malaysia.
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Compensation Awarded:	"RM8,340 (Malaysia, February 2006) (Equiv. of US$2,246)"
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"Wronged Nepalese: Immigration dept should answer, Gerard Lourdesamy (staff), Malaysia Kini, June 6, 2005"
Information Location 1:	http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/36731
Information Source 2:	"‘Paltry' compensation for mangal - Adding insult to injury, by Jad Mahidin, The Malay Mail, February 27, 2006"
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Information Source 3:	"Pay Mangal a fair compensation, malaysiakini.com, April 3, 2006"
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Information Source 4:	"Malaysia Offers Compensation For Wrongful Conviction, By Staff, Justice Denied Magazine, Issue 31 (Winter 2006), p. 20"
Information Location 4:	http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_31/malaysia_jd31.pdf
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Mangal Bahadur Gurung

Charge:

Immigration Violation

Sentence:

10 months

Years Imprisoned:

0.2

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2005

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Malaysia

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Released

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

False confession (No interpreter provided.) The trial court failed to consider evidence that no crime was committed.

Innocence Proved By:

Conviction quashed by the Malaysian High Court based on proof that no crime had occurred because he was a legal worker in Malaysia.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

"RM8,340 (Malaysia, February 2006) (Equiv. of US$2,246)"

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Wronged Nepalese: Immigration dept should answer, Gerard Lourdesamy (staff), Malaysia Kini, June 6, 2005"

Information Location 1:

http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/36731

Information Source 2:

"‘Paltry' compensation for mangal - Adding insult to injury, by Jad Mahidin, The Malay Mail, February 27, 2006"

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Information Source 3:

"Pay Mangal a fair compensation, malaysiakini.com, April 3, 2006"

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Information Source 4:

"Malaysia Offers Compensation For Wrongful Conviction, By Staff, Justice Denied Magazine, Issue 31 (Winter 2006), p. 20"

Information Location 4:

http://justicedenied.org/issue/issue_31/malaysia_jd31.pdf

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