No sir in a court of law the prosecutor and defense makes it's case based on the evidence at hand.
The key word here is "evidence". The definition of "evidence" in a dictionary is:
something that makes plain or clear; an indication or sign: His flushed look was visible evidence of his fever. 3. Law. data presented to a court or jury in proof of the facts in issue and which may include the testimony of witnesses, records, documents, or objects.
Evidence has to be
plain and
clear. In a court, evidence has to be
fact. What
fact do you have based on the article? The article did not say anything about the involvement of the Malaysian govn't. The only fact is that the involvement of the Malaysian govn't was not mentioned in the article. That is a fact.
You cannot use what was NOT said as evidence!! I don't think how much clearer I need to be on this point... There is NO evidence, one way or another. The prosecution (that would be you in this case) cannot assume the Malaysian govn't did not participate. The defendent (it would be China in this case) cannot claim the involvement of the Malaysian govn't. It is not said, therefore cannot be used as evidence. Plain and simple...
In my case my original basis cannot be proven wrong since within the article it clear states the Chinese police apprehended the suspect within Malaysia. As I said since the Chinese police does not have any investigation authorities on foreign soil it only suggests that it was done under illegal means.
Note that you used the word "suggest". So you know that is not fact. Fact does not need to suggest anything. Fact is fact. It does not need explanation and does not need suggestion.
Secondly, as plawolf explained, you, the accuser, bare the burden of providing the proof, which should be facts. Not indirect suggestions, etc. That is something law school teaches on the first day of classes. If it is your way, there would be no way anyone could mount a successful defense. The prosecution can simply throw out all kinds of crazy ideas. Then the defense has to run circles to find evidence to disprove the prosecution. That is unheard of in the court of law!
To use your logic, I can claim that Chinese police had the help of aliens, which made them invisible when they were in Malaysia. That's why no Malaysian involvement was mentioned. No one could see them! Malaysian govn;t didn't even know... Disprove that for me! If you cannot find evidence to disprove me, then I am correct! Aliens helped the Chinese capture fugitives in Malaysia!
Second claim using your logic: the Chinese police dept has a special ghost unit, whose members are all superheros, including Superman and Batman. Batman used an advanced cloaking device to infiltrate Malaysia and captured the Chinese fugitive. Disprove that! If you cannot, then I am correct.
Another claim: China has a teletransportation device that "beamed the fugitive up" and back to China. So no Chinese agent was actually in Malaysia to catch the guy. So no violation of Malaysian sovereignty... Disprove that! If you cannot, I am correct once again!
I sure was not persuaded with all the baseless argument without any objective evidence before additional article was presented.
Bravo!! You said it yourself! "no objective evidence". Then how did you come to your conclusion "without any objective evidence"? Note that evidence is fact! not something suggestive, could be, should be, would be, etc etc etc. Fact!
Please note that no one is trying to convince you the potential Malaysian involvement based on the first article. We are NOT trying to convince you that the Chinese had Malaysian cooperation when capturing that fugitive. NO! All we have been saying is that you cannot make any conclusion based on what the first article says. No one can claim that the Chinese had Malaysian help. And no one can claim the Chinese did it without Malaysian help. There is no evidence one way or another. Nothing to base on.
So you are correct that you were not persuaded. Absolutely! There is nothing in the article to convince anybody of anything.