I see a lot of divide between people who think it's justified and that the student should be punished and people who point out the lunacy of the potential 12 year sentence the student could serve, especially when compared to other, much more heinous criminals who got off with less.
I'm personally on the side of thinking it's ridiculous.
Ah.... ASEAN nations are out of my wheel house. Outside of the Philippines, I couldn't point to any one nation on a map. Mostly because of my chubby fingers