Wednesday September 17, 2008
Abducted girl found dead
By MEERA VIJAYAN
Abducted girl found dead
By MEERA VIJAYAN
JOHOR BARU: A 16-year-old schoolgirl who was kidnapped last Friday was found murdered with her partially-burnt body dumped in some bushes.
Police found the semi-decomposed body of Lai Ying Xin (pic) at 1.40am yesterday in Taman Putri, Kulai.It is learnt that she might have been kidnapped by people known to her and police were pursuing several leads, including that one of the suspects may have been the victim’s ex-boyfriend.
Johor deputy police chief Senior Asst Comm (I) Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said police believe Ying Xin had been murdered even before the kidnappers demanded ransom.
He said Ying Xin, the third of four siblings, was kidnapped outside a hypermarket after 9pm on Friday where she had been working as a part-time sales girl.
“The victim’s mother lodged a police report the following morning when the kidnappers called at 6.20am and demanded a ransom,” SAC Tun Hisan told a press conference yesterday at the state police headquarters.
Painful loss: Ying Xin's family members leaving the mortuary in Johor Baru Tuesday.
Ying Xin’s father owns a car repair workshop while her mother is a housewife.
Police have ruled out the involvement of Ah Long.
It is learnt that the kidnappers demanded RM60,000 but family members only managed to raise RM30,000, which was dropped off at an undisclosed location at about 3am on Monday.
Police detained seven suspects in Kulai on Monday but released three of them after questioning.
The remaining four, aged between 16 and 22 years, are odd-job workers and have been remanded until Sept 21 to assist investigations.
Police recovered two-thirds of the ransom money and a silver Perodua Kembara.
SAC Tun Hisan said after questioning the suspects, police were able to locate the victim’s body, which was then sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital mortuary.
The autopsy report revealed that the victim had been strangled before her body was set on fire. It also found that she had not been raped.
Her family members arrived at the mortuary at 3.30pm to identify the body.
The five people left about 30 minutes later.
Thursday September 18, 2008
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> Down the drain
M’sian pied piper had done it again! Anwar has blow his bagpipe n led d supporters into d drain! Once bitten twice shy.
V r living in era of street demos n agony. Think b4 supportng. V r civilised.
Can Anwar appease all the ’frogs’ if he becomes PM?
> Bumpy road
Road leading to KTM Sg Buloh Komuter station is littered with potholes. Please repair it. Hazard to motorcyclists.
> Reduce petrol price
Y wait 4 1st Oct? Cut oil prices by next week as it is already a month since the last reduction. This will help millions travelling home 4 Raya.
Holiday is long. Petrol price shld go down. More RM 4 holiday!
Why is it d Gov is keepng quiet about d reduction of fuel price since C/O drop 2 US$90. Where is d twice monthly revision of fuel as promised?
> No need for chaos
In times like this we don’t need more chaos in the country. But what is right should be right n vice versa. I salute u Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.
> Mental torture
7 hrs exam a day exerts great pressure on students. Pls be considerate.
Moral paper timing shows lack of sensitiviti. Refusal to admit mistak n 2 slow to rectify.
I am sure the Education Min can change the date for moral paper if they want to.
Give us a valid reason y moral paper cannot be on Nov 19.
> Kudos to the navy
We are very proud of Malaysian Navy 4 helping rescue hostages in Somali waters. That’s d duty of Armed Forces – saving n protecting civilians unlike other armies who trample on weaker folks.
> Go for the killers
Show no mercy to Lai Ying Xin’s killers! Punish them wth maximum sentence! Make them pay!
D kidnappers r inhumane! Is killing innocent girls a pleasure 2 em?! She’s just 16! I hope they rot in hell! RIP Ying Xin.
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> Down the drain
M’sian pied piper had done it again! Anwar has blow his bagpipe n led d supporters into d drain! Once bitten twice shy.
V r living in era of street demos n agony. Think b4 supportng. V r civilised.
Can Anwar appease all the ’frogs’ if he becomes PM?
> Bumpy road
Road leading to KTM Sg Buloh Komuter station is littered with potholes. Please repair it. Hazard to motorcyclists.
> Reduce petrol price
Y wait 4 1st Oct? Cut oil prices by next week as it is already a month since the last reduction. This will help millions travelling home 4 Raya.
Holiday is long. Petrol price shld go down. More RM 4 holiday!
Why is it d Gov is keepng quiet about d reduction of fuel price since C/O drop 2 US$90. Where is d twice monthly revision of fuel as promised?
> No need for chaos
In times like this we don’t need more chaos in the country. But what is right should be right n vice versa. I salute u Datuk Zaid Ibrahim.
> Mental torture
7 hrs exam a day exerts great pressure on students. Pls be considerate.
Moral paper timing shows lack of sensitiviti. Refusal to admit mistak n 2 slow to rectify.
I am sure the Education Min can change the date for moral paper if they want to.
Give us a valid reason y moral paper cannot be on Nov 19.
> Kudos to the navy
We are very proud of Malaysian Navy 4 helping rescue hostages in Somali waters. That’s d duty of Armed Forces – saving n protecting civilians unlike other armies who trample on weaker folks.
> Go for the killers
Show no mercy to Lai Ying Xin’s killers! Punish them wth maximum sentence! Make them pay!
D kidnappers r inhumane! Is killing innocent girls a pleasure 2 em?! She’s just 16! I hope they rot in hell! RIP Ying Xin.
Thursday September 18, 2008
Relatives of slain teen lament loss, call for abductors to be punished
Relatives of slain teen lament loss, call for abductors to be punished
KULAI: She was a jovial girl who always smiled at her brother-in-law and called him “jie fu” (brother-in-law). That was how Alex Wong, 28, remembers his 16-year-old sister-in-law Lai Ying Xin who was kidnapped and brutally killed last Friday.
Wong, who first met the victim about three to four years ago when he started dating her eldest sister Ying Hui, 20, said Ying Xin was close to him and often SMSed or called him.
Wong, who first met the victim about three to four years ago when he started dating her eldest sister Ying Hui, 20, said Ying Xin was close to him and often SMSed or called him.
Offering sympathy: Ong talking to Ying Xin’s parents Lai Then Song and mother Chia Siew Phen at the family’s home in Taman Gunung Pulai, Kulai, yesterday. Looking on is Kulaijaya OCPD Supt Zuklifli Yahya.
“She was the only one who called me ‘jie fu’ among her other siblings.
“It always made me smile,” said the technician during a press conference at their home here yesterday.
Wong, whose birthday was on Thursday last week – the day Ying Xin was kidnapped, said he waited for her SMS birthday wish but it never came.
“I waited for her SMS but I still did not get any message even when it was 11pm.
“The last time I saw her was on Sept 5 when I bumped into her having tea with some friends at a cafe at Taman Indahpura,” he said in between tears, adding that she worked part-time to help ease the financial burden of the family.
He also said the family had prepared for the worst when the kidnappers refused to let them hear Ying Xin’s voice when they called.
Wong said one of the suspects had called them to console them and asked about the victim.
He added that through the victim’s friends and colleagues they learnt that the suspect had courted his sister-in-law but she rejected him.
The victim’s mother, Chia Siew Phen, 45, said Ying Xin was a very filial daughter.
“It is hard to find such a filial daughter these days. I hope that justice will prevail and the criminals punished for the crime,” she told MCA president and Kulai MP Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who visited the family yesterday.
Ong said he was saddened and angry when he learnt about the tragedy.
“A teenager with a bright future has been killed cruelly and this has enraged the entire society.
“I contacted the Johor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff and had his guarantee that police will explore every angle in the investigation,” he said.
Ong also called for more crime-prevention efforts.
Kulai Jaya OCPD Supt Zulkifli Yahya said they were still doing the DNA compilation and thus the body had not been returned to the family yet.
Ong told the victim’s family to be patient and let the police perform their duty thoroughly.
Ying Xin’s partially-burnt body was found in some bushes in Taman Putri, Kulai, on Tuesday.
Four suspects have been detained to assist in investigations.
“She was the only one who called me ‘jie fu’ among her other siblings.
“It always made me smile,” said the technician during a press conference at their home here yesterday.
Wong, whose birthday was on Thursday last week – the day Ying Xin was kidnapped, said he waited for her SMS birthday wish but it never came.
“I waited for her SMS but I still did not get any message even when it was 11pm.
“The last time I saw her was on Sept 5 when I bumped into her having tea with some friends at a cafe at Taman Indahpura,” he said in between tears, adding that she worked part-time to help ease the financial burden of the family.
He also said the family had prepared for the worst when the kidnappers refused to let them hear Ying Xin’s voice when they called.
Wong said one of the suspects had called them to console them and asked about the victim.
He added that through the victim’s friends and colleagues they learnt that the suspect had courted his sister-in-law but she rejected him.
The victim’s mother, Chia Siew Phen, 45, said Ying Xin was a very filial daughter.
“It is hard to find such a filial daughter these days. I hope that justice will prevail and the criminals punished for the crime,” she told MCA president and Kulai MP Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting, who visited the family yesterday.
Ong said he was saddened and angry when he learnt about the tragedy.
“A teenager with a bright future has been killed cruelly and this has enraged the entire society.
“I contacted the Johor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff and had his guarantee that police will explore every angle in the investigation,” he said.
Ong also called for more crime-prevention efforts.
Kulai Jaya OCPD Supt Zulkifli Yahya said they were still doing the DNA compilation and thus the body had not been returned to the family yet.
Ong told the victim’s family to be patient and let the police perform their duty thoroughly.
Ying Xin’s partially-burnt body was found in some bushes in Taman Putri, Kulai, on Tuesday.
Four suspects have been detained to assist in investigations.
Saturday September 20, 2008
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Too many holidays
V HAV so many hols n r still asking 4 extra day aftr Raya hols. Later ppl vil ask for more Deepavali n CNY hols.
Lower bus fare
Y MUS public bus fare go up dring Raya season? Studens hv to spend more $ going to and bk from skool.
Don’t waste our time
OF COURSE PM won’t give you time. Why should he? If you have the numbers make your move. If not don’t waste our time.
KEEP ur mouth shut. U r only an Opposition leader who doesn’t deserve 2 demand so much. B patient if u r really confident.
Use ISA on Ah Longs
D GOVT shld impose ISA on Ah Long too. These Ah Long will stop their activities once ISA is imposed on them. Govt, plse think it over.
Show no mercy
I AGREE. No mercy for Ying Xin’s murderers since they showed none to her in da first place.
HANG n burn those who haf killed d 16-yr-old gal. Let dem feel wat d innocent gal had gone thru b4 she died. Dey dserve no humane treatment cos dey r inhuman!
SMART, pretty girl with a bright future killed. Hang till death for the murderers. No mercy. May the soul of Ying Xin rest in peace.
More emphasis on English
MORE emphasis on teaching English should be in place in primary schools if we need them 2 study Maths n Science. Formative yrs r important 4 learning.
RPOT in Sin Chew Daily clearly shows tat d prob of Maths n Science in Eng lies in d tching by tchers. Tchers shld improve 1st.
Race relations
LEARN from East M’sians on race relations. They know better n they nvr had nd 4 a law 2 maintan harmony.
V NEED no Race Relations Act or courses. V certainly need fewer racist politicians.
Saturday September 20, 2008
Let’s act to keep our children safe
Let’s act to keep our children safe
I DID not know who Lai Ying Xin was. Until a few days ago, 16 year-old Lai Ying Xin was not known to anyone except her family and friends.
Today, the whole nation is shocked and angry over what had happened to her.
Her untimely and cruel death has affected my wife and I as we have three children of our own.
Is our neighborhood not safe for our children anymore? Are the schools not safe for our children anymore? Are our children’s school friends not to be trusted anymore?
I am totally dumbfounded over what might have caused of Ying Xin’s abduction and murder.
I don’t know where our society went wrong. I am at lost as to who is to be blamed. I have no suggestion on how we can prevent this kind of thing from happening again.
Over the years, there have been a number of abduction, rape and murder cases involving children and teens.
I feel despair upon seeing the disintegration of security and humanity in our neighborhood.
We used to be able to leave the doors of our homes unlocked and walk the street at night without worry or fear.
Please, someone, anyone - do something. We shall do it together for the sake of our children and children’s children.
Today, the whole nation is shocked and angry over what had happened to her.
Her untimely and cruel death has affected my wife and I as we have three children of our own.
Is our neighborhood not safe for our children anymore? Are the schools not safe for our children anymore? Are our children’s school friends not to be trusted anymore?
I am totally dumbfounded over what might have caused of Ying Xin’s abduction and murder.
I don’t know where our society went wrong. I am at lost as to who is to be blamed. I have no suggestion on how we can prevent this kind of thing from happening again.
Over the years, there have been a number of abduction, rape and murder cases involving children and teens.
I feel despair upon seeing the disintegration of security and humanity in our neighborhood.
We used to be able to leave the doors of our homes unlocked and walk the street at night without worry or fear.
Please, someone, anyone - do something. We shall do it together for the sake of our children and children’s children.
Saturday September 20, 2008
Hisham: Stop the squabbling
Hisham: Stop the squabbling
KLUANG: Squabbles between leaders especially within Umno must be stopped for the Government to move forward, said Umno Youth chief Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Tun Hussein.
He said the squabbling was what Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Opposition wanted to see in Umno.
“Such issues, including calls for former de-facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim to be stripped of his senator’s post, should not be entertained.
“I myself want to focus on my work for the benefit of the people,” he said after representing the Deputy Prime Minister at an event for Felda settlers in conjunction with the Ramadan month at Felda Ulu Dengar yesterday.
On the kidnap and murder of 16-year-old Lai Ying Xin, Hishamuddin said he had ordered the ministry’s security committee to conduct a complete investigation.
“I will never compromise on security regarding teachers or students,” he said.
He said the squabbling was what Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Opposition wanted to see in Umno.
“Such issues, including calls for former de-facto Law Minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim to be stripped of his senator’s post, should not be entertained.
“I myself want to focus on my work for the benefit of the people,” he said after representing the Deputy Prime Minister at an event for Felda settlers in conjunction with the Ramadan month at Felda Ulu Dengar yesterday.
On the kidnap and murder of 16-year-old Lai Ying Xin, Hishamuddin said he had ordered the ministry’s security committee to conduct a complete investigation.
“I will never compromise on security regarding teachers or students,” he said.
Monday September 22, 2008
Two murders for the most odd reasons
Two murders for the most odd reasons
KOTA TINGGI: Two murders have taken place in the state for the most peculiar of reasons.
One Myanmar worker was stabbed to death for ticking off a fellow colleague for being lazy at work while another man was killed by his brother over a sour plum.
Myint Aung, 31, was stabbed in the stomach and was found dead in a pool of blood in a house in Taman Anggerik in Bandar Tenggara.
Police caught three Myanmars in a forest about 2km away several hours after the stabbing.
However, the main suspect in the stabbing is still on the run.
In the second case, police arrested a 24-year-old man who stabbed his 20-year-old brother in a fight over a sour plum.
He said the man was detained until Sept 27.
Meanwhile, Johor police have obtained an extension on the remand of the four suspects detained in the kidnap and murder of Lai Ying Xin.
The extension is up to Sept 28. Police are waiting for the DNA test results.
One Myanmar worker was stabbed to death for ticking off a fellow colleague for being lazy at work while another man was killed by his brother over a sour plum.
Myint Aung, 31, was stabbed in the stomach and was found dead in a pool of blood in a house in Taman Anggerik in Bandar Tenggara.
Police caught three Myanmars in a forest about 2km away several hours after the stabbing.
However, the main suspect in the stabbing is still on the run.
In the second case, police arrested a 24-year-old man who stabbed his 20-year-old brother in a fight over a sour plum.
He said the man was detained until Sept 27.
Meanwhile, Johor police have obtained an extension on the remand of the four suspects detained in the kidnap and murder of Lai Ying Xin.
The extension is up to Sept 28. Police are waiting for the DNA test results.
Monday September 22, 2008 MYT 7:32:16 PM
Family allowed to claim Ying Xin’s body
By FARIK ZOLKEPLI
Family allowed to claim Ying Xin’s body
By FARIK ZOLKEPLI
JOHOR BARU: The body of kidnap and murder victim Lai Ying Xin has been released to her family a week after she was brutally killed after police confirmed her DNA matched that of the body.
Chia Siew Phen, 45, said that her 16-year-old daughter’s body would be placed at the Hainan Association for prayers before she would be cremated at Ban Foo Crematorium in Kulai on Wednesday.
”We want her soul to rest in peace as we love her very much.
”Her close friends even gave her a lovely dress and a pair of shoes for the funeral,” she said, adding that she missed her daughter a lot.
Among others who were at the mortuary were the victim’s family members including her father and two sisters.
Chia added that she hoped those responsible for her daughter’s death would be be brought to justice.
Meanwhile Johor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff confirmed that the DNA of the body matched that of Ying Xin's.
”We will forward the report to the Deputy Public Prosecutor and await his advice.
”We hope to solve the case as soon as possible,” he said.
Ying Xin’s body was discovered in Kulai last Monday after she was kidnapped and brutally murdered Sept 12 before her body was set on fire.
Four suspects have been remanded until Sunday for further investigations.
Chia Siew Phen, 45, said that her 16-year-old daughter’s body would be placed at the Hainan Association for prayers before she would be cremated at Ban Foo Crematorium in Kulai on Wednesday.
”We want her soul to rest in peace as we love her very much.
”Her close friends even gave her a lovely dress and a pair of shoes for the funeral,” she said, adding that she missed her daughter a lot.
Among others who were at the mortuary were the victim’s family members including her father and two sisters.
Chia added that she hoped those responsible for her daughter’s death would be be brought to justice.
Meanwhile Johor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff confirmed that the DNA of the body matched that of Ying Xin's.
”We will forward the report to the Deputy Public Prosecutor and await his advice.
”We hope to solve the case as soon as possible,” he said.
Ying Xin’s body was discovered in Kulai last Monday after she was kidnapped and brutally murdered Sept 12 before her body was set on fire.
Four suspects have been remanded until Sunday for further investigations.