2007 09: Child found sexually assaulted and killed

The Star online. News. Nation. Tuesday September 18, 2007

By RASHITHA A. HAMID
rashitha@thestar.com.my

PETALING JAYA: She was just a little girl. But that did not stop some sick monster from killing her after sexually assaulting her.

Her naked body was stuffed into a sports bag and left at the staircase of a shop lot in PJS1/48 Petaling Utama yesterday.

There were bruises on her neck, suggesting that she may have been strangled. There were also bruises on her hands.

The girl, said to be between six and nine, was initially feared to be eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin who has been reported missing. But Nurin Jazlin’s parents, who rushed to the Hospital Kuala Lumpur mortuary, said it was not their daughter.

A supervisor with a book distributing company Cheng Yan Fang, 32, found the black-and-blue sports bag at 8.30am outside the premises. She thought the bag belonged to her employer who had just returned from Singapore.

Jack Yeoh Huat Lip, 51, the general manager of the company came in 30 minutes later and said the bag was not his.

When he opened it, he was horrified to see a pair of legs. He immediately called the police.

“Saturday was a half day and the office was closed yesterday,” Yeoh said, adding that the supervisor who left the office at 1pm on Saturday did not see anything near the staircase then.

Petaling Jaya police chief Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohd confirmed a post mortem report that the killer had placed a cucumber and a brinjal in the girl’s private parts.

“She must have endured so much pain before she died,” he said.

Police believe the girl, whose identity has not been ascertained, had been dead for more than six hours before her body was found.

Police are appealing to those with missing daughters to call the district police headquarters here at 03-79562222. No arrest has been made yet.

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Women’s groups outraged over murder
The Star online. News. Nation. Tuesday September 18, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: Women groups expressed outrage and shock over the brutal killing and sexual assault of a little girl whose body was found stuffed inside a sports bag in Petaling Utama.

Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) executive director Ivy Josiah was shocked when contacted for a comment.

“I am just stunned. What about the family? How would they feel when they find out?” she said expressing her immediate concern.

“It is such a deliberate and cruel crime when we look at the circumstances of the case.

“Sexual assault and murder cases affecting young children are getting more and more prevalent, and we, the public must step up and help prevent such occurrences,” said Ivy.

She said that to achieve this, the public needed to be more aware and immediately report any suspicion of sexual abuse or violence to the authorities.

All Women’s Action Society (Awam) executive director Honey Tan urged the public to gather every resource to track down the killer.

Tan added that such violence was a worrying trend.

“Wemust start helping the people we know deal with their anxiety and stress, which would translate into violence,” she said.

Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil described the incident as a cruel and despicable act.

“The police must go all out in their investigations and bring the culprit to justice,” she said.