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Monday November 5, 2007
The Star: Singaporean found dead, raped and killed in condo
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KUALA LUMPUR: A 50-year-old Singaporean woman who was on holiday here was found raped and stabbed in a condominium in Bangsar.

Mahani Abdullah, was found naked with multiple stab wounds on her head, body and feet in the Bangsar Indah condominium in Lorong Maarof yesterday. There were also bruises on her body.

The victim arrived here on Friday and had rented the condominium as she was a regular visitor to this country.

Police arrested an unemployed 35-year-old Algerian man soon after the body was found.

He has an apartment on another floor.

The security guard had told police that the woman was last seen walking with the man in the condominium compound at 10pm on Saturday.

City CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Ku Chin Wah said the victim was found sprawled in the hall and covered in a blanket.

The condominium owner called the police when she found Mahani whom she had come visit at 3am on Sunday.

3am on Sunday. An awesome time to visit people. What was this Singaporean woman doing man. Unemployed Algerian man... condominium owner... how very suspect.

The Star: Cops: Girl fell into river by accident
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IPOH: A 12-year-old girl whose half-naked body was found floating in Sungai Kampar in Gopeng was not sexually assaulted.

Kampar OCPD Superintendent Nordin Manan said initial investigations showed that Chia Kha Man (pic) had drowned.

He said the case remained classified as sudden death.

Kha Man, a Year Six pupil of SJK (C) Man Ming in Gopeng, went missing last Thursday.

On Saturday, two river guides found her body on a rock in the river while kayaking in Kampung Jahang.

When Kha Man went missing, there was speculation she and a friend had followed a middle-aged man to the river.

Supt Nordin said her friend, an 11-year-old, later told police that she and Kha Man had asked the man to take them to the river.

“Along the way, both the girls fell into the river but the man could only save the other girl.”

He said both were afraid to reveal that Kha Man was missing in the river and kept the incident a secret.

A relative who claimed Kha Man’s body at the Ipoh Hospital mortuary here yesterday said the family was upset with the man's irresponsible attitude.

Kha Man’s remains will be cremated at the Sam Poh Tong temple here at 11am today.

And they just accepted that explanation? Half naked... just "fell into the river"... what the hell?

2007/11/04
NST: Hospital staff flushes boy's fingertip down toilet
By: Adib Povera
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SUNGAI PETANI: A woman carefully packed her son's severed fingertip in ice and rushed it to the hospital hoping that doctors would be able to re-attach it.

However, a hospital staff took one look at it and decided it could not be re-attached.

He then flushed the digit down the toilet.

A flabbergasted Zuraiza Omar has lodged a police report on the incident and is claiming that Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital was negligent.

Zuraiza's son, Muhamad Shaeidil Amir, 11, was injured on Friday when he accidentally sliced off the tip of his left forefinger while cutting off the top of a coconut with a parang at his home in Kampung Batu Menunggul, Air Putih, Pendang.

"My son was referred to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital at 11am, on Friday. I also took the fingertip, which I packed in ice," said the 35-year-old housewife.

She said her son was treated at the hospital's emergency department, and a staff there asked her for the finger tip.

"He looked at it and said it could not be re-attached. He went out of the room and returned a few minutes later."

The other staff asked for the fingertip and the man nonchalantly replied that he had flushed it down the toilet. I could sense that his colleagues were shocked by their expression."

Zuraiza said the doctor was also taken aback when she informed him of what had happened.

She then lodged a report at the Alor Star police station.

State health director Dr Hasnah Ismail said the incident was being investigated.

Genius! No, it's not a biohazardous material. Not at all. Whoren, do you think this "doctor" might be the brother of KM's housemate?

Girl, 9, beaten, raped, sodomised and killed
By : Lee Shi-Ian, Sonia Ramachandran and K. Harinderan
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KUALA LUMPUR: Another young child was sexually ravaged and murdered leaving her grief-stricken parents crying for justice.

Preeshena Varshiny, 9, was believed to have been raped, sodomised and thrown down from the balcony of one of the units at the up-market Casa Mila Tower Condominium in Jalan Bukit Idaman 3/1, Selayang, on Thursday.

Her body was found sprawled on the ground by a security guard about 4pm on Thursday. She was clad in a blue T-shirt and shorts and the keys to her condominium were found next to her body.

Her father who is a marketing and technical manager and her mother, who works in a human resource department, suspect that Preeshena was abducted from their unit on the ninth floor.

Her 40-year-old father, who declined to be named, said his daughter called him on Wednesday afternoon claiming someone was knocking loudly on the front door.

Preeshena was alone at home. Her elder brother was away at a boarding school while her younger sister was sent to a baby-sitter.

"I told her not to open the door. I reminded her that we have the keys to the unit and we would open and let ourselves in after work," he told the New Straits Times at his condo last night.

Her father's nightmare came true on Thursday afternoon when he got a call from police. He rushed to the condominium and saw his daughter's broken body.

The parents suspect that Preeshena was forcibly taken when she opened the door to the assailant on Thursday.

"She never leaves her house without her slippers. Her slippers are still here.

"The condominium keys were also found next to her body."

Preeshena's mother looked dazed.

"Her body looked peaceful. I am sure she is in heaven.

"I promised her that I will fight till the end to find her killer."

Her mother said it was so sad that this had to happen right after Nurin Jazlin Jazimin's case.

Preeshena is a Year Three pupil of Sekolah Kebangsaan St Marie in Selayang. Neighbours described her as a bubbly and friendly child.

The family stays in a posh, gated community with 24-hour security.

Police investigations revealed that the victim's condominium unit was locked and there were no signs of forced entry.

They were looking at the possibility that Preeshena was taken to a vacant unit on the second floor where she was attacked and murdered. The back window of the unit was open when police checked the premises.

The post-mortem report revealed she had been raped and sodomised. There were bruises on her chest, back and private parts. Her right arm was also broken. The body, which was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital mortuary for a post-mortem, was claimed at 1am yesterday by her family and cremated at the City Hall crematorium in Jalan Kuari later in the morning.

Gombak police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Abdullah appealed to members of the public who have information to assist the police.

This is the most brutal child murder since the Nurin case on Aug 20. In Nurin's case, she was held captive for almost a month before her body was stuffed in a sports bag and left at the foot of a staircase at a building in PJS1/48.

Eight-year-old Nurin, who went missing after going to a night market near her house in Wangsa Maju, was also sexually assaulted. To date, no one has been charged for her murder.

Just another "what the hell is wrong with the world?" article.

The Star: Jazeman makes racing history
By LIM TEIK HUAT
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ZHUHAI: Jazeman Jaafar secured his place in history as the first Malaysian and the youngest winner of the Formula BMW Asia Series in wonderful fashion by winning the last two races in the season finale at the Zhuhai International Circuit yesterday.

The 14-year-old showed great determination in winning Race 21 from eighth on the starting grid earlier in the day. Jazeman drove brilliantly from the start and passed four cars in quick succession after the first few laps.

The CIMB Team Qi-Meritus driver never looked back after passing Kyle Mitchell of Eurasia Motorsports and went on to win the 12-lap race by nearly six seconds.

Mitchell’s brakes failed and he eventually dropped to third behind Colombian Sebastian Saavedra of AO’s Racing.

The gutsy drive was the turning point, as Jazeman opened up a 45-point gap at the top between him and Indonesian Zahir Ali with one race to go.

Jazeman then needed just one solitary point to be confirmed as the overall winner of the Series but true to his character, went all out to hand his father Datuk Jaafar Abdul Hamid the perfect birthday present. Jaafar celebrated his 54th birthday yesterday and the whole family was present at the track to witness the historic occasion.

And Jazeman did not disappoint his family members and supporters with a lights-to-flag victory in Race 22. It was his 10th win of the season out of a total of 22 races.

The proceedings of the second race came to a halt after the car of Jazeman’s team-mate James Grunwell flipped in mid air and landed upside-down after a crash.

But it was not enough to shake Jazeman’s resolve.

“I had a good start but then I saw on my rear-view mirror one of our team cars flying from my left side to the right. I was curious to find out who it was but I had a mission to finish. I just went all out and pushed hard until the last lap.

“I made mistakes yesterday (Saturday) but I cleared it off my mind and told myself that today (yesterday) was another day,” said a delighted Jazeman, who had struggled on the first two days.

Jazeman only managed to qualify ninth fastest and ended out of the podium in the first two races on Saturday.

For Jazeman, winning the overall title in his first year of participation, was something he never expected when he entered for the championship.

Jazeman had to apply for a special exemption from the organisers because he was below the minimum age of participation – 16. However, he applied for it and was given an international C racing licence from FIA – to race.

“I have to thank the team Meritus and my sponsors for giving me the break. Also my dad and my mum for being there with me all this while.”

Malaysia also had another winner yesterday in Farique Hairuman from the BMW-powered Petronas Synthium Team. He managed to win the Asian Touring Car Series overall title despite failing to finish Race 10.

Although Farique spun out after seven laps, he was declared overall champion with 115 points. Farique had won six out of the 10 races in the championship.

That's right, baby. This is how we do it.