The following case has become a major news for days. A young lady was brutally raped and murdered while jogging with her sister in one fine evening.

Six suspects detained in rape and murder case (The Star 18.01.2006)

SUNGAI PETANI: As the family of marketing executive Chee Gaik Yap gave her a final send-off, six suspects were ordered to be remanded by a Sungai Petani sessions court in connection with her rape and murder. 

Sessions Court Judge Azizah Mahmud issued yesterday a seven-day remand order on the suspects, believed to be workers of a recreation club here. 

The six, aged between 20 and 40, arrived in the afternoon at the courthouse in a police truck. They were taken to the Kuala Muda police headquarters lock-up two hours later.

The six were picked up from the club on Monday night. 

Gaik Yap, who was jogging near Taman Ria Jaya on Saturday evening, was found dead less than nine hours later.

The Universiti Utara Malaysia graduate was believed to have been trailed by her assailants, kidnapped, raped and killed elsewhere before her body was dumped near the housing estate.

The case is being investigated as rape and murder. 

If convicted of murder, the suspects could face the death penalty. Rapists could be punished by a jail term of between five and 20 years, and in some cases whipped.

It was believed that some tissue paper containing semen had been found at the recreation club and inside an unidentified pick-up which was seized by the police.

Police have questioned several witnesses, including the victim’s boyfriend.

Gaik Yap’s family, meanwhile, was unhappy that a security guard who was informed of her disappearance did not act promptly to alert the police.

Her father Ah Sau, 49, said his younger daughter Gaik Choon was jogging some distance from Gaik Yap when she realised that she had gone missing. 

“My daughter rushed to the guardhouse of a gated community when she saw some bloodstains on the ground. But the guard did not immediately call the police,” he said. 

“The guard said the bloodstains could have been because someone had bled from an accident. 

Relatives, friends, colleagues and politicians, including state MCA chief Datuk Beh Heng Seong and DAP deputy secretary-general Chong Eng, turned up for the funeral. 

Gaik Yap was cremated at the Siamese temple crematorium in Sungai Pasir here. 

I could understand how traumatic it is for the sister (Gaik Choon) who was the last person who saw the victim alive. This story reminds me of the late Canny Ong's case back in 2003. She was abducted in a shopping mall while obtaining the parking ticket in her car, brutally raped, murdered and burned. And her mother was the last person who saw Canny alive. Canny just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Imagine, one minute you talked to this person who's close to you and the next second he/she's gone forever.

Moral: To all women, be careful wherever you are. Always be alert of your surroundings and make sure that there are always people accompanying you when you are in a quiet area. Because, even if you're a Mahaguru of any martial arts that we could find and know in this world, when you're panicked and too frightened, you won't be able to act rationally and your brain would simple "freeze".

To the Chee family, my condolences to you. Chee Gaik Yap - may you rest in peace.

Edisi KL : Angkara VIP (Harian Metro)

Oleh Zainal Zawawi Mohamed

KUALA LUMPUR: “Kejadian itu berlaku dalam sekelip mata apabila puluhan ribu jemaah menyerbu sebaik pasukan keselamatan Arab Saudi membuka semula kawasan jamrah selepas seorang VIP (orang kenamaan) selesai melontar.

“Sebelum itu kawasan melontar ditutup sementara menyebabkan jemaah berkumpul di sekitarnya sementara menunggu untuk melontar,” kata Timbalan Ketua Perkhidmatan Perubatan Tabung Haji,

Dr Suhaimi Ismail ketika dihubungi Harian Metro di Mina, dekat Makkah, awal pagi tadi.

Dr Suhaimi yang berada di rumah mayat Hospital Muissin, berkata beberapa jemaah yang berasak memasuki kawasan melontar, terjatuh menyebabkan ribuan jemaah di belakangnya tidak sempat mengelak lalu memijak mangsa.

Katanya, keadaan mula menjadi tidak terkawal apabila seorang demi seorang jemaah haji terjatuh dan dipijak jemaah lain sehingga akhirnya lebih 345 jemaah terkorban.

Dr Suhaimi berkata, beliau diberitahu mengenai detik cemas itu yang berlaku antara jam 1 tengah hari hingga 2 petang waktu tempatan (jam 6 petang hingga 7 malam waktu Malaysia) oleh waris mangsa yang ditemuinya di rumah mayat hospital berkenaan.

Bagaimanapun, sehingga jam 11 malam (4 pagi waktu Malaysia), belum ada pengesahan sama ada rakyat Malaysia turut terbabit dalam tragedi pada hari terakhir melontar.

Sebelum ini, ada laporan mengatakan lima hingga 10 jemaah haji Malaysia berada di kawasan melontar ketika kejadian rempuhan di jamrah berlaku selepas solat Zuhur.

Menceritakan lebih lanjut, Dr Suhaimi berkata kejadian itu mungkin turut disebabkan perbuatan segelintir jemaah yang membawa barang-barang termasuk beg pakaian ketika melontar menyebabkan mereka mudah terjatuh apabila ditolak jemaah lain.

Menurutnya, senarai nama mangsa yang terkorban dijangka dikeluarkan menjelang pagi ini (tengah hari waktu Malaysia).

Sementara itu, Ketua Rombongan Haji Malaysia, Datuk Dr Azmi Ahmad, berkata kumpulan jemaah Malaysia yang dilaporkan berada di kawasan melontar, terdiri mereka yang berulang alik antara maktab kediaman mereka di Masjidil Haram dan tempat melontar di Mina yang jaraknya kira-kira tujuh kilometer.

Beliau berkata, pengurus maktab jemaah haji sudah diarahkan mengenal pasti siapa di antara mereka yang tidak mengikut jadual melontar yang sudah ditetapkan.

“Ada laporan sebahagian daripada mereka yang terbunuh dan cedera terdiri jemaah dari negara Asia Tenggara. Namun, kami belum dapat pastikan dari negara mana mereka berasal,” katanya.

Seramai 26,000 jemaah Malaysia menunaikan ibadat haji pada tahun ini.

Ini adalah insiden kedua pada musim haji ini yang menyaksikan jemaah haji terkorban. Seminggu lalu, empat rakyat Malaysia adalah antara 76 jemaah yang terbunuh apabila sebuah hotel berusia 30 tahun runtuh di Makkah.

Sementara itu, jenazah mereka yang terbunuh dalam kejadian rempuhan di tempat melontar jamrah itu dikumpul dan dipindahkan ke dalam empat kontena sebelum dibawa ke hospital.

Petugas Tabung Haji, Nazari Sharif, yang menyaksikan peristiwa itu berkata, kontena yang digunakan itu berada kira-kira 400 meter dari tempat kejadian.

Menurut Nazari, kontena itu sebelum ini digunakan untuk mengangkut air mineral bagi keperluan jemaah haji.

Katanya, ketika kejadian, beliau berada di tingkat bawah jamrah dan masih belum mengetahui apa yang berlaku sekalipun ada jemaah yang kelihatan terburu-buru turun dan naik ke tingkat atas.

Katanya, beliau hanya menyedari sesuatu yang buruk berlaku apabila melihat beberapa ambulans masuk ke kawasan itu dan ratusan tentera Arab Saudi mengadakan kawalan.

Berikutan itu, katanya, beliau segera mencari tempat yang agak tinggi untuk melihat kejadian berkenaan dengan jelas.

“Pada waktu itu saya lihat banyak jenazah dibawa ke empat kontena berkenaan dan kotak-kotak air mineral dikeluarkan untuk menempatkan jenazah-jenazah itu, manakala yang cedera terus

dibawa ke ambulans. Beberapa helikopter memantau keadaan dari udara,” katanya.

Waris jemaah boleh menghubungi Bilik Gerakan Tabung Haji di talian 03-78741033 atau melayari laman web www.tabunghaji.gov.my untuk mendapatkan maklumat lanjut.

Komen aku:

Amenda VIP VIP kat Mekah ni? Bukan ke kita ni semua sama? Siap ada privilege la pulak nak kerjakan ibadah haji.. alahaiiiii..... kan dah.. dia punya pasal.. beratus yang mati/cedera.. amenda la tu..

Cerita-ceriti masa hujung minggu..

Sabtu..

Aku ada annual dinner at a 5-star hotel in KL.. theme? Hollywood Glamorous.. hmmm.. aku nak tiru hollywood actress mana ek.. ehehe... in the end.. aku decide tak tiru sesapa.. jadik diri sendiri (kan aku pun kekadang jadik pak pacak..hahahaha) I still have my old black evening dress - in which I put an extra accessory on it (a red rose) so that it would look different - which it did. So aku pegi ke saloon (aku dah jadik regular customer kat saloon ni since 1999) and set rambut aku. Lepas tu pegi make up kat makeup artist aku yang memang tau preference aku (Bobbi Brown make up artist). Dah settle semua, pegi kat hotel, mandi, tukar baju and touch up ada patut, then.. walla... aku pegi ke ballroom.. and then makin ramai yang datang.. pehhh.. I can't even recognize half of them! Anyway, it was a wonderful night. I really had a good time and looking forward to our company trip this coming April.. heheheheeheh..

Ahad

Aku pegi Mandarin class (kelas ganti) - mengantuk tahap gaban. Tapi control macho and aku sibuk baca kuat kuat all the dialogs nak hilangkan mengantuk tu. Tengahari - habis kelas pegi shopping kat Sg Wang (eh.. not me.. but my darling yang shopping.. ehhe), then pegi One Utama yang as usual crowded. Nampak Aleya, Paul Moss - rupanya ada some sort of promotion by 8TV. Ah.. Ada banyak benda lain lagi nak buat. Lepas One Utama, pegi KLCC pulak.. to meet my darling's sister and family at Starbucks. Then bawak the nephew to the KLCC Park mandi kat kolam kat situ. And there was this bad incident occurred. A boy about 3 - 4 years old tiba-tiba approached Daniel (the nephew) and tried to drown him by dunking Daniel's head into the shallow pool (Daniel was lying on his tummy in the pool splashing water around himself). Berderau darah aku tengok and Daniel's mummy dah panic. Luckily Daniel's daddy cepat cepat pegi ambik Daniel yang dah meraung terkejut and pujuk.. and that stupid notorious boy lari ke waterfall takut. And the boy's parents were nowhere to be seen! Aku dok perati aje budak tu and tengok kat mana parents dia - finally nampak. Aku tunjuk kat Daniel's mummy but Daniel's daddy tak mau panjangkan perkara ni. After that incident, budak tu tak berani dekat kat Daniel.. Agaknya kalau la tak perasan, tak tau la apa jadi to Daniel.

And I wonder macam mana budak tu boleh buat macam tu - maybe he watches too much TV especially action movies and wrestling, in which kids that young should not be exposed to. In this case, I blame the parents for not supervising their kids in the pool and the KLCC guards yang sibuk marahkan orang makan dalam pool (the exact announcement was "Minta perhatian, tolong jangan makan di dalam kolam ya. Berapa kali saya nak cakap. Kalau saya ambil tindakan nanti jangan kata saya kurang ajar!") and lepak sembang sembang kat tangga rather than making rounds around the pool. So if you selalu bawak your kids below 6 years old to the KLCC Park, make sure you supervise them. Jangan biarkan aje.. you never know what would happen.