Tragic news for housewife who went to work
BY ANDREW SAGAYAM
BY ANDREW SAGAYAM
Source: http://www.thestar.com.my/
GOMBAK: The mother had only started working about a month ago after years as a housewife. They had been looking for someone to look after their older daughter.
Their only son was away at a boarding school and their younger daughter was at the baby-sitter's place. Nine-year-old Preeshena Varshiny was home alone.
On Thursday, the family paid a heavy price for leaving her alone without a minder.
The little girl was raped, sodomised and murdered before being pushed off the balcony at the posh Casa Mila Tower condominium in Selayang.
Police believe someone with access to the condominium could have been responsible for the vicious crime.
The condominium is a gated community and anyone who wants to access the premise must first report to the guardhouse.
“We are investigating this,” Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Abdullah said, adding that police also believed somebody at the condominium could have seen the girl being lured out from her unit.
Those with information can call Gombak district police headquarters at 03-6138 5222 or the Rakan COP hotline at 03-2115 9999 or send an SMS to 32728, or log on to www.rakancop.net.
He said initial police investigation has ruled out robbery or break-in as a motive.
The source also said police have found a piece of paper with Preeshena’s home telephone number in a vacant unit on the second floor of the same block where she lived.
Police believe Preeshena put up a struggle before she was pushed off the balcony. A window of the unit was found ajar when police inspected it.
Initially, police had thought Preeshena had slipped and fallen to her death.
However, when post mortem results revealed that the SRK St Mary’s pupil, who suffered a broken right arm and multiple bruises on her chest, back and private parts, was raped and sodomised, police reclassified the case as murder.
The victim’s father, who declined to be named, said he believed the person responsible for the killing had monitored the family’s movement.
The father, a marketing and technical manager, said they rarely heard any crime committed at their condominium since they moved in there two-and-a-half years ago.
The 40-year-old said that Preeshena had called him on Wednesday and informed him that someone had knocked on their front door loudly. The father told her not to open the door.
On Thursday, Preeshena was found sprawled on the ground floor by a security guard. She was clad in a blue T-shirt and shorts. The keys to her condominium unit were found nearby her body.
Their only son was away at a boarding school and their younger daughter was at the baby-sitter's place. Nine-year-old Preeshena Varshiny was home alone.
On Thursday, the family paid a heavy price for leaving her alone without a minder.
The little girl was raped, sodomised and murdered before being pushed off the balcony at the posh Casa Mila Tower condominium in Selayang.
Police believe someone with access to the condominium could have been responsible for the vicious crime.
The condominium is a gated community and anyone who wants to access the premise must first report to the guardhouse.
“We are investigating this,” Gombak OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Abdullah said, adding that police also believed somebody at the condominium could have seen the girl being lured out from her unit.
Those with information can call Gombak district police headquarters at 03-6138 5222 or the Rakan COP hotline at 03-2115 9999 or send an SMS to 32728, or log on to www.rakancop.net.
He said initial police investigation has ruled out robbery or break-in as a motive.
The source also said police have found a piece of paper with Preeshena’s home telephone number in a vacant unit on the second floor of the same block where she lived.
Police believe Preeshena put up a struggle before she was pushed off the balcony. A window of the unit was found ajar when police inspected it.
Initially, police had thought Preeshena had slipped and fallen to her death.
However, when post mortem results revealed that the SRK St Mary’s pupil, who suffered a broken right arm and multiple bruises on her chest, back and private parts, was raped and sodomised, police reclassified the case as murder.
The victim’s father, who declined to be named, said he believed the person responsible for the killing had monitored the family’s movement.
The father, a marketing and technical manager, said they rarely heard any crime committed at their condominium since they moved in there two-and-a-half years ago.
The 40-year-old said that Preeshena had called him on Wednesday and informed him that someone had knocked on their front door loudly. The father told her not to open the door.
On Thursday, Preeshena was found sprawled on the ground floor by a security guard. She was clad in a blue T-shirt and shorts. The keys to her condominium unit were found nearby her body.
Then, we have a sickening follow-up news as follows:
Shahrizat appalled, wants parents questioned
Source: www.nst.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Officers from the Welfare Department are expected to interview the parents of the girl who was raped and murdered on Thursday.
Preeshena Varshiny, 9, was raped, sodomised and thrown off the balcony of her condominium unit.
Preeshena Varshiny, 9, was raped, sodomised and thrown off the balcony of her condominium unit.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said she was "appalled" that Preeshena's parents had left their daughter home alone.
"I'm sad to say this, but we have to talk to the parents and ask them why she was left alone and not sent to the babysitter like her sister. She's only 9. I will be sending my officers there to find out."
"It sickens me to hear of such cases. I want the police to go all out to find the person responsible for this. Do a manhunt if you have to."
"I'm sure the killer(s) are probably still in the vicinity of the condominium, and could be easily located if all parties co-operate to find them. Since it happened in a flat, it is much easier to trace the perpetrators.
"I'm sure the killer(s) are probably still in the vicinity of the condominium, and could be easily located if all parties co-operate to find them. Since it happened in a flat, it is much easier to trace the perpetrators.
"The police and people living in the neighbourhood must co-operate in this case. I'm sure someone there knows what happened."
Shahrizat said the government could only do so much to protect young children from being victimised. It was society that had the most important role to play.
"Neighbours have to be nosy and alert the authorities if they feel something fishy is going on, especially when it involves children."
Then again, we have this coming our way too:
Make more babies, Chinese told
Source: www.thestar.com.my
SIBU: The Chinese should make more babies to arrest the community’s dwindling birth rate.
State Urban Development and Tourism Minister Datuk Wong Soon Koh said lower birth rate had resulted in the country’s Chinese population plunging from 37% in 1957 to 25% in 2005.
“This will slip further to 24% by 2010 or a drop of 1% in every five years,” he said at the United Chinese Association’s 30th anniversary dinner.
He also voiced his concern on the high number of Chinese migrating to other countries.
He said that to stop such migration Chinese parents should enrol their children into the local universities instead of sending them abroad.
“There are good colleges and universities in this country to cater for the local population.
“There is no need to send their children abroad for further education,” said Wong.
SIBU: The Chinese should make more babies to arrest the community’s dwindling birth rate.
State Urban Development and Tourism Minister Datuk Wong Soon Koh said lower birth rate had resulted in the country’s Chinese population plunging from 37% in 1957 to 25% in 2005.
“This will slip further to 24% by 2010 or a drop of 1% in every five years,” he said at the United Chinese Association’s 30th anniversary dinner.
He also voiced his concern on the high number of Chinese migrating to other countries.
He said that to stop such migration Chinese parents should enrol their children into the local universities instead of sending them abroad.
“There are good colleges and universities in this country to cater for the local population.
“There is no need to send their children abroad for further education,” said Wong.
And what even more sickening is that Nurin's killer is still on the loose, at least, that's what I gather from media reports.
