By CHAN LI LEEN and KULDEEP S. JESSY

IPOH: In his last moments and bleeding profusely, 18-year-old college student Lee Khian Yip called his father and told him to be calm.

He then told his dad he had been hacked in the head and hands.

“I heard a commotion in the background and my son shouting ‘Please get someone to send me to the clinic, I can’t stand it anymore’ and then we were cut off,” said Lee Mook Kwai.

“Later, my wife made another call to my son and a nurse who picked up the phone said he has passed away,” said the 55-year-old retired manager.

Khian Yip, a first-year accountancy student at Tunku Abdul Rahman College (KTAR) in Kuala Lumpur was with a friend when two men on a motorcycle attacked him.

He and the other student had just finished their dinner at a food court in Jalan 27/27B in Wangsa Maju and were walking back to their hostel at TAR Villa when the assailants struck.

Khian Yip, a former student of the SMJK Sam Tet here and a KTAR scholar, was said to be a promising student and had scored 11As in the SPM examination.

His mother, Lim Lee Ling, 43, was clearly distraught. She cried hysterically as she made preparations for her son’s wake at their home in Taman Cahaya Tasek here.

Khian Yip will be cremated at the Kek Lok Si Crematorium in Bercham here tomorrow.

In Kuala Lumpur, Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Rodzi Ismail said police have classified the case as murder and were hunting down the killers said to be in their 20s.

(Extracted from thestar.com.my 31st July, 2006)

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Second Student Slashed In Robbery

By ANDREW SAGAYAM

KTAR student Phang Kar Wei, 23, at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital here yesterday. Phang was slashed three times and assaulted by snatch thieves in the incident in Taman Melati last Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR: A second Tunku Abdul Rahman College (KTAR) student fell victim to robbres just minutes after first-year accountancy student Lee Khian Yip was hacked to death in Wangsa Maju here on Saturday.

Phang Kar Wei, 23, was repeatedly assaulted and slashed three times on his hands and neck by two men on a motorcycle at 8.45pm in Taman Melati, some 2km from Wangsa Maju.

Police believe the same robbers were behind both incidents.

Met at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday, Phang said he was walking back to his condominium from the Taman Melati LRT station about 1km away when he saw two men, aged between 18 and 20, standing beside a motorcycle.

“When I walked past them, one of them asked me for directions to get to Kelana Jaya but I said I was not sure and kept on walking.

“His friend then asked me if he could borrow my handphone to make a call as his pre-paid credit was used up.”

Phang said he ignored him. The Information System Engineering student from Kampar said both the men followed and cornered him.

GOING INTO DETAILS: Phang relating his ordeal to Yew at Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday.

“One held me while the other threatened me with a parang. When I refused to hand over my money, he slashed my neck, took my RM1,000 laptop and the RM2 in my wallet.”

Phang managed to run away but the men caught up with him on their motorcycle.

“They slashed me again and repeatedly assaulted me,” he said.

Wangsa Maju MP Yew Teong Look said the area was prone to crime and hoped the authorities would ensure the situation did not get worse.

Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Rodzi Ismail said police set up a task force on Saturday to hunt down the suspects and urged the public to help them in nabbing those responsible.

“We believe the two could have been involved in more cases in the district and in the Klang Valley,” he said.

On Saturday, 18-year-old Lee Khian Yip was walking back to his hostel at TAR Villa when the assailants struck at 8.30pm.

Despite bleeding profusely, he called his retired manager father Lee Mook Kwai, 55, from his handphone and told him that he had been slashed.

Khian Yip was a promising student and had scored 11As in his SPM (Extracted from thestar.com.my 1st, August, 2006)

My Comments

When I came across these news, I have a shock, really shocked as I just stayed quite near to the areas. I am sure that when everyone read these news, first question will come to their mind … What have happened to our securities today?

One thing I cannot figure out is …. during day time, I used to see police patrol cars in these area, not once but many times. And now what make me wonder is …. Why the crimes still happened here? Is this the ignorance of the public or the police? (Read the acticle below, the one that have be highlighted in blue) The thieves &  robbers have became more alerts than the police? Or the police have been busy “doing” other thing?

By MARC LOURDES AND ALEX HOOI

KUALA LUMPUR: An open forum held at the college yesterday to discuss the recent spate of violent crimes against students.

Students and residents took the Setapak and Wangsa Maju police to task for various issues.

SOMBRE MOOD: Students, residents and others who attended the open forum at KTAR observing a moment of silence for Khian Yip who was hacked to death on Saturday by robbers.

One student, who only identified herself as HP, said security within the neighbourhood had “gone from bad to worse”, adding that snatch thefts and robberies were now normal occurrences.

“There are as many as two to three such incidents every week but when the victims go to the police station to make a report, they are discouraged from doing so,” she said.

“They are told that the incident was a result of their own carelessness and that they shouldn’t trouble the police with ‘small things’ like that.”

Wangsa Maju Section 2 Residents’ Association representative Lim Cheng Hock said the usual excuse given by police every time somebody tried to make a report was that they were understaffed.

“We don’t want any more lame excuses like this,” he said to thunderous applause from the crowd in the college hall.

Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Fu Ah Kiow said every police station has to accept any report made.

“If you encounter any police personnel who give you nonsensical answers, you can either inform me or the district police chief,” he added.

“Give us the date, the name of the person as well as his or her police ID number and we will take action.”

Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Rodzi Ismail said anyone unhappy with services provided by police personnel could lodge a complaint with details of the alleged incident. (Extracted from thestar.com.my 2nd August, 2006)

My Comment

I believed that, those have ever made police reports before may not find the written article above a strange thing.