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Guard on the run
PETALING JAYA: Police are looking for a Pakistani who worked as a security guard at Bandar Mahkota, Cheras, to help in investigations into the killing of Utar student Tang Lai Meng.
The Pakistani has not turned up for work since Thursday, the day of the incident, according to state chief police officer Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar.
“We have contacted his employers and I urge anyone who knows his whereabouts to contact us. We are also looking for four women and a man.
“One of the women is not a student,†he said, adding that the others, all in their 20s, were Tang's former housemates.
DCP Khalid said Tang and the women studied at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (Utar) Bandar Sungai Long campus.
So far, police have recorded statements from six people, including Tang's 41-year-old businessman friend.
He said there were signs of forced entry into the house where Tang's semi-nude body was found, adding that her wallet, laptop and a Toyota Vios were missing. Tang had been raped and strangled.
Earlier, Tang's family members identified her body at Serdang Hospital, where a post-mortem was carried out. The report revealed that she died of asphyxiation.
Tang's mother Kang Xue Sia broke down after identifying her daughter’s body and kept muttering in Mandarin: “I told you not to study in KL but you did not listen. Now, see what has happened after just two months here.â€
Her father, Tang Ah Weng, 46, said Tang, who was the second of three siblings, came to the capital to continue her studies with three other friends.
He said his wife had wanted their daughter to study in Singapore, adding that they had planned to buy the girl a house in Kuala Lumpur when she insisted on studying there.
“Three days before the incident, she called and spoke to her mother but she did not mention any problem,†he said, when met at the hospital.
It is learnt that the Tang family had gone to the house and collected all the girl's belongings at 11am yesterday before claiming her body and returning to Ipoh.
Utar director (external affairs) Low Bee Eng said the university council met yesterday to discuss the murder and an anti-crime campaign at the university.
She said Utar council president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik, who chaired the meeting, advised the students to be careful and understand the precautionary measures to be taken.
Utar student representative’s council member Leong Chi Wei, 19, said Tang was a brilliant student.
“I did not know her personally but I knew she was a straight-As student,†Leong said.
1 .Monday August 6, 2007
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3 Pakistanis detained over murder of student
Final farewell Murdered Utar student Tang Lai Meng's parents (from left) Tang Ah Weng and Kang Xue Sia looking into their daughter’s coffin before sending it to the Kek Look Seah crematorium in Bercham yesterday. About 80 people, including the university’s students and staff paid their last respects to Lai Meng before the funeral in Ipoh.
PETALING JAYA: Three Pakistanis have been detained in connection with the murder and rape of Utar student Tang Lai Meng.
The three were picked up in a house in Kajang, not far from Tang’s house, at about 2am yesterday.
Police became suspicious of one of them – a security guard – when he did not turn up for work in Bandar Mahkota, Cheras, since the day Tang’s body was found.
Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Rosli Mohd Nizam confirmed that the three, aged between 26 and 45, were being remanded for 14 days.
Tang, 20, a first-year business administration student at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sg Long branch, was found dead on her bed with her hands tied behind her back on Thursday.
So far, police have recorded statements from six people, including Tang’s 41-year-old businessman friend.
2.Tuesday August 7, 2007
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Suspect had switched jobs
PETALING JAYA: A 26-year-old Pakistani security guard, who was one of three men detained by police in connection with Utar student Tang Lai Meng’s murder, started work at Bandar Mahkota, Cheras, 11 days before the girl's death.
Sources familiar with the investigations said the man, who entered the country on a construction sector work permit, switched jobs recently.
The man was picked up with his two Pakistani housemates at a house in Kajang, not far from Tang’s house, at about 2am on Sunday.
The three were detained for questioning and the sources said police hoped to make more arrests.
Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Rosli Mohd. Nizam said the security guard claimed that he had obtained permanent resident status while working in Sarawak.
Tang, 20, a first-year business administration student at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Sg Long branch, was found dead on her bed with her hands tied behind her back last Thursday.
She was sexually assaulted by her assailants and police believe more than two people may have been involved in the murder.
3.Tuesday August 7, 2007
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Nepalese ex-soldiers, Gurkhas allowed to be guards
PETALING JAYA: Nepalese ex-servicemen and Gurkhas are the only foreigners allowed to work as security guards in Malaysia.
Pakistanis are definitely not on the list, said Deputy Internal Security Minister Datuk Johari Baharom.
He was referring to the arrest of a Pakistani security guard in connection with the rape and murder of Utar student Tang Lai Meng, 20, who was found with her hands tied behind her back at her rented house in Bandar Mahkota, Cheras, last Thursday.
Johari said security guard agencies which flout the ruling risk losing their licences. The ruling also applies to companies which set up in-house security units.
Anyone caught flouting the regulation faces a RM10,000 fine or three years' jail, or both.
“Foreigners cannot be hired as security guards. Only Malaysians can be hired.
“Many companies still do it because foreig-ners are willing to work without holidays,†Johari said, adding that the firm which employed the Pakistani guard would be investigated.
Johari said the number of foreign guards was limited to 5% of a company's total workforce.
Considered a “class above the rest,†Gurkhas, who come from Nepal and parts of North India, are known for their bravery, discipline and loyalty.
Security Services Association of Malaysia president Datuk Rahmat Ismail said guards were hired through a company or directly by an individual.
â€Guards hired through a company will wear the company’s uniform while those hired directly or ‘in-house’ would probably not be properly attired,†he said.
He said it was possible for guards (whether foreign or not) to be hired without referring to any authority and to detect them was difficult with more than 100,000 guards nationwide.
“Locals will not work because the wage is too low and when there are so many foreign workers everywhere, cheap labour is readily available,†he said.
Immigration Department enforcement chief Datuk Ishak Mohamed said any foreigner, other than Nepalese, working as security guards would be contravening his work permit.
He urged the public to call 03-8880 1555 if they knew of such foreigners working illegally.
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