May She Rest in Peace

Kulai has made it again... After the 'sekolah bakar' news which had so successfully made it into the headlines of many of national news, hear comes another heart breaking news. Mummy told me this news before the end of the exam. It has been a week and I still couldn't help but sympathize the 16-year-old-girl, Lai Ying Sin (赖映兴） who was murdered. And one of the suspect is only 16-year-old student! And what's more? She is from my former Form 6 school. Sigh...What has become of Kulai?

Everyday when I turn on the TV to watch news or browse through the newspaper, there'll be news on her. Today is the day of her funeral service. It is held in Hainan Association funeral parlour; another familiar place... Poor girl. I just hope her family will get over the grief soon.

May she rest in peace...



The girl with looks and brain (she obtained 7As in PMR)


Ying Sin at the right of back row

That's my former Math's teacher. (wearing red shirt)

Mourners overcome by emotion at Ying Xin's funeral

Bernama

KULAI JAYA, WED:

“Jie jie (sister), dont worry and go in peace. May you be happy and have no sorrows in the afterworld. We will still be best friends.”

Those were the grieving words uttered in between sobs by Lee Sher Lin and Chin Hui Ni, both 16, in the eulogy during the funeral service for their best friend Lai Ying Xin, 16, who was kidnapped and murdered on Sept 11.

Both girls could not stop crying as they continued with the eulogy in Mandarin, telling Ying Xin to be strong and promised to take good care of her mother Chia Siew Phen, 45, and her niece.

Their action triggered an emotional outbreak as about 200 family members, friends and teachers who came to pay their last respects also started crying during the funeral service held at Hainan Association funeral parlour here this morning.

The atmosphere was so somber that even some of the 17 strong-hearted members of the Kulai Brass Band, who were used to playing at funeral services, were overcome by emotion and tears as they were playing their instruments.
As if nature itself was overcome by the gloom surrounding the ill-fated remains of Ying Xin, it started raining since the crack of dawn and only eased at about 9.45am to create a more comfortable environment for the funeral service to proceed.

“It was really a shock for us as we have always kept in touch with each other. We are very sad with her departure,” said Phang Hai Dong, who was Ying Xin's Chinese traditional Yoyo (Che Ling) instructor.

Phang who regarded Ying Xin as a brilliant girl who always outshone her friends, said she had always made it a point to come to the Chinese Yoyo Association at Minyi Sports Centre to teach the young children, the art of playing yoyo.

“Whenever she had free time, she would come to the association and teach 12-year-old children to play yoyo,” he said.

Ying Xins friends from Sekolah Menengah Sultan Ibrahim of Kulai were seen hugging and consoling each other after paying their last respects.

As for Ying Xin’s mother, she appeared calm throughout the proceedings, thanking guests for attending her daughter’s funeral service.

However when the casket left the parlour, she could not hold back her tears which had started to roll down her cheeks once more, showing her undying motherly love to her daughter.

The procession left the parlour at about 10.45am for the Perpetual Memorial Park located about 8km and remains were cremated at about 11.30am.

Prior to her gruesome murder, Ying Xin, a Form Four student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Sultan Ibrahim, Kulai, was believed to have been kidnapped outside a hypermarket where she worked as a part-time salesgirl, for ransom.

However, despite the family paying a ransom of RM33,000, she was murdered and her partially-burnt body was found dumped in some bushes in Taman Putri.

Police subsequently detained four men aged between 16 and 22 to help facilitate investigations.