The Malay Mail
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
KUALA LUMPUR: Federal CID chief Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin says media reports of a recent rape-murder of a Cambodian maid in Malaysia were not true.
He said the last murder involving a Cambodian was reported in 2004, and committed by a fellow countryman.
“There had been reports in several newspapers the Cambodian government had decided to stop sending Cambodian women to work here as housemaids because of a recent murder-and-rape case, but this is not true," he said.
Bakri said there had been no reports of a murder involving a Cambodians maid since 2004.
“Our checks revealed no police reports were lodged by any parties, including family members or the Cambodian government, in regards to any murder case that took place in the country," he said.
He said police records showed two murder cases involving Cambodian nationals, both committed by Cambodians.
One of them, in May 2004, involved a maid, who was splashed with acid by her husband’s former wife, who was also a Cambodian, in Ulu Tiram, Johor. Police have established jealousy as a motive and the suspect is still at large.
"The other murder involved a Cambodian factory worker who was killed by his colleague, a fellow countrymen, on Sept 2 last year in Seberang Perai (in Penang)."
He said they were the two murders that had taken place but newspaper reports claimed three murders had occurred in the span of a week that resulted in the Cambodian government’s decision to stop sending its nationals to work here as maids.
Bakri said there were 37 abuse and rape cases involving Cambodian women since 2009 and police had solved 23 of them while eight cases were found to have no elements of rape.
“Whether a crime case involves a foreigner or a local, it does not make a difference to the police force as we pay attention to all crime cases and are focused on solving them," he said.
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