Evening Jog Ends in Tragedy
Chee Gaik Yap feared for her younger sister's safety when she wanted to go jogging alone yesterday. So she accompanied her sister on a jog around the neighbourhood, only to be abducted, raped and found dead nine hours later. Her semi-nude body was found by the roadside by a motorist near a country club about 1.5km from her house at the Paya Nahu flats in Taman Ria Jaya at 2.30am today. Gaik Yap, 25, worked as a marketing executive at a factory. Her neck was slashed and there was a 10cm wound on her head. It is believed that several men in a black Naza Ria MPV abducted Gaik Yap at a road bend about 7pm yesterday. Her younger sister, Gaik Choon, 24, who was some distance behind, recalled seeing an MPV drive past her and shortly after saw it coming back and speeding off. Her sister was nowhere to be seen, but one of her sneakers was lying on the road. Gaik Choon ran home and told their mother, Lim Kim Nai, 47. The family reported the matter at the Sungai Petani police station. "Gaik Yap left the house at 5pm to accompany her younger sister," Lim said at the Sungai Petani Hospital mortuary. "She did not want her to go alone. How could anyone do this?"Sources said the Naza Ria was found near the country club, about 100 metres from the scene of the abduction early this morning. Police also found bloodstains on the ground near the vehicle. Gaik Yap, a graduate of Universiti Utara Malaysia, had worked for a snack manufacturer for the past four months. A fitness enthusiast, she held a black belt in taekwondo.
- NST 2006
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