‘I hate Malaysia' yells knife-wielding foreign student before attacking 6 in Selangor
Advertisement
A video of the incident on Wednesday morning has spread on social media, showing the 24-year-old woman from China driving a car recklessly before ramming into three motorcycles at a traffic junction and stepping out of the car to attack people at a nearby shopping centre while brandishing a knife.
She is seen in the video being pinned down by bystanders inside a gelato shop where she is heard screaming in Mandarin, saying 'this is not fair', 'kill me', and 'I hate Malaysia'.
Kajang district police chief Naazron Abdul Yusof said the suspect was stressed and upset with her experience of studying at a public university in Malaysia, leading her to suffer a breakdown.
'The suspect, however, did not disclose the details of the treatment,' Naazron said. 'There is also no record of her taking any medication or suffering from depression.'
Advertisement
Two of her victims are still warded but in a stable condition. She will be held for investigation until August 20.
Many Malaysians have expressed shock over the incident, with some calling for her to be deported back home, while others question the slow police response, saying the nearest police station is less than one kilometre away.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
South China Morning Post
7 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Nearly 3,000 Malaysian government employees caught taking bribes in a decade
Almost 3,000 Malaysian government employees had been caught taking bribes over the last decade, lawmakers heard on Friday, topping the list of receivers of under the table payments over the past decade and nearly three times more than in the private sector. Advertisement Bribery remains entrenched in Malaysian society despite strong public sentiments for its eradication. High-profile corruption scandals, including those involving several former prime ministers, has done little to dampen the public appetite for an end to what many say is a pay-to-play system that covers everything from passing vehicle inspections to winning a government contract. Malaysia ranks 57th out of 180 countries in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), second to neighbouring Singapore among Southeast Asian nations. In a written reply to parliament on the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission data, Law Minister Azalina Othman Said noted that 6,585 cases of soliciting and giving bribes were recorded between 2015 and June 30 this year. Of those caught accepting bribes, 2,965 were public servants, compared with 1,101 private sector employees. Advertisement The ethnic breakdown revealed Malays accounted for 75 per cent of bribe-soliciting cases – 3,690 out of the total – followed by Chinese and then Indians. Yet in contrast, those most likely to pay bribes were ethnically Chinese.
South China Morning Post
12 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Stop blame game in Malaysia over Zara's death, let justice take its course
The death of Zara Qairina Mahathir appears to have triggered something in Malaysians, as thousands took to the streets in rare protests in her home state of Sabah, demanding justice for the 13-year-old girl. Advertisement Zara Qairina died in hospital on July 17, a day after she was found unconscious in front of a dormitory at her boarding school in Papar district. The initial response to her death was rather muted. Police said that she had likely fallen to her death from the three-storey building and returned her body to her mother for burial after wrapping up the investigation quickly. It was not until Zara Qairina's mother, Noraidah Lamat, decided to take matters into her own hands that public interest in the case surged. Through her lawyers, Noraidah chastised the authorities for not conducting a postmortem to confirm the cause of death and inspect the condition of Zara Qairina's body, which she said had bruises on the back. Advertisement She also handed over her mobile phone – which she said contained audio recordings of her daughter sharing her fears of bullying by seniors at her boarding school – to the police.
South China Morning Post
14 hours ago
- South China Morning Post
Malaysia smashes smuggling ring masterminded by senior army officials
Malaysia 's anti-corruption officials have crippled a major smuggling syndicate allegedly masterminded by senior armed forces officers operating in the southern part of the country. The operation, code-named Ops Sohor, was carried out by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's Intelligence Division with support from its tactical squad. Sources said five senior military officers and five civilians, including an Indonesian national aged between 30 and 55, were arrested around the Klang Valley in simultaneous raids starting at 6.30am on Wednesday. The officers, from the armed forces' intelligence unit, included two retired members of the same division. They had been tasked with monitoring and preventing smuggling activities, but are believed to have colluded with the syndicate over the past five years, reportedly amassing more than 3 million ringgit (US$712,000) in illicit gains. Initial investigations revealed that the suspects had allegedly leaked military operational information to smugglers and conspired to bring in prohibited items such as drugs, cigarettes and other contraband from neighbouring countries. The smuggling activities were estimated to be worth about 5 million ringgit a month. 'The suspects are believed to have received bribes of between 30,000 ringgit and 50,000 ringgit for each smuggling trip,' a source said.
