Three Myanmar refugees brutally stabbed to death in Malaysia

Three Myanmar refugees brutally stabbed to death in Malaysia

The Star Online

KUALA LUMPUR: Three members of a family, including a mother and her seven-year-old daughter, were brutally stabbed to death in their home in Taman Tasik Permai, Ampang, here yesterday. Police believe robbery may have been the motive.

Tragic loss: The distraught husband weeping outside the house while an unidentified woman carries the one-year-old daughter who was spared by the murderers. – ABDUL RAHMAN SENIN / The Star

The killers, however, spared the woman’s one-year-old daughter, leaving her to cry over her mother’s body.

The other victim was a 22-year-old relative.

The victims, all United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) card holders from Myan­mar, were found by the woman’s husband, also a refugee, when he returned home around 9am after attending religious classes in Sri Petaling.

Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Jalil Hassan said all three victims suffered multiple stab wounds.

“The mother, 39, was found dead in the master bedroom while the other two were in the living room,” he said.

He said police recovered a bloody kitchen knife at the back of the house, believed to be the murder weapon.

ACP Abdul Jalil said initial findings revealed that the family, who have been living in the country for the past three years, may have known their assailants.

“There were also signs of a struggle and the back door was forced open.”

ACP Abdul Jalil said that it was possible the killers felt the one-year-old child was too young to identify them, and thus spared her.

“We will try and talk to the child to see what she can reveal to us once she recovers from her ordeal,” he said.

He added that the case was being investigated under Section 302 for murder.