Businessman wants those responsible for his son’s death to pay - “I want justice for my son.” That is the lament of Tai Keng Yong...

Businessman wants those responsible for his son’s death to pay
By MARTIN CARVALHO
malacca@thestar.com.my

MALACCA: “I want justice for my son.” That is the lament of Tai Keng Yong whose son Tai Shi Yong was among three friends who were brutally murdered in a fight.

“My son was innocent and his death was in vain as he had nothing to do with the fight. I want my son back. I want those responsible for his death to pay,” said the sobbing 55-year-old outside the Malacca Hospital mortuary yesterday afternoon.

The businessman said his son, Shi Yong, 18, was the youngest and most filial among three of his sons.

“From what I have come to know is that his two other friends have had an ongoing tiff with another group of youths from outside Paya Mengkuang since last year and he had nothing to do with it,” he added.

The emotionally distraught Keng Yong also had a sheet of paper with 10 Chinese proverbs written on it, which he said would be made into large banner to be placed in front of his son’s cortege.

He added that the families of the two victims Chong Sai Keong, 17 and Lan Ee Shan, 20 have agreed that a joint funeral ceremony be held at the Memorial Park in Jelutong tomorrow.

“They were good friends and we agreed for all three to be cremated with their urns kept side by side at the memorial park,” he said.

Shi Yong, Chong and Lan were stabbed by a group of armed youths on motorcycles at about 10.15pm on Friday, some 1.5km from their homes in Taman Mengkuang.

It is believed that the three, who were also on motorcycles, had been provoked by the group who led them to an ambush along Jalan Kampung Solok Binjai in Pengkalan Balak.

Meanwhile, State CID chief DCP Raja Shahrom Raja Abdullah said six males, aged between 17 and 37, were detained and remanded for seven days to facilitate police investigations.

The six were detained on Saturday evening from several locations in Masjid Tanah, he told reporters here yesterday.

He added more arrests are likely to follow. Police are also looking for Ling Jun Hon, 16, from Lubok Cina.

He urged those with information to contact ASP Mohd Zulkifli Yusof at 016-630 8222.


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