Kuching outcry over attacks at library compound
[Crimes]
BY JACK WONG
KUCHING: The senseless attacks on two young couples at the state library compound in Petra Jaya here in one week have caused a public outrage.
Several parents are worried about the safety of their children who go to the library at night following the latest incident.
In Tuesday night’s incident, part-time college student Mazlan Sapiee, 22, was killed and his girlfriend beaten unconscious by a lone assailant.
One parent, C.K. Lim, said he now insisted that his fifth form daughter be accompanied every time she went to the library at night.
“This is to ensure her safety as the roads leading to the library and its compound are poorly lit,” he said yesterday.
Housewife Noresa Ali said she would not send her teenage son to the library at night until security at the library compound was beefed up and lights installed.
“I do not want to take chances and gamble with his safety,” she said.
In the first incident last Thursday night, another couple, also in their 20s, were beaten unconsciousness in the compound by two assailants.
They were found at about 11am the next day by passers-by and sent to the Sarawak General Hospital for treatment.
The RM50mil ultra-modern library complex on a 2ha site was opened during the millennium celebrations.
Equipped with the latest electronic multimedia communication systems, the library is popular and widely used by school children and adults. It is open until 9pm daily.
Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner SAC (I) Abang Wahap Abang Julai said police had recovered a blood-stained wood believed to be the weapon used by Mazlan's assailant.
He said the piece had been sent to the Chemistry Department.
SAC I Abang Wahap said no suspects had been detained over the killing yet.
He urged the City Hall and relevant government agencies to light up public places at night to enhance safety.
“Couples should refrain from going to dark places,” he told reporters yesterday.
Padungan assemblyman Lily Yong Lee Lee, who co-chairs the newly set up Citizens Against Crime action committee, said she was alarmed by the two incidents as Kuching was a relatively safe city.
Yong urged the authorities to ensure that public areas such as gardens, parks and back lanes of shophouses are well lit at night and police patrols are stepped up.
BY JACK WONG
KUCHING: The senseless attacks on two young couples at the state library compound in Petra Jaya here in one week have caused a public outrage.
Several parents are worried about the safety of their children who go to the library at night following the latest incident.
In Tuesday night’s incident, part-time college student Mazlan Sapiee, 22, was killed and his girlfriend beaten unconscious by a lone assailant.
One parent, C.K. Lim, said he now insisted that his fifth form daughter be accompanied every time she went to the library at night.
“This is to ensure her safety as the roads leading to the library and its compound are poorly lit,” he said yesterday.
Housewife Noresa Ali said she would not send her teenage son to the library at night until security at the library compound was beefed up and lights installed.
“I do not want to take chances and gamble with his safety,” she said.
In the first incident last Thursday night, another couple, also in their 20s, were beaten unconsciousness in the compound by two assailants.
They were found at about 11am the next day by passers-by and sent to the Sarawak General Hospital for treatment.
The RM50mil ultra-modern library complex on a 2ha site was opened during the millennium celebrations.
Equipped with the latest electronic multimedia communication systems, the library is popular and widely used by school children and adults. It is open until 9pm daily.
Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner SAC (I) Abang Wahap Abang Julai said police had recovered a blood-stained wood believed to be the weapon used by Mazlan's assailant.
He said the piece had been sent to the Chemistry Department.
SAC I Abang Wahap said no suspects had been detained over the killing yet.
He urged the City Hall and relevant government agencies to light up public places at night to enhance safety.
“Couples should refrain from going to dark places,” he told reporters yesterday.
Padungan assemblyman Lily Yong Lee Lee, who co-chairs the newly set up Citizens Against Crime action committee, said she was alarmed by the two incidents as Kuching was a relatively safe city.
Yong urged the authorities to ensure that public areas such as gardens, parks and back lanes of shophouses are well lit at night and police patrols are stepped up.
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