Web designer to hang

Neville Spykerman

KLANG, Malaysia Feb 17:

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An Internet web designer was sentenced to death by the High Court today for stabbing a Russian woman 19 times when she rejected his expression of love and proposals for marriage.

Chian Swee Ong, 36, was charged with murdering the 22-year-old woman he knew as Sara at his home in 11/a Jalan USJ 13/5B in Subang at 5am on Dec 13, 2002.

He merely nodded when an interpreter asked if he understood the verdict and told the court he wanted to call his sister to tell her the news.

Judge K.N. Segera, in handing down the sentence, said he had no choice but to reject the defence of sudden and grave provocation because of the lack of evidence.

"I have no doubt that you loved the deceased but there is no indication that she reciprocated the love," he said, adding that the relationship was one of customer and client.

Segera said his hands were tied despite finding the accused to be honourable by surrendering to the police and honest during his testimony.

"Your lawyers have fought very hard for you, but the law is clear and must run its course. There is only one sentence for the offence, which is death by hanging," he said.

During his own testimony, Chian (right) said he met Sara at the Lisa De Inn Spa in Petaling Jaya where she worked as a prostitute in August 2002 and he used her services between 10 and 20 times, paying RM260 on each occasion.

Chian said he also paid between RM800 and RM1,000 to take her out to a hotel or back to his house six and seven times.

He said he started to fall in love with her in late October that year. He told her so and proposed to her. He said Sara promised to marry him but had asked him to wait.

In November 2002, Sara moved to Kim Lady, an entertainment centre in Puchong where she worked as a guest relations officer. Chian said he went there often after work to meet her.

On Dec 12, he went to Kim Lady where he proposed to her again and asked her to stop working but she refused and an argument ensued.

Chian admitted slapping her during the argument and she slapped him back before he left. He said he was remorseful for hitting her and called her numerous times on her handphone but she refused to entertain his calls.

In desperation, he returned to Kim Lady at 3am and paid the establishment RM800 to take her home for the night.

Chian said at his house he apologised profusely to her and repeatedly declared his love before they had sexual intercourse in the hall.

He said Sara told him he did not really love her because he had hit her but he told her he loved her and would die for her. In an attempt to prove his love, Chian said he consumed 19 Uphamol pills but Sara only laughed at him.He took a knife from a cupboard in the house and slashed his own hand but again, Sara only laughed at him.

He said Sara then told him that she had come to Malaysia for the sole purpose of making money and was nice to him because of his money.

Chian said by this time, he had already spent RM20,000 and he felt angry. He lost control of himself and stabbed her multiple times.

He said everything happened so fast that he was unclear what actually happened. When Sara fell to the ground he panicked and attempted to kill himself.

Chian said he stabbed himself several times in the chest and consumed Harpic and Jif toilet cleaners but he only fell asleep at 10am the next day.

He said he left the house and checked himself into a hotel in Klang where he tried to kill himself by consuming rat poison, Dettol and Clorox.

Chian said he only returned to his house on Dec 16 and saw Sara lying motionless in his hall. He went to see his sister in Taman Eng Ann in Klang and she advised him to give himself up. He then surrendered to police.

When the body of the deceased was recovered, it was so badly decomposed that a positive identification was never established.

For the first time, the court ruled that the identity of a deceased was immaterial and called for the accused to enter his defence.

Never laugh!!!!! Do you think this triggered the attack?

Not Thailand related.

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