Malaysia has always been known for its beautiful beaches, secluded islands, heritage sites, food and unity

Malaysia has always been known for its beautiful beaches, secluded islands, heritage sites, food and unity. But like every other country and cities in the world, Malaysia also has its own dark tales.

Malaysia has its fair share of infamous murders that are downright disturbing, knowing the fact that this vast majority of murder cases could go unsolved for such a long time is indeed difficult to fathom.

Here, we revisit five brutal murder cases that have dominated headlines in Malaysia in the past but are still yet to be resolved;

 Nurin Jazlin

Nurin JazlinSource: Lobak Merah

One of the most tragic high-profile kidnapping cases that shook citizens and still remain unsolved to date is the abduction of Nurin Jazlin Binti Jazimin.

On the evening of 20 August 2007, 8-year old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin requested her mother’s permission to run down to the neighbourhood’s night market and buy herself some hair clips. Her mother, Norazian Bistaman, was entertaining a guest at that time and agreed thinking that Nurin was going to be accompanied by her younger sister. It never occurred to her that Nurin had decided to venture out by herself.

The family lived in Wangsa Maju, one of Kuala Lumpur’s largest townships, and the night market was located approximately 100m away from the family flat. After failing to return home, her parents filed a missing person’s report and a search for her was undertaken in the subsequent weeks by several organizations, including the mainstream media and NGOs.

On 17 September 2007, a supervisor at a company in Petaling Jaya stumbled across a large black and blue sports bag outside their company premises, and to their horror, a child’s naked body was found in it. Nurin had been sexually assaulted and strangled.

At the time, due to severe physical changes on the body caused by trauma, Nurin Jazlin’s parents were unable to recognize her and denied that the body belonged to their daughter. Her parents initially maintained hope that Nurin might be alive but later DNA tests conducted confirmed the body as Nurin Jazlin’s.

To date, the perpetrator has yet to be caught and Malaysians pray that justice will prevail.

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