Nurin Jazlin
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Nurin Jazlin binti Jazimin (September 11, 1999 – September 16, 2007), was a eight year old young Malaysian girl reported missing after she had gone to a wet market
located near her house in Section 1, Wangsa Maju
, Kuala Lumpur
to buy a hair clip on the night of August 20, 2007. She was last seen being dragged into a white van which the police were able to determine by enhancing footage caught on a CCTV
installed nearby. Her parents made a missing person report to the police and a search for her was made in the subsequent weeks, conducted by several organisations including the mainstream media and NGOs.
, discovered by the shop owner. It contained an unidentified child's naked body which was stuffed in a fetal position; police believed that she had been dead for more than six hours before the discovery. A cucumber
and a brinjal was found stuffed inside her genitals and had caused her rectum
to rupture. It was determined that bacterial infection had contributed to her death. At the time, Nurin Jazlin's parents were not able to identify the body as their daughter's due to the changes in her physical features and it was even suggested that the child might be a foreigner, as she lacked scarring which would be caused by the mandatory BCG vaccination
against tuberculosis
. Her parents initially maintained hope that their daughter might still be alive, and were the victims of several prank call
s from people claiming that Nurin Jazlin was under their care. Later DNA
tests conducted however confirmed the body as Nurin Jazlin's.
Her body was later claimed by her family from the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) and she was laid to rest at the Muslim burial cemetery in Taman Ibukota
, Setapak
, Kuala Lumpur
on 21 September after the Friday noon prayers
.
about the possibility of publicising the list of convicted child sex offenders. Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan
initially suggested that he would investigate whether Nurin Jazlin's parents had been negligent, an offence which could lead to charges under Section 33 of the Child Act 2001
. The suggestion provoked public outcry, most prominently from Lee Lam Thye
, chairman of the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation, who responded that punishing the parents further would be unfair.
On 28 September, Federal Agents raided a shop in Section 7, Shah Alam
, where they arrested four men and one woman between the ages of 27 and 35 in connection with the murder. The woman was released after questioning, while the men were remanded to police custody for seven days. However, they were released unconditionally three days later due to lack of evidence. Police then proceeded to put up an award of RM
10,000 for information leading to the arrest of Nurin's killer; an anonymous private businessman agreed to match that with an additional RM10,000. On 2 October, police arrested an Indonesia
n woman at a market in Nilai
, Negeri Sembilan
; when confronted, the woman attempted to swallow a SIM card
she was carrying.
On 11 October, police released two video footage captured by a CCTV camera near a shoplot in Petaling Utama, Petaling Jaya, where the sports bag containing the naked body of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin was found. The CCTV footage was sent earlier on 26 September to the FBI to enhance the clarity of the blurred images.
The first footage captured at about 1pm on September 16 showed a motorcyclist carrying a sports bag (with Nurin's body in it) and leaving it at the shoplot. The second footage recorded one hour later showed a woman loitering around the shoplot who was later picked up by three men arriving in the scene.
The enhanced footage however failed to reveal the face of the motorcyclist and the license plate of the motorcycle.
Wet market
A wet market is generally an open food market. Some of the common names include "Cultural Markets", "traditional markets", "Gaai Si", "Gaai See".-Terminology:...
located near her house in Section 1, Wangsa Maju
Wangsa Maju
Wangsa Maju is a major township in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This area is surrounded by Setapak.- History :The present site of Wangsa Maju was previously occupied by Setapak rubber estates from the 1900s until the 1980s, when the township was formed in 1984...
, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
to buy a hair clip on the night of August 20, 2007. She was last seen being dragged into a white van which the police were able to determine by enhancing footage caught on a CCTV
Closed-circuit television
Closed-circuit television is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors....
installed nearby. Her parents made a missing person report to the police and a search for her was made in the subsequent weeks, conducted by several organisations including the mainstream media and NGOs.
Murder
On the morning of September 17, 2007, a brand-new gym bag was left in front of a shop lot in PJS 1/48, Petaling JayaPetaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya is a Malaysian city originally developed as a satellite township for Kuala Lumpur comprising mostly residential and some industrial areas. It is located in the Petaling district of Selangor with an area of approximately 97.2 km². On 20 June 2006, Petaling Jaya was granted a...
, discovered by the shop owner. It contained an unidentified child's naked body which was stuffed in a fetal position; police believed that she had been dead for more than six hours before the discovery. A cucumber
Cucumber
The cucumber is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae, which includes squash, and in the same genus as the muskmelon. The plant is a creeping vine which bears cylindrical edible fruit when ripe. There are three main varieties of cucumber: "slicing", "pickling", and...
and a brinjal was found stuffed inside her genitals and had caused her rectum
Rectum
The rectum is the final straight portion of the large intestine in some mammals, and the gut in others, terminating in the anus. The human rectum is about 12 cm long...
to rupture. It was determined that bacterial infection had contributed to her death. At the time, Nurin Jazlin's parents were not able to identify the body as their daughter's due to the changes in her physical features and it was even suggested that the child might be a foreigner, as she lacked scarring which would be caused by the mandatory BCG vaccination
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially subcultured in an artificial medium for 13 years, and also prepared from...
against tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
. Her parents initially maintained hope that their daughter might still be alive, and were the victims of several prank call
Prank call
A prank call is a form of practical joke committed over the telephone. Prank phone calls began to gain an America-wide following over a period of many years, as they gradually became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded amongst musicians, sound engineers, and media traders...
s from people claiming that Nurin Jazlin was under their care. Later DNA
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
tests conducted however confirmed the body as Nurin Jazlin's.
Her body was later claimed by her family from the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) and she was laid to rest at the Muslim burial cemetery in Taman Ibukota
Taman Ibukota
Taman Ibukota is a townships in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....
, Setapak
Setapak
Setapak is a major suburb in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Formerly a tin-mining and rubber-growing area, in Malay tapak means 'step' so so Setapak means 'one step', probably referring to the close proximity of the suburb to Kuala Lumpur...
, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
on 21 September after the Friday noon prayers
Jumu'ah
Jumu'ah is a congregational prayer that Muslims hold every Friday, just after noon in lieu of dhuhr...
.
Investigation
The nature of her brutal torture and eventual death at the hands of an unknown assailant, suspected to be a psychopath killer, sparked outrage throughout the country. Malaysian media and Internet blogs have been filled with anger and disbelief in reaction to the case and the murder is widely considered to be "the country's most horrifying crime in years". The case also led to a statement by then Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad BadawiAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi is a Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2009. He was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation , the largest political party in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional parliamentary coalition...
about the possibility of publicising the list of convicted child sex offenders. Inspector-General of Police Musa Hassan
Musa Hassan
Tan Sri Musa Hassan is former Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police. He has served with the Royal Malaysian Police for 41 years.- Inspector-General of Police :...
initially suggested that he would investigate whether Nurin Jazlin's parents had been negligent, an offence which could lead to charges under Section 33 of the Child Act 2001
Child Act 2001
The Child Act 2001 is a Malaysian law which served to consolidate the Juvenile Courts Act 1947, the Women and Young Girls Protection Act 1973, and the Child Protection Act 1991. It was enacted partially in order to fulfill Malaysia's obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
. The suggestion provoked public outcry, most prominently from Lee Lam Thye
Lee Lam Thye
Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye is a Malaysian politician and a social activist who once was a former leader of the Democratic Action Party . Lee completed his secondary education at St Michael's Institution in Ipoh, Perak where he obtained his Senior Cambridge Certificate in 1965.He was the elected State...
, chairman of the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation, who responded that punishing the parents further would be unfair.
On 28 September, Federal Agents raided a shop in Section 7, Shah Alam
Shah Alam
Shah Alam is the state capital of Selangor, Malaysia situated within the Petaling District and a small portion of the neighboring Klang District. It is located about west of the country's capital, Kuala Lumpur. Shah Alam replaced Kuala Lumpur as the capital city of the state of Selangor in 1978...
, where they arrested four men and one woman between the ages of 27 and 35 in connection with the murder. The woman was released after questioning, while the men were remanded to police custody for seven days. However, they were released unconditionally three days later due to lack of evidence. Police then proceeded to put up an award of RM
Malaysian ringgit
The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen...
10,000 for information leading to the arrest of Nurin's killer; an anonymous private businessman agreed to match that with an additional RM10,000. On 2 October, police arrested an Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
n woman at a market in Nilai
Nilai
Nilai is a town located in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Due to its proximity, and connection through the KTM to Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Kuala Lumpur International Airport, it is a rapidly growing town. Development projects can be seen as one drives around Nilai...
, Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan, one of the 13 states that constitutes Malaysia, lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia, just south of Kuala Lumpur and borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the south....
; when confronted, the woman attempted to swallow a SIM card
Subscriber Identity Module
A subscriber identity module or subscriber identification module is an integrated circuit that securely stores the International Mobile Subscriber Identity and the related key used to identify and authenticate subscriber on mobile telephony devices .A SIM is held on a removable SIM card, which...
she was carrying.
On 11 October, police released two video footage captured by a CCTV camera near a shoplot in Petaling Utama, Petaling Jaya, where the sports bag containing the naked body of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin was found. The CCTV footage was sent earlier on 26 September to the FBI to enhance the clarity of the blurred images.
The first footage captured at about 1pm on September 16 showed a motorcyclist carrying a sports bag (with Nurin's body in it) and leaving it at the shoplot. The second footage recorded one hour later showed a woman loitering around the shoplot who was later picked up by three men arriving in the scene.
The enhanced footage however failed to reveal the face of the motorcyclist and the license plate of the motorcycle.
External links
- In Memory of Nurin Jazlin - a blog set up by her uncle