1. The Mona Fandey Apologue
She was originally a pop-singer who never made it big in the entertainment industry. She turned to witch crafting and eventually, a murderess.
In 1994, an aspiring politician Mazlan Idris who wanted to make it big in the political world has sought the help of Mona Fandey who promised a booming career. An appointment for a ritual was arranged and on the day of the ritual, the late Mazlan Idris met his demise in the most gruesome way possible: he was told to lie down and Mona showered flowers on him and asked him to wait for the money to "fall from the sky".
Her assistant, equipped with an axe - chopped off the victims head and dismembered other parts of the body and hid the mutilated body parts in the storeroom of the bungalow Mona Fandey was residing.
Mazlan's disappearance was quickly made public and Mona's arrest ensued soon after. It was revealed that Mazlan had given Mona half a million ringgit as an advance and she was noticed to have gone on a lavish shopping spree and a noticeable face-lift. Speculations spread around at how an unpopular singer could suddenly have so much of money.
The highlight of this story was not the severity of the murder. No, Mona confessed to the murder all right but it was her peculiar behaviour throughout the trial that garnered some uncomfortable whispers.
Mona Fandey enjoyed the sudden attention given to her. It's almost as if she thinking "LOL, I killed someone, now I'm all over the papers. I'm famous, bitches!". She was seen smiling from ear-to-ear outside the courthouse, even chatting up with a few spectators and carried herself like a celebrity who was about to give her audience a good show. I can think of no other explanation for her behaviour other than a) she is an incurable nut who had a breakdown and b) compensating for the disappointment received from the lukewarm reception to her first and only album in 1987. My guess is the latter. She loved singing. It was her dream to be a famous singer but the poor reception to her first album must have impacted her deeply than anyone cared to bother.
Mona Fandey was hanged in the gallows in 2001. Her last words were "aku takkan mati' - I will not die. No one is sure what she meant of that statement but my verdict is that she's right: she's not dead. She will always be remembered the first woman in Malaysia to receive the death penalty and the murderess of an unthinkable murder.
Mona Fandey: singer, witch doctor and murderess
Link to her only existing example of one of her song in her sole album:
2. The Nurin Jazlin Murder
Nurin Jazlin was an 8 year old who had gone off alone to the nearest night bazaar(we call it pasar malam in Malaysia) to purchase some hairclips. When Nurin did not return after some time, the usual parent would shit bricks in their pants and immediately involve the police. Nurin's parents were worried sick and the next day Malaysia had witnessed yet another gruesome high-profile murder trial, years after the Mona Fandey one(dont get me wrong there were a few prolific murders in between but none that impacted me this much). She was missing on the August 20th 2007. A nationwide search ensued and the public was in an uproar. Mothers with daughters were skeptical about letting their daughters out, some went as drastic as having a house arrest for the daughters, fearing their safety.
On September 2007, Nurin was finally found. She was packed in a blue travelling bag. Her lifeless body was defiled in the most inhuman way possible(she was naked, beaten and bruised, clearly raped and sodomized, she had foreign objects[vegetables] inserted in her genitals). Her face so badly contorted from all the abuse she received she was unrecognizable to her own parents. The parents, understandably refuted that it wasn't their daughter due to lack of some scarring and birthmarks she had on her body. But DNA tests had proved otherwise.
It was Nurin. Murdered by some sick psychopath who had never been caught and is still on the loose. Various leads have turned out into nothing. CCTV footages revealed nothing except for the silhouette of a man getting down from a motorcycle and leaving the bag on the staircase where her body was found. The footage was not able to reveal the license plate numbers of the motorcycle. An Indonesian woman was arrested after much investigation and she reacted by swallowing a SIM card that is believed to contain vital clues: SMS's that connects to the murderer. They were not able to retrieve the SIM card as the Indonesian suspect refused to intake laxatives that would otherwise flush down the SIM card. By the time she relented, the SIM card was rather digested and was useless.
Five years have passed, and the killer walks free among us. Who knows he could be living right next to you and you wouldn't know.
Murder victim Nurin Jazlin. Al -Fatihah.
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