The mother of the teenager who was stabbed to death at a Bandar Utama school in Malaysia’s Selangor state summoned up the courage to speak out in a heart-wrenching post.
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Describing her 16-year-old daughter as very sweet, kind and disciplined, the mother took to social media to express her despair.
“She was a beautiful child, but yet met with something so cruel … I am speechless and heartbroken,” she wrote in her post on Wednesday.
“I hope she rests well in the other world, and her soul finds peace and happiness. Mum will always love and miss you.”
The mother also uploaded an announcement on her social media account about the wake for her daughter, Yap Shing Xuen.
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Meanwhile, in Shah Alam, Selangor police chief Commissioner Shazeli Kahar said the 14-year-old suspect who fatally stabbed the girl had harboured strong emotions for the victim, although the two were in different classes.