THE mother of the 16-year-old schoolgirl who was stabbed to death by her schoolmate at a secondary school in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, revealed her daughter had suffered more than 200 stab wounds.
Speaking at a press conference during her daughter Yap Shing Xuen's wake, Wong Lee Ping pleaded with the public to stop spreading false information and rumours about the case.
Fighting back tears, Wong, 44, said inaccurate reports had circulated online about the number of stab wounds her daughter suffered.
“Some websites said my daughter was stabbed 50 times, but the truth is she was stabbed 200 times – from the neck to the lungs and also on her legs,” she told reporters at Nirvana Center KL (NCKL) today.
“What I was told is that the suspect had climbed over the school’s toilet cubicle and attacked my daughter who had locked herself in.
“She screamed and after the attack, the suspect climbed out of the cubicle, but my daughter was still locked inside,” she said.
Wong said the family was devastated by the tragedy and appealed for privacy as they grieved the loss of their younger of two children.
She also insisted that her daughter had any prior relationship with the suspect nor mentioned being approached previously.
"She did not know the boy, had never spoken to him and was not in any relationship with him,” she said.
“She was an introvert but active in sports especially volleyball.
“A self-disciplined and filial daughter, she has never caused me any trouble,” she said.
The pathology report on the fatal stabbing of the student is expected to be completed within a month. – October 16, 2025
