July 9, 2013
SIBU: The man who is suspected of killing almost his entire family probably did so to spare them from being harassed by debtors, said his close relatives and friends.
Last Friday, the yet-to-be-named suspect, who was described as a loving husband and good father, killed his wife and two children at their home at Pulau Li Hua in what is widely speculated to be a last-ditch attempt to flee from debtors.
“I believe he had planned to die with all family members because he felt there was no way out and he did not want the family to suffer after he was gone,” a relative, who declined to be named, told The Star.
It was reported that the 43-year-old suspect, who was a contractor, had planned the suicide-cum-murder with his wife, Ling Yung Ming, 40, several days before the incident.
Police had recovered five handwritten letters in Chinese from the suspect’s home on Sunday, but did not disclose their contents.
Ling was found dead on the floor of the master bedroom with the youngest child, Victor Tiang Soon Heng, two, while the body of their daughter, Christine Tiang Soon Ai, 14, was on the bed.
It was understood that the suspect had told police that before the murder, he had asked his wife and children to take sleeping pills.
Victor was said to have taken one, but his eldest son Vincent, 17, refused.
While his children and wife were sleeping, the suspect gassed them with cooking gas from two gas tanks recovered outside the bedroom.
Vincent, however, escaped by jumping down from the car porch roof, climbing over the fence and running across the street to seek help from a neighbour.
The post-mortem showed all three had suffocated and had injuries on their heads.
Local sources said the suspect lost a lot of money trading shares while another source also said he was a big-time gambler.
The victims were identified by the suspect’s elder brother and one of Ling’s brothers.
Their funeral is scheduled for Thursday.
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