Youth and sports minister honours volleyball-loving teen Yap Shing Xuen with Team MAS jersey at funeral

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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 — As Malaysia bade farewell to the Yap Shing Xuen today, Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh honoured the 16-year-old by placing a Team MAS national volleyball jersey in her casket at Nirvana Memorial Centre in Kuala Lumpur before it was sealed ahead of her cremation.

Yap, a secondary school student in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, was brutally murdered at her school on October 14.

She was found in a school toilet, and two sharp weapons believed to have been used in the attack were recovered at the scene.

The cremation ceremony was held after five days of prayers and final tributes at Nirvana Crematorium in Shah Alam.

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According to Yap Shing Xuen’s mother, Wong Lee Ping, Shing Xuen enjoyed playing volleyball and lived an active life. — Picture from Facebook/Hannah Yeoh

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Yeoh said she spoke with Yap’s mother, Wong Lee Ping, about giving her daughter the national jersey, and Wong replied that her daughter would have loved it.

“Shing Xuen enjoyed playing volleyball and lived an active life. Our deepest condolences, thoughts, and prayers are with the family for their painful loss. Malaysia mourns with them,” Yeoh said in a Facebook post.

Yeoh added that she intends to take action in the coming days to combat harmful subcultures affecting youth, including incel-related behaviour.

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