20-Year-Old Wanted To Delay Handing In Her Assignments, So She Faked Her Own Kidnapping
A 20-year-old cooks up an elaborate scheme just to delay handing in her homework. Was it worth it?
By Darian Goh — 20 Oct 2014, 04:30 PM — Updated almost 10 years ago
A 20-year-old decided to fake her own kidnapping because she didn't have time to finish her assignments
A 20-year-old decided to fake her own kidnapping because she didn't have time to finish her assignments. Picture for illustration purposes only.
Image via wordpress.comTerengganu CID chief ACP Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Hamzah said the student had fabricated stories about being kidnapped by three individuals when she was in front of her rented house in Pasir Gudang on Friday.
“She admitted that she could not complete her assignments on time so she cooked up the kidnapping story, hoping that she would be spared from having to submit her assignments,” he added.
thestar.com.myHe said she resorted to the act after failing to complete her assignments.
The girl, a fashion student from Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan in Pasir Gudang claimed that she was kidnapped along with other children, to be smuggled into Thailand
She claimed that she was about to leave her house for class when she lost consciousness, only to wake up in the back of a container lorry with seven other victims. She also claimed that her abductors were believed to be three Kelantanese men based on their accents.
In her report at the Dungun District Police Station yesterday morning the student had said she was kidnaped together with seven Chinese, Indian and Malay children. She said she resorted to escaping as she was in great fear and did not have time to remember the registration number of the lorry. She had claimed the suspects were three Malay males and all the victims were to be taken to Kelantan before crossing over to Thailand.
In reality, she took a bus to Dungun to destress herself and called her mother that she escaped a kidnapping. The mother then insisted that she lodge a police report of her attempted kidnap.
In reality, she took a bus to Dungun to destress herself and called her mother that she escaped a kidnapping. The mother then insisted that she lodge a police report about it. Picture for illustration purposes only.
Image via wikimedia.org“However, upon her arrival by bus in Dungun early Saturday, purportedly to ease her study stress, she told her mother in Selangor via telephone that she had been kidnapped and was told to lodge a police report,” he told reporters.
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The student had in actual fact boarded a bus in Johor Baru before arriving in Dungun on Saturday. She initially did not want the matter reported to police but did so after her mother, who was also fooled by her tale of being kidnapped, insisted.
thestar.com.myShe told police that she escaped from the lorry when it stopped at a petrol station in Dungun and immediately called her mother to inform her of the kidnapping.
The police knew something was amiss after her statements contradicted with one another
However, after being grilled over several conflicting statements, the student, who is studying fashion at the polytechnic, admitted that she made up the story because she was stressed by her studies. “We found many discrepancies in her statement. “When we pressured her, she finally told us the truth,” ACP Wan Abdul Aziz said.
thestar.com.my“We investigated further last night and found the statement of the 20-year-old student was at odds and she later admitted her report was false. Initially, the student did so to fool her friends and had no intention of blowing up the matter.
Her kidnapping story was so convincing that it went viral on WhatsApp and Facebook, and even mobilised the police to set up roadblocks in five states to look out for her
Her kidnapping story was so convincing that it went viral on WhatsApp and Facebook, and even mobilised the police to set up roadblocks in five states to look out for her
Image via themalaymailonline.comThe case went viral on Facebook and WhatsApp forcing the police to conduct a large-scale operation in Terengganu, Kelantan, Perak, Kedah and Perlis.
The 20-year-old apparently put on such a convincing act that she fooled police into believing her tale. Her act caused police to mobilise personnel in five states and set up roadblocks at all northern borders as they looked for a container lorry supposedly on its way to Thailand carrying seven kidnapped children.
thestar.com.myTerengganu CID chief Asst Comm Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Hamzah said that she was so convincing that "she could easily beat film stars with her acting"
Terengganu CID chief Asst Comm Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Hamzah said that she was so convincing that "she could easily beat film stars with her acting"
Image via sinarharian.com.myThe student who faked her abduction to delay submitting her assignments is an avid teenage novel reader who is also very good at acting, police said.
thestar.com.my"When the student told us the story of her kidnapping, she was crying and seemed so convincing. She could easily beat film stars with her acting," Terengganu CID chief Asst Comm Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Hamzah told a press conference here.
The girl has since been reunited with her family but could face jail time and a fine of RM2,000 for giving false information to the police
The girl has since been reunited with her family but could face jail time and a fine of RM2,000 for giving false information to the police.
Image via mrjam.typepad.ACP Wan Abdul Aziz said the student could be charged under Section 182 of the Penal Code for giving false information to the police. The act carries a maximum six-month jail term or a RM2,000 fine or both. The student has been taken home to Ampang by her mother after police finished questioning her at the Dungun police headquarters on Saturday.
thestar.com.myThe girl has been handed to her family and will be charged soon when investigations were concluded, said Wan Abdul Aziz, adding the case was being investigated under Section 182 of the Penal Code (giving false information).
"Once we have completed the investigations, we will pursue charges against the student," he added.