Stabbed cabby keeps driving to attract help

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Wife: If only he had given in
BLEEDING from a stab wound in his chest, taxi driver Hong Chee Wee kept on driving, flashing his headlights and sounding his horn.
07 September 2006

BLEEDING from a stab wound in his chest, taxi driver Hong Chee Wee kept on driving, flashing his headlights and sounding his horn.

This desperate plea for help attracted the attention of a passerby, who thought the driver had a heart attack, reported Guangming Daily.

He was shocked to find Mr Hong with a 4-inch knife wound in his chest.

Just before he breathed his last, the cabby said: 'Rompak, rompak (Malay for robbery).'

A knife, believed to be the murder weapon, was found beside him.

The incident took place at about midnight on Sunday, in the town of Bandar Kinrara, between Kuala Lumpur and Puchong.

Mr Hong's wife, Madam Liew Way Hong, 49, told the Malay Mail that she thought this was a case of robbery gone wrong.

She said: 'There is no other explanation I can think of right now as my husband did not have problems with anyone.'

Mr Hong's handphone and wallet were found in his cab, suggesting that he had attempted to fight off the robber.

Madam Liew, who runs a watch repair shop, added that Mr Hong became a taxi driver two years ago.

He was believed to have been on his way home, just 4km from where he was attacked.

Mr Hong leaves behind three children, aged 14, 20 and 24.

At his wake yesterday, a calm-looking Madam Liew told friends and relatives not to resist if attacked by robbers.

She said: 'Don't fight back. Give them what they want. Money and valuables can be replaced by working harder. They are not worth losing your life for.'

Madam Liew told the New Straits Times: 'My husband was well-built and strong. He always boasted he would fight off any robber who dared to rob him.

'If only he had given in, then he would have been a little poorer, but he would have been alive today.'

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