Tuesday July 10, 2007
Teacher: Ying Ying was cutest in class
PENANG: Shearwey Ooi Ying Ying loved to sing, and she was a talented little artist too.
The girl, who will be four in three months, did not turn up for classes at her kindergarten in Bandar Baru Air Itam for about three weeks before her death.
Her teacher Tan Ee Chin, 45, said Ying Ying’s mother Jess Teh, 28, came to take her daughter home from school on June 18.
“She said she was having some problems with her husband and wanted to settle things before letting the girl resume classes.
“Jess seemed like a very caring mother. She had been sending Ying Ying to school since June 11. Before that, it was her grandfather who would bring her here.
“Jess would always hold her daughter’s hand and walk in with the girl. Ying Ying was the shortest in her class but she was also the cutest, very energetic and talkative,” she said.
She added that Ying Ying got along well with her classmates.
“It was so hard explaining to them that Ying Ying has left us and will never come back. We will miss her very much,” she said.
At the grandparents’ home in Bandar Baru Air Itam, the family refused to answer the door.
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