On 12 April 1987, nine-year-old Malaysian schoolgirl Ang May Hong (洪美凤 Hóng Měifèng) was last seen by her eldest brother when the siblings split up while on the way to buy breakfast at a market near her house in Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

A metre-long piece of wood with nails had been stuffed into her private parts, rupturing her inner organs, and an autopsy report confirmed that Ang was sexually assaulted by her killer(s) before her death, and it was also speculated that at least eight people were involved in her murder based on the teeth marks left on her body.

In spite of extensive police investigations and public calls for justice, the murder of Ang remains unsolved till today.

[1] On 12 April 1987, at Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, a nine-year-old girl was found murdered three hours after she disappeared from a market near her home.

On the way, Yeow Thian, the eldest of three sons and four daughters in his family, suddenly had a stomachache and decided to head back home to use the bathroom.

Full of panic for his sister, Yeow Thian spent at least three hours searching for her, and during this period, he also informed his family about Ang's disappearance.

At the time of her death, nine-year-old Ang May Hong was a Standard Three student of Keow Nam Primary, Setapak, and she was survived by her parents, three brothers and three sisters.

[16][17] Eventually, the police released the three suspects as there was insufficient evidence to connect any of the trio to the girl's murder, and none of their dental profile matched to the teeth marks left on Ang's body.

[1] The police, in a desperate effort to apprehend the murderer(s), announced that a reward of RM10,000, which was later raised to twice the amount, would be given to those who cold provide crucial information to crack the Ang May Hong case.

In the letter, the writer admitted that he was part of a group of drug addicts who had previously attacked several young girls and raped them before killing them to satisfy their sexual lust, and Ang was their latest victim.

[46] Also, AWAM continually sought to have the laws on rape reviewed by the Malaysian government even after the death of Ang, which was considered to be a turning point in the need for awareness on the phenomenon of sexual violence against women in Malaysia.

[48] The acquittal was eventually reversed by the courts upon the prosecution's appeal, and following a re-trial, Shahril was found guilty and sentenced to death for murdering Chee in 2015.

[1] In 2021, a commemorative article was made by Malaysian English-language newspaper The Star, publishing the most shocking and unsolved cases of missing or murdered children, including Ang May Hong, Tin Song Sheng, Audrey Melissa Bathinathan and Nurin Jazlin.

[50] After her retirement in 2022, a journalist who formerly wrote for the China Press recalled her past experience of covering the Ang May Hong rape-murder case back in 1987.