On 26 February 2004, at Sijangkang in Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaysia, 18-year-old See Sheau Fang (徐晓芳 Xú Xiǎofāng) was last seen boarding the car of a male acquaintance by her sister.

[3][4] Then Heng was later acquitted due to insufficient evidence to convict him, and Kher Tian Hock himself remained on the run for more than seven years before he was arrested by the police in October 2011 for a vehicle theft case, and charged for See's killing.

[10] Not long after reporting his daughter missing, See's father received a phone call from an unknown caller, who informed him that he had kidnapped See and demanded a ransom of RM40,000 in return for her release.

After he was brought in for questioning, Then Heng informed the police that See was already dead, and that her body was buried in front of a friend's house under concrete.

[10] On 8 March 2004, two weeks after See went missing, the police were led by Then Heng to a house in Kuala Langat, where they detected a strong odour, and began to dig at the concrete floor.

DNA testing later confirmed that the body belonged to 18-year-old See Sheau Fang, and her father See Soon Thiam similarly identified his daughter after seeing the clothes and earpin worn by the deceased.

Kher, who admitted to having sexual fantasies that involved violence, told the police that after they were together inside a room, he requested to have sex with See, but See declined.

[26][27] On 13 March 2004, after he was charged for See Sheau Fang's murder and confessed to it, Kher Tian Hock remained in remand at the lock-up section of Tanjung Sepat Police Station.

[35] The escape of Kher Tian Hock resulted in Then Heng being the remaining suspect left pending trial for the murder of See Sheau Fang.

See's father told the reporters that he no longer believed in anyone, including the police, government or media, and his family were still grieving for his daughter.

At the time he was caught, Kher initially tried to escape detection by introducing himself by his alias "Gan Wei Chen" (颜伟成 Yán Wĕichéng), but his identity card turned out to be fake.

[40][41][42] Upon his arrest, Kher, who claimed to be suffering from cancer,[43] was brought to court to be charged with murder and escaping police custody.

[44][45] To prevent him from escaping again, armed officers were assigned to escort and guard during his court appearances,[46][47] during which he made taunting faces at reporters while they were photographing him.

[48][49] During his detention, Kher was conferred to Kajang Hospital for medical consultation at one point, and he nearly escaped from the police before they caught him.

Kher also claimed to the court that he had bribed two police officers to allow him to escape from the prison where he was remanded back in 2004, and asked for leniency as he had five children to feed.

[55][56] Kher's murder trial took place at the Shah Alam High Court after around three years since his re-capture in October 2011.

[57][58] On 13 May 2015, the trial judge, Justice Datuk Ghazali Cha, found that Kher had intentionally murdered See after he failed to have sex with her, and his reasons of helping his friend to cover concrete on his friend's house was an excuse to cover up the crime, and in response to Kher's claim that he escaped jail to avoid a murder attempt, the judge refuted it and pointed out that the only reasonable inference of Kher's escape was that he wanted to avoid justice.

[59] On these grounds and other factors duly considered, the judge found Kher guilty of the murder of 18-year-old See Sheau Fang, and sentenced him to death.

Hasnan submitted that Kher was remorseful and having turned to Islam and devoted himself to his newfound faith, he was no longer the same man who had cruelly taken a life 20 years ago, and he deserved a second chance.

However, the prosecution, led by Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Roshan Karthi, argued that the death penalty should remain in Kher's case, stating that the conduct of Kher was deplorable and inhumane, and there was premeditation behind the murder and subsequent burial of See's corpse, and DPP Roshan pointed out that the impact of See's family was so devastating that back in 2008 per a news report, See's father told the press that his family's lives were never the same again after losing See.

In summary, the prosecution urged the court to uphold the death sentence for the sake of public safety and deterrence.