Chinese New Year is meant to be a time of celebration, reunions, and festivities.
However, some families are not as lucky, as the grievous news of their 64-year-old mother and wife, Mrs Lachemi, was found dead in the Sungai Pelentong River in Johor Bahru (JB) by the Malaysian police officers on 2 February, around 10:45pm.
Her Disappearance to Her Discovery
According to Mrs Lachemi’s family, the 64-year-old woman had left the house on 31 January during Chinese New Year’s Eve and never returned afterwards.
Strangely enough, she even left her handphone, wallet, passport, and Singaporean NRIC at home before she left her house.
Upon noticing her prolonged disappearance, the family filed a missing person’s report, even going as far as posting the details of her disappearance on social media platforms in hope that it would help with the search.
The post included telephone numbers, urging the public to contact the family if they had any clues or details regarding her abrupt disappearance.
Two days later, after the police found a bloated body floating along the Sungai Pelentong River at night.
According to the China Press, the police officers had visited the family on the morning of 3 February to inform them that they had found a woman that roughly matched the description of their missing mother.
Even though the deceased was not carrying any identification on her, the deceased’s daughter managed to identify her through the clothes on the photographs shown to her.
On the same day, the family accurately identified the body, and collected her corpse from the hospital.
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A Changed Woman Prior to Her Disappearance
Mrs Lachemi, a Singaporean Indian who also went by the name of Nita, had been living in Johor for many years after she married her Malaysian husband.
In an interview with Lianhe Zaobao, one of her three daughters, Ms Cindy Chang, said that they were worried because her mother scarcely left the house. She didn’t know how to drive, and she wouldn’t have any means of transportation since she didn’t bring her wallet with her.
Later with the Shin Min Daily News, Ms Chang proceeded to tell the reporters that her mother hadn’t left behind any last words, and that their family was grieving as they struggled to reconcile with the news of her death.
For Mrs Lachemi’s whole life, she had been a hardworking woman, assisting her husband with his hawker business when she was younger, and later playing a crucial role in taking care of her grandchildren.
Apparently, when her mother returned to Johor last August after receiving her COVID-19 vaccination shots in Singapore, Ms Chang noticed that her mother had been “gloomy and withdrawn”.
Unlike her past self, she no longer indulged in the television or used her mobile phone, and she “was like a different person”.
Allegedly, Mrs Lachemi had been suffering from mild depression prior to her death, and perhaps her change in habits should have been a tell-tale sign.
According to the JB Police, there had been no signs of foul play or injuries on the deceased’s body when they conducted an autopsy.
Ms Chang voiced that one of her regrets was not being able to take her mother overseas.
Towards Mrs Lachemi’s family, we offer our condolences.
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Featured Image: Facebook (Cindy Chang)