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Man Murdered Waitress in S’pore Because He Failed To Scam Her Over Phone Repair Fees

Jia Hui

2018-02-22 , 2:17 pm

What extent are you willing to go to help a friend in need?

Lend money? Provide a shelter?

These acts of kindness are pretty common and justifiable when you know the person in need well enough.

But what if it was an online “friend”?

Everyone knows that nothing is 100% real online, so how would you judge if the person really needs your help?

A woman learnt this the hard way, and eventually lost her life.

Helping a “friend”

According to her parents, 23-year-old Atika Dolkifli had a “lower than average intelligence level”.

She first “met” 27-year-old Syed Maffi Hasan on Facebook in 2013.

He told her that he does not have a mobile phone, so she lent him her spare one.

Two years later, he was released from a drug rehabilitation centre.

He claimed that the phone she lent him had some “problems” and he spent $135 on repairs.

He confessed in court yesterday (Feb 21) that he lied and told her it was $300 instead so she would give him more money as a reimbursement.

You can already tell that this man is up to no good.

Stalking

Ms Atika was working as waitress at a Pizza Hut outlet, and he would appear at her workplace several times.

He also followed her home but was chased away by her father.

Her older brother later told him to keep the phone for himself and warned him to not contact his sister anymore.

But you could guess that he obviously did.

The duo met up after he called her on 31 Aug 2015.

Body found

Her body was found three days later on the landing of a lower floor.

She was found to have plunged 6.5m head-first to her death.

Syed Maffi, who happens to be unemployed, denied causing her death.

He lied to the police that they met before she went to “meet her new boyfriend”.

They did not meet after that, according to Syed Maffi.

No running away

As the Chinese saying goes, 人在做, 天在看 (there’s someone above watching your every move).

He finally confessed that he attacked her out of anger, when he was confronted with a CCTV footage of him entering the carpark with her.

However, there was no footage of what happened inside.

There was also no evidence to show whether he threw the victim over the railing of the parapet or simply placed her there.

The footage also showed that he left alone with her handbag.

What happened

They met at a multistorey carpark in Toa Payoh Lorong 2.

Syed Maffi claimed that they engaged in sexual intercourse in the carpark.

The duo then proceeded to the roof, where Ms Atika demanded her phone back.

Syed Maffi admitted to pushing her chest, causing her to “fall down a flight of stairs” and “hit the back of her head on the edge of a step”.

He then “dragged her off the remaining steps” to Deck 5A.

According to The Strais Times, he may be challenging the admissibility of his confession during the trial.

After she fell, Syed Maffi took her phone and hid her handbag inside a drain in Toa Payoh Lorong 1.

Ms Atika’s father made a missing persons report on Sept 1, one day after the duo met.

If convicted of murder, Syed Maffi faces the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Thoughts

First of all, never ever talk to strangers online!

Although this is a super well-known fact, there are still many people out there who trust their new “friends” way too easily.

I sincerely hope that he gets the punishment that he deserves.

This world is way too toxic with people like this.

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