A Sabahan is probably Malaysia’s first person to be killed over karaoke
December 5th, 2008I’ve always been intrigued by the name of the American record label Death By Karaoke, now it has really happened right here in our backyard. Beware, Karaoke Rage has struck.
The late Abdul Sani Doli, who was 23 when he died is probably the most famous Sabahan in the world right now. Possibly even the Chief Minister never made the same news in so many countries & languages at the same time.
He’s made the news globally for the strange motive for his murder: stabbed to death for not letting other eager singers of a coffeeshop-karaoke joint take to the mike at Lebuh Tiga, Sandakan. He was reportedly assaulted by 3 people outside the premises.
In a demonstration that news travels extreme quickly nowadays, he was reported to have died almost midnight on Wednesday the 3rd of December 2008, then in a few hours, he’s been featured on mainstream news publications (not mentioning blogs), amongst others:
…and possibly many more.
Needless to say, most, if not all local (Malaysian, what more Sabahan) print media have reported on this case.
Death by karaoke has probably occured several times in the past. For example, in China, South Korea and Japan people have been both shot and stabbed in the middle of their performance!
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I think this would be a recorded first for hogging karaoke. However a few years back…it was in the papers – A security guard shot a man for singing out of tune in a karaoke bar in the Phillipines.
If that security guard worked in Sabah, there would be many deaths already… driving around Donggongon at any night of the week (even weekdays) I can often hear terrible singing. I have even recorded some of them and posted in this blog somewhere.
I was laughing when I read it on the newspaper this evening… I gues the guy must be saying… “saya lah ni…” with a face of… confiiiiiiideeent…. :lol:
I’m not sure whether I should laugh or be appalled by it…
I did both
This is sad and entertaining too. I hope that poor soul did enjoy every moment of his Karaoke. I wonder what was his last song on earth.
Don’t know, but I sure hope it was not sung like this:
http://bengodomon.com/2007/12/29/a-demonstration-of-how-not-to-sing-pelangis-biarku-menjadi-lilin/
If he did, then that could’ve agitated the aggressors over the brink.
this is another case of too much aramai tieeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!
luckily the dead singer is not one of the mumbai atackers and singing while carrying an Uzi Submachine gun or an MP5 Heckler & Koch Automatic machine gun or an M60 Garrand Heavy Machine Gun !!! if not more dead bodies!!!!!!
As usual your imagination ran amok again!!!