Kuala Lampur, May 9 -- A 19-year-old college student was stabbed 61 times and left by the roadside in Kelantan.

In Sabah, a woman was allegedly murdered and dismembered by her former fiance after the breakdown of their engagement.

Her body parts were discovered in rubbish bins across Sepanggar. In Perak, another woman lost her life in a violent killing that shocked the public and reignited questions about violence against women and institutional accountability.

These are not merely isolated murders. They are part of a disturbing pattern of gendered violence that Malaysia still struggles to confront honestly. The brutality matters. The overkill matters. The humiliation of the body matters.

The control, obsession, rage, jealousy, and en...