Killer of RI transvestite hunted

Killer of RI transvestite hunted

AUSTRALIA: Police hunting the killer of an Indonesian transvestite prostitute stabbed to death in Sydney's red light district said on Friday he was likely the victim of a random slaying.

Lee Zainal, 46, known locally as "China" was stabbed nine times in the chest and neck on Sunday morning in the Kings Cross neighborhood.

Detective Inspector Jenny Hayes of Kings Cross police said Zainal had been well known in the area over the past four years but investigators believed the killer probably struck at random.

Police have displayed a mannequin dressed in the type of clothes and wig Zainal wore when he was killed near the scene, hoping it might jog the memory of possible witnesses. -- AP