The boy's mother said he is in so much pain from the caning that he cannot sit or lie down.
The victim hopes to track down the woman in the footage.
The abbot transferred the funds to a female broker who‘s linked to an online gambling platform.
"He may not have reached the summit in body, but his soul lives in every sunrise over Kinabalu," she wrote.
The duo tried to extort money from the player with the pregnancy claim.
When her former lover refused to listen to her explanation, she turned to the media to prove her innocence.
She clarified that she actually enjoys eating at mamak stalls, but was disappointed by the man's apparent lack of effort.
One netizen joked that gardeners could call elephants to trim the trees instead of doing it themselves.
Authorities have yet to name a suspect, but are investigating the case as a femicide.
In a previous incident, she reportedly cut off part of his left nipple.