Royal robber jailed for seven months

A labourer breaks into the residence of a family member of Pahang royalty

FMT

KUALA LUMPUR: A labourer was sentenced to seven months’ jail by the Magistrate’s Court, here, today for breaking into the residence of a member of the Pahang royal family and stealing things worth about RM30,000.

Mohd Faizan Mohamad, 34, committed the offence in Lorong U-Thant, here, between 6am on Feb 24 and 6am on Feb 25.

He was charged with house break-in and stealing three sets of air-conditioner blowers, one chandelier, copper ingots and a water pump.

Magistrate Saifulakmal Said ordered the accused to serve the sentence from the date of his arrest, Feb 27.

In mitigation for a lighter sentence, Mohd Faizan, who was unrepresented, said: “I thought it was an abandoned house as the compound was overgrown with bushes and it was not locked. I truly am sorry for what I did. I have learned my lesson and I promise not to repeat it.”

However, the magistrate said not knowing the residence was occupied was not an excuse for breaking into it and stealing, and it was still a serious criminal offence.

DPP Raihanah Abd Razak, who appeared for the prosecution, asked for a deterrent sentence, saying the stolen goods were sold off by the accused and could not be recovered.

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Polis buru lelaki pukul remaja kerana mencuri

Padah 'naik angin' di tempat awam, lagi kes pukul tersebar di laman sosial.

KUALA LUMPUR: Pihak polis kini sedang memburu seorang lelaki yang telah membelasah seorang remaja yang ditangkap kerana mencuri berdasarkan rakaman video yang tersebar menerusi laman sosial sejak beberapa hari yang lalu.

Menurut Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, insiden yang berlaku pada September 2013 itu adalah sama sekali tidak wajar dan kertas siasatan kini dibuka.

“Tangkapan awam boleh dilakukan di bawah prosedur kanun acara jenayah, namun pesalah tidak boleh diperlakukan sebegitu, kena serah kepada polis,” katanya

Menurutnya, orang ramai yang mempunyai sebarang maklumat mengenai lelaki berkenaan diminta tampil untuk membantu siasatan agar polis dapat menjejakinya.

Rakaman video selama satu minit empat saat itu menunjukkan seorang lelaki bertindak menendang seorang remaja di bahagian muka kerana tidak berpuas hati terhadap remaja berkenaan.

Ini menimbulkan reaksi negatif dari orang ramai apabila video itu tersebar di laman-laman sosial.

Abductors Of Chinese National Had Running Gun Battle With Police - Deputy IGP

Yang Zai LinKUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Bernama) -- The five men in military fatigues who abducted a Chinese national in Lahad Datu, Sabah, early today had a running gun battle with the police before fleeing into the waters of a neighbouring country, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin.

He said the gun battle took place in the waters close to Pulau Mataking after the police launched a manhunt for the kidnappers soon after the abduction.

"Two of the kidnappers were masked and two of them were armed, possibly with M16 rifles," he said in a statement.

Mohd Bakri said the police had intensified efforts to trace the kidnappers and free their victim Yang Zai Lin, 34, the manager of cage fish breeding company Wonderful Terrace Sdn Bhd in Silam, Lahad Datu.

The abduction of Yang, between 2.45 am and 2.55 am, came just over a month after a woman tourist, Chinese national Gao Hua Yun, 29, and a Filipina hotel employee, Marcy Dayawan, 40, were kidnapped from the Singamata Adventures and Reef Resort off Semporna by seven armed men on April 2.

Five Men Rob Japanese Vessel Of Diesel, Abduct Three Crew

PORT KLANG, April 23 (Bernama) -- Five men, two of them armed with pistols and one with a machete, siphoned off two million litres of diesel from a Japanese vessel about 16 nautical miles from Pulau Ketam here yesterday, marine police said.

It is learnt that in the 1 am incident, the robbers also abducted three of the 18 crew of the ship which was on its way from Singapore to Myanmar with five million litres of the fuel.

Port Klang Marine Police commanding officer DSP Norzaid Muhammad Said said the robbers siphoned off the fuel to two tankers, taking between seven and eight hours to do, after tying up the crew including the captain.

"They then left the ship," he said.

Norzaid said the captain, after freeing himself, informed the diesel supplier in Singapore of the robbery.

The supplier lodged a report at the Johor Baharu police station which relayed the information to the marine police in Port Klang, he said.

"We sent our personnel to the location and found the Japanese vessel at Pulau Angsa. The ship was brought to the North Port here for further investigation," he said.

Norzaid said the captain and crew remaining on the vessel did not suffer any injury.

Facebook users want photo of robbers distributed

The CCTV video on a robbery in Bandar Puteri Klang has gone viral on Facebook and YouTube and many users want the two robbers' photos to be distributed to the public.

PETALING JAYA: Facebook and YouTube users want the pictures of the two men who robbed a handphone shop in Bandar Puteri Klang, to be pasted everywhere so that the public can identify the robbers and call the police.

The video obtained from the CCTV recording was uploaded by the store owner’s brother on Facebook and YouTube to warn the public about the robbers.

In the video, two men walked into the shop disguised as customers. Once in the shop they pulled out their machetes, with one guy guarding the counter and the other looting the items.

The video has angered many netizens for the brutal behaviour displayed by the two robbers.

A netizen known as Saraneetha Sri commented on the page,’Apa lagi? Freeze the pics from the video and post them everywhere to make the public aware of these social garbage! Let their parents know what kind of trash they have brought to this society! Disgrace! disgrace! Disgrace!’.

Another commenter Mohd Ayub Khan said: Dah bagi polis tak video ni. Kita boleh tengok polis buat keja tak? Nanti dah mati baru nak buat keja’ (Have you given the video to the police? It shows the police is not doing their duty? When someone dies, then they do their duty)

Facebook user Terra Ryzer wants the police to punish the duo under “Ops Cantas” and another commenter Muthu Yanasacaran echoed the similar view saying: Better shoot them on the spot’.

South Klang police district confirmed the incident and told FMT they were conducting investigations to track the suspects.

Robbery video goes viral

Ambank security guard shoots colleague dead in robbery

A security guard shot dead a bank operations officer in a robbery at the Ambank branch in USJ
‎A screenshot of the security guard who shot Noazita, a mother of two, to death. The Malaysian Insider pic, October 23, 2013.Sentral, Subang Jaya today.

Noazita Abu Talib, 37, was shot once in the face with a pump-gun in the 6.20pm incident.

It is learnt that the victim was opening the door to the vault‎ when she was shot.

Noazita was a mother of two and had been working at Ambank for 16 years.

The security guard, who fled with an undisclosed amount of cash on a motorcycle, has been identified as a 37-year-old Sabahan with a fake IC.

Subang Jaya deputy superintendant Tan ‎Ah Chua was at the scene when contacted and confirmed the incident. But he declined to elaborate further.

State deputy police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar said the suspect was armed and considered to be dangerous, cautioning the public to stay vigil. Noazita Abu Talib. - The Malaysian Insider pic, October 23, 2013.

Meanwhile, police are looking for Ardi Hamza whose last known address is 70, Jalan Apas, Batu 2, ‎Tawau, Sabah to facilitate investigations. - October 23, 2013

Two college students among five arrested for mass robbery

The Star,

IPOH: Police have arrested five individuals, including two private college students, who were involved in a mass robbery at a restaurant in Tanjung Malim last Thursday.

Perak police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said the suspects, aged between 17 and 23, were arrested in Kuala Kubu Baru, near Serendah in Selangor several minutes later after they robbed 15 people at an eatery in Taman Universiti, Tanjung Malim at about 1.30pm.

"They were armed with three parangs and had robbed the patrons at the eatery of their personal belongings, mainly money and mobile phones.

"We were able to make the arrests swiftly as we managed to get early information from the victims," he said on Wednesday.

"We also found out that their getaway car was reportedly stolen in Seremban," he added.

DCP Mohd Shukri added they were investigating if the group was also involved in a spate of robberies in Cheras, Jinjang and Brickfields.

"We however, believed they were involved in several other robbery cases," he said, adding that all five suspects were from Selangor.

He added that all five were still being remanded.

Trigger-happy robbers hit RHB branch for RM200,000

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Three robbers wearing baseball caps and armed with pistols held a bank client and security guard as hostage before robbing a bank of RM200,000 in a five-minute heist.

Petaling Jaya Police Chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed said during the 2.40pm robbery, the suspects who were armed with pistols rushed into the Sri Damansara RHB Bank branch and held a bank client and security guard who was stationed at the entrance as hostage.

Another armed robber attacked a security guard who was behind the counter and seized his pump gun, he told reporters at the scene here today.

The robbers forced the injured security guard to hand over two bags of cash that was placed in a room behind the counter, before fleeing the scene with the two hostages.

Arjunaidi said during the five-minute heist, the robbers fired three shots at random — one in front of the counter and two at a room behind the counter — in the presence of 15 bank staff, including the two security guards, and 10 clients.

The robbers fled with the two hostages in a white BMW car which had two more accomplices inside.

Meanwhile, one of the hostage, Abdul Aziz Abdul Jalil, 36, a lecturer in a private college, who was later released by the robbers, remained in trauma.

“I was waiting for my turn when suddenly I felt someone choke me. At the same time I saw two more suspects grabbing a security guard. They probably held me because I was wearing a jacket and they must have thought I was a security guard too,” he said.

He added that when he heard shots fired and screams from women, he was confined to the fact that he was going to die.

“It all happened so fast but glad that I was not harmed,” he said.

IGP Praises Kelantan Police For Swif Action In Snatch Theft, Slashing Case

KOTA BAHARU, Sept 12 (Bernama) -- Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar has praised the swift action taken by Kelantan police in solving a snatch theft and slashing case involving a woman about two weeks ago.

"The initiative by Kelantan police chief Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman and Kota Baharu district police chief ACP Azham Othman to station policewomen at hotspots is a smart move to tackle snatch theft rampancy," he told reporters after attending the 66th Human Movement Planning Committee meeting here Wednesday.

The meeting co-chaired by Malaysian Armed Forces chief Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin deliberated on security measures at the Malaysia-Thailand border.

Meanwhile, Jalaluddin said two drug addicts believed to be the culprits in the snatch theft and slashing of Rohairani Abdullah @ Ibrahim, 36, had been arrested and remanded for seven days.

In the incident around 1pm, the victim had just alighted from her car and was heading to a shop to buy a scarf when she was slashed after the suspects on a motorcycle failed to snatch her handbag.