Police shoot dead robber in Johor Bahru

Police believe he was part of a gang that committed 17 robberies in Johor this year resulting in RM600,000 losses.

JOHOR BAHRU: Police shot dead a male foreign national robber while his two accomplices escaped in an incident at the Jalan Ulu Choh-Pontian junction here this evening.

Johor Police Chief Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd said the incident took place when a police patrol chanced upon three men in a car acting in a suspicious manner at 1.45pm.

“They ignored the police order to stop and tried to run down the patrol.

“The police shot at the car and hit the suspect who was driving the car. The car careened into the road divider,” he said in a statement here today.

“His accomplices managed to escape into the nearby jungle. An inspection of the car found the dead man, estimated to be aged 27, did not have any identification,” he said.

Wan Ahmad Najmuddin said two parangs and an imitation pistol were found in the car.

Several cellphones and RM1,400 in cash were also found on the dead suspect.

Police believed the group had committed 17 robberies in Johor this year resulting in RM600,000 losses, he added.
– BERNAMA

Man seriously injured in parang attack

KUALA LUMPUR: A 34-year-old man was seriously injured when he was slashed by three men armed with parang at a 24-hour nasi kandar restaurant in Bandar Manjalara, Kepong here.

Sentul police chief ACP R. Munusamy said the victim sustained injuries on both legs in the 2am incident yesterday.

He said the victim, who was waiting for his friend at the restaurant, tried to run away when he saw the three men coming out from a car but fell in front of the restaurant.

Munusamy said the victim was warded at the Selayang Hospital. — Bernama

Crime Prevention is everyone's business

The Sun Daily 
by Yeo Chia Hui

KUALA LUMPUR: Crime prevention is everyone's business, says Richard Wee Thiam Seng, co-chairperson of Safer Malaysia.

In a conference organised by Safer Malaysia, and Universiti Pertanahan Negara Malaysia (UPNM), Richard believes that the whole community should work together to make Malaysia a safer place.

"Every time there is crime, the cost is immense. Crime really hurts the economy and the money we spend to repair crime (and its consequences) can be used for other things," he said.

Therefore, he urged the public to all play their part.

This however is not easy, as a gap between actual crime and the fear of crime has emerged.

Pemandu's director for crime reduction Datuk Dr Amin Khan said that in reality the crime index has came down 40% in the last five years, but the problem is that the people do not see or feel it.

"And so, we will introduce a Crime Perception Indicator (CPI) to measure the rakyat's fear of crime," he said.

According to Amin, the crime rate has dropped from about 580 crimes a day in 2009 to 350 in 2014.

'Insane man' also destroyed Hindu deities

The man who destroyed deities at Wat Chataram in Bukit Mertajam, Penang last Friday had also attacked Hindu deities the next day, police said.

Police nabbed the man after a police report was lodged on the destruction of the Hindu deities on Saturday and sent him to the Perak Road Psychiatric ward on the island.

The man was seen hitting four deities with a machete at the Kaliaman River Side temple at Kampung Pokok Machang, Tasek Gelugor at 8.30 am that day.

He fled on his motorcycle when a local tried to stop him.

A Saundarajan, 53, lodged a police report over the incident at about 10.30am.

Another native of the village, R Thangaletchumy, 47, said the man went on a rampage and attacked a home which had two elephant idols at the porch after attacking the temple.

Visiting the Hindu temple today, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng  expressed hope the incident would not recur as the culprit is now in custody.

"This is definitely not the culture of Malaysians and I thank everyone who condemned such acts," he said.

The temple, which is under construction, is a replacement for a 50-year-old shrine but building works were slow due to lack of funds.

Lim said the state government was prepared to provide some financial aid to help in restoring the deities.

Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy said such incidents should not happen against any place of worship.

He urged the temple committee to write to the state government for financial aid to restore the deities.

"Religion is a sensitive issue and nobody has the right to destroy a church, mosque or temple no matter what their political ideology," he said.

Last year in January, molotov cocktail was thrown in the Church of the Assumption on Lebuh Farquhar.

In February, a slab of pork meat was hurled into the compound of the Cherok Tok Kun Atas Mosque.

No arrests have been made for the two incidents last year.

MAF Deputy President shot in leg stable after surgery

Dato Noorul Ariffin Majid was shot by two assailants on a motorcycle in front of his house.

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KUALA LUMPUR: Doctors who operated Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) Deputy President Datuk Noorul Ariffin Abdul Majid who was shot in his leg by two assailants last night, have managed to remove the bullet.

Noorul Ariffin who was shot at by two assailants on a motorcycle in front of his house at Bukit Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh at about 10pm last night was reported to be in stable condition after a surgery at the University Malaya Medical Centre.

“He looked a little tired after the surgery and is resting now,” said MAF President Datuk Karim Ibrahim when contacted by Bernama, today.

Karim who expressed shock and disappointment over the incident said it was the first incident where a sports official was shot at.

“At first I was shocked and did not believe that Noorul Ariffin was shot. I received a call from Yayasan Kebajikan Atlet Malaysia (Yakeb) to say that Noorul Ariffin was shot in front of his house because he had attended a MAF coaching committee meeting at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil in the afternoon,” he said.

MAF officials and athletes hope Noorul Ariffin, the former Johor Amateur Athletics Association (Johor AAA) president, would recover soon and also hope the police will nab the culprits responsible for the act.

– BERNAMA

Malaysian woman with six gold bars held at Dhaka Airport

A Malaysian woman was detained at the Dhaka Airport for attempting to hide gold bars on her body.

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NEW DELHI: A Malaysian woman with six gold bars has been detained by enforcement officers at the Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh, according to a report.

Bangladesh bdnews24.com reported that the 53-year-old woman was detained when she was going through the green channel at about noon on Tuesday.

According to the report, she was frisked after she attracted suspicion on the way she walked and the search revealed six gold bars weighing one kg on her.

The report quoted Armed Police Battalion’s Assistant Superintendent Nur-e Alam Siddique as saying that the woman came to Bangladesh on a Malaysia Airlines flight at about 11 am.

“She never came to Bangladesh before, according to the travel details on her passport. She was also not fluent in English, so we could not ascertain yet her destination in Bangladesh,” he had said.

Legal action was being taken against her, the online newspaper quoted Customs Assistant Commissioner Jewela Khanam as saying.

- BERNAMA

Cops Rescue Abducted Baby

GEORGE TOWN, Dec 13 (Bernama) -- Police have rescued a seven-month-old baby girl who was reported abducted from her grandmother's home in Air Itam here Thursday after arresting a senior citizen believed to have bought the child.

Penang Criminal Investigation Department chief, SAC Mazlan Kesah said police, acting on a tip-off, arrested the baby's 'buyer', a 60-year-old man in Balik Pulau, Friday afternoon.

He said the baby was reportedly abducted by two women at about 3pm when they visited the baby's grandmother's house in Air Itam on the pretext of taking the baby to play.

"The grandmother allowed them to take the baby because she knew one of the women, aged 43 years, but the grandmother began to suspect something was amiss when the two women did not return after 30 minutes," he told reporters, in George Town.

"The grandmother then attempted to contact the suspect but did not get an answer and she then lodged a police report at 7pm. The grandmother knew the 43-year-old suspect as they used to work together as security guards," said Mazlan.

Police then tracked her down to a house in Tanjong Tokong and arrested her. She told the police that she had sold the baby to an elderly man for RM3,000.

He added that police were tracking down all the suspects involved in the case.

In another development, Mazlan said police arrested three men believed to be 'transporters' for a syndicate that brought in 38 Myanmar and Bangladesh nationals in Seberang Perai Utara, last week.

"We've arrested 13 members of the syndicate, believed to be the largest alien smuggling syndicate in the north. The syndicate is manned by foreigners. Two of them have been charged," he said.

On Dec 1, Penang police rescued 38 Myanmar and Bangladeshi men who were in a physically weak condition because they were not being fed properly by a syndicate which brought in foreigners, in a house in Bagan Jermal, Butterworth.

Spate of senseless killings

Four innocent lives lost, in three separate tragedies. Killed with a dumb-bell, shot in the head and stabbed to death and all senseless.

PETALING JAYA: Three senseless killings all in a span of three days – four innocent lives lost and two women severely injured.

The latest occurrence took place in Gombak at 11.20am today, when a cigarette delivery man ran amok and stabbed four people with a rambo knife, killing two – an elderly man and a college student, and injuring two women.

The two women, a 60-year-old owner of a convenience store at the Gombak LRT station and her assistant, a pregnant 40-year-old, were badly injured in the incident and were rushed to Selayang hospital.

According to Kuala Lumpur deputy CID chief Khairi Ahrasa, the suspect was supposed to have delivered cigarettes to the convenience store but he stabbed the duo instead, before fleeing the scene in a white Daihatsu van.

“The man, a cigarette delivery personnel, stopped at the kiosk and stabbed both women before leaving the scene in his van driving towards Taman Melati,” said Khairi.

Khairi added that the suspect then collided with another van driven by an elderly man some 300 hundred meters away from the Taman Melati LRT station.

The elderly man became the third victim, when he was stabbed three times whilst trying to inspect the damage to his van – instantly killing him.

“The old man was with a lady believed to be his wife, the suspect hit the man’s van and the old man got out of his vehicle to check the damage.

“The suspect also got out of his van and mercilessly stabbed him [the old man] three times, killing him on the spot,” Khairi told reporters at the scene.

It is learnt that after killing the elderly man, the suspect then drove another kilometer before ramming his vehicle into a Toyota Prius driven by a teenager.

Khairi said that the young man was checking the damage to his car when the suspect proceeded to stab him, once.

The young man tried to run but the suspect managed to track him down before killing him with two more fatal stabs.

“The guy tried to run away after he was stabbed once, but the suspect chased him down and stabbed him two more times,” he added.

At this point, witnesses successfully apprehended the suspect and held him until the police arrived.

It is said that the man was reciting mantras when he was overpowered by the crowds.

Shot by security guard


The latest incident came right at the heels of another shocking killing yesterday when a female bank officer, 37, was shot at close range by a security guard at a bank in USJ Sentral Subang Jaya.

The bank officer, identified as Noarzita Abu Talib was shot in the head with a pump gun in the 6.20pm incident.

It was reported that the victim was opening the bank safe before she was shot by the guard who escaped with an unknown amount of cash from the vault.

The security guard is still at large.

While in a third incident – at about 8.30pm, on Tuesday, police located the body of a 15-year-old girl which was stuffed into a suitcase and discarded at a location near Jalan Kebun Nenas in Shah Alam.

The victim, Ng Yuk Tim, was murdered, with a dumb-bell, by her friend, a 23-year-old man after the suspect had tried to make sexual advancements towards her.

The incident happened at the suspect’s house in Petaling Jaya after the victim had gone to the suspect’s house on Monday morning to work on cosplay costumes for an event.

The suspect has been arrested.

This spate of killing has come at a time when the nation is just returning to normalcy after a brutal round of gun violence that rocked the nation which saw numerous assassinations by gangsters fighting to control turf, resulting in the police launching a special operation to nab gangsters.

The crime of marginalisation

by Nicholas Chan

A WEEK or so ago, it was like Christmas for the concerned citizens and crime enthusiasts of Malaysia.

The Home Ministry officially released a list of 49 groups alleged operating as criminal gangs and announced the banning of their existence under the Section 5(1) of Societies Act 1966.

Such a public disclosure of not just the name of the gangs, but their zone of activities, demographics and even the numbers of members they have is unprecedented for Malaysia.

Ops Cantas swiftly followed as a major clampdown exercise, and as of Sept 7, it has already nabbed 4,806 suspects for involvement in criminal activities.

Historically, the only similar approach of formally banning criminal organisations was in 1890, when the Straits government of British declared all Chinese secret societies to be illegal with the Societies Ordinance and give them six months to wind up their enterprise.

In hind sight, it is déjà vu, as it appeared that our police force only sprung to action after a spate of gang-related murders rocked the nation. The British too, only recognised the threat these secret societies posed after the massive Penang Riots in 1867 and their deep involvement in the Larut Wars.

However, such high-handed approach only resulted in a short period of outward calm and was said to have a more malignant effect of driving the society members underground, turning them from Chinese communal bodies into violent criminal gangs .

Unlike many, I do not look at this public shaming of criminal gangs with awe and wonder. Instead, the statistics is highly worrying and I sense another historical déjà vu.

Among the 40,313 individuals suspected of involvement in gang activities (as provided by the Home Ministry), 28,926, or 70% of them are of Indian origins. Gang 36, Gang 04 and Gang 08 were named as the most notorious of all the criminal gangs and they are majorly dominated by the Indians, although Gang 36 was said to be backed by Chinese funders.

It would appeared that gone were the days of Chinese domination of the underworld, when the most revered of gangs has a Chinese rhyme to their names, like the Sio Sam Ong of Penang and Long Fu Tong of Kuala Lumpur.

Outlanders in their own country?

To understand this déjà vu, one would have to go back to the origins of the secret societies in Malaysia, tapping into the sentiments of Chinese immigrants that arrived in Penang as labours, or coolies since the 1800s.

Secret societies arise because these people had no protection or anyone to represent their interests under the British rule which has hardly any officer that speaks Mandarin or any other Chinese dialects.

The secret societies, which unite the Chinese immigrants mostly by their provincial origins or dialects, came into existence to provide mutual aid and protection to their own kind in a foreign and potentially hostile land.

The secret societies or the kongsis (which means "company" in Mandarin) is a creation of necessity and circumstances rather than convenience for those that are politically and socio-economically disadvantaged and marginalised. They are more than just criminal organisations; they are the governing, economic and welfare entity for the fast-growing Chinese immigrant community.

In the present day, as the Chinese slowly gained solid social and economic footing and moved away from the life of crime, it would appear that the Indian community has taken up the mantle. And they do it in disproportionately large numbers despite being the smallest among the three major ethnic groups of Malaysia.

Stories have it they are succeeding the originally Chinese gangs as the Chinese could no longer get recruits for their ground level operations. These organisations are fast-growing and fearless (to the extent of spray painting their symbols on the wall of a police station as a declaration of war), not unlike the brazen Chinese secret societies during the British days.

If it is indeed déjà vu, then it would be a sad and worrying trend.

This implies that a substantial portion of the Indian community, like the Chinese immigrants in the 19th century, felt like they are staying in a foreign land, with little glimmer of hope for protection and success unless they stick to each other.

In other words, they feel disenfranchised. Frustrated, disappointed and largely forgotten by the system. Symptoms of marginalisation like entrenched poverty, volatile neighbourhoods, high unemployment and dropout from schools are like warm beds for crime.

Indian pupils formed the second highest of dropouts after the Orang Asli, with 27% of them dropped out of schools before completing their SPM exam , it is no wonder that schools serve as fertile recruiting grounds for these gangs.

A snapshot of the phenomena is like this. You have these youngsters, dropped out of school with little chance of good employment, and had no choice but to join these gangs that could offer them protection, an income and most importantly, a sense of belonging.

They are violent because they realised nobody's on their side and the institution won't take care of them; they are intimidating because that is their only commodity.

Crime evolves with society

As proven by the befuddled dropping of violent crime rates in developed countries as well as the declining Malaysian Chinese involvement in organised crime (only 618 Chinese was detained so far by Ops Cantas despite 8,214 was being listed as members by the Home Ministry, implying most of the identified members are no longer "active" in business), a community will stay away from violent crimes when they have an alternate and legal means of survival.

It's not that greed and desperation will no longer empower a person to do bad things, but as society develops, crime tend to become more sophisticated and nuanced, although the damage could still be extensive as can be seen in white collar crimes.

Crime of violence with a penchant for brute force like racketeering, kidnapping, murder, extortion, drug/human trafficking, tend to be the workings of those whom have the least to lose, those on the lower rungs of society.

Crime by marginalisation, not by race

It is rather sad that after five decades of independence, we allowed this to happen. With a noticeably growing trend for Malay gangs, it would appear that the pattern of marginalisation-cum-crime is replicating over different segments of our society.

According to the Labour Force Survey 2012, the Malays formed the biggest cohort in unemployed personnel (46%) while more than 50% of the unemployed in Malaysia is in the age group of 20-29 with only a secondary school qualification, precisely the highest risk group for enrolment into crime.

Their vast number, coupled with the practice of escapism through the dangerous Rempit culture and a rather hostile urban environment to cope with spells a cause for concern. It would be disastrous if the Malay majority gangs are to see an escalation in their enterprise and ferocity.

Although treated as newcomers to organised gangs, the arrest of Malay individuals actually topped the list in Ops Cantas, even superseding the number of Indian arrests.

The government is now faced with the truth that the social security net they weaved, if there's any, simply isn't good enough for everyone. There are big gaps for marginalisation and their subsequent festering into crime, despite all those grandiose promises by the New Economic Policy (and its subsequent manifestations) that no one shall be left out.

The argument of crime was never a race-based polemics to begin with. The Chinese gone through it in the colonial days, the Indian youth seems to be the current issue while a substantial portion of the Malay youth are worriedly lingering in the high-risk category.

Inequality and disenfranchisement are real. We have more and more of our youth feeling angry, disillusioned and "foreign" at their homeland, feelings that would empowered them to severe all constructive societal relations and turn to the underworld for a sense of belonging and control.

"Criminals thrive in the indulgence of society's understanding."

Those are the words of Liam Neeson in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins. I would argue the contrary. Criminals actually thrive in the indulgence of society's mis- or non-understanding. Make no mistake; these perpetrators of crime must answer to the law. But in the same time, shall the society answer to them as well as the forgotten children of Malaysia?


Nicholas Chan is a forensic scientist by education and a socio-economic research analyst at Penang Institute by profession.

Rubber tapper shot 10 times in Kelantan

A rubber tapper was killed after he was shot at 10 times by two men on a motorcycle.

According to Bernama, the victim, Amirul Tajo Nasir 40, died at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia in Kubang Kerian at 1.20pm today.

The incident took place at 5.15am when Amirul was having a drink with two friends at a stall in Kampung Gong Mengkeleh, Pasir Puteh.

Two men in helmets and black jacket on a Yamaha motorcycle LC had approached Amirul when he was paying for his food.

"The motorcycle's pillion rider reportedly release several shots at Amirul from the motorcycle from a distance of about two metres," Kelantan police chief Mazlan Lazim was quoted as saying.

An unnamed relative of Amirul was quoted as saying that the latter was hit by seven bullets including on the chest and buttocks.

Mazlan said 10 bullet shells were retrieved from the crime scene.

Amirul leaves behind a seven-year-old daughter.

In the incident, stall owner Norhadiana Zakaria, who was collecting money from Amirul, was also hit by a stray bullet in the knee.

She was warded at Hospital Tengku Anis, Pasir Puteh for treatment.

Police say the case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.

Police seek duo over computer thefts

Wanted: Police are looking for Kiranan (left) and Siva.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police are on the lookout for two young men suspected of being involved in a string of computer thefts amounting to more than RM1.2mil here and in Petaling Jaya.

The men, both aged 20, are believed to only target graphic design companies that use high performance desktop computers and laptops.

City CID deputy chief (Investigation and Legislation) Asst Comm Ab Aziz Zakaria said a graphic design company had lodged a police report over the theft of laptops and desktop computers worth RM200,000 at Wangsa Maju on June 18.

“We later found that two other graphic design companies in Puchong and Kelana Jaya were similarly robbed on Aug 6 and Sept 22,” he told a press conference at the City police headquarters yesterday.

He said both companies reported thefts of MacBook Pro and MacDesk Pro high-performance computers worth around RM1mil.

ACP Ab Aziz said police had retrieved and analysed CCTV footage from the three companies.
“We believe two men are behind the string of burglaries,” he said, adding that police are looking for Kiranan Surendran and Siva Kalaiselvan to facilitate investigations.

He said their last known addresses were 1-1-4, Jalan 10/42A, Taman Sejahtra, Segambut, and B-5-8, PPR Raya Permai, Jalan Landai Permai, Sungai Besi, respectively.

He urged those with information on the whereabouts of the two men to contact the police hotline at 03-2052 9999 or visit the nearest police station.

Only Six Victims In Roof Collapse Tragedy - Police

SHAH ALAM, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- Police have confirmed that the actual number victims of the roof collapse tragedy in Section 7 here is six and not eight as reported earlier.

Shah Alam ACP Zahedi Ayob said a colleague of the victims identified as Supardi informed the police that only six people were affected by the roof collapse at the bungalow that was undergoing renovation.

The last victim was saved by rescuers at 10.15pm Thursday night.

The man who was identified only as Kasmuji was sent to the Sungai Buluh Hospital for treatment.

He was found after a second crane was used in the rescue operation.

A victim identified as Totoj Mohamad Anthony died in the incident while those injured were Afifin, Waras, Kabir and Ghadami(one names only were given), all Indonesians in their 30s.

The rescue operation is still going on to find two more victims who are trapped under the rubble.

Second break-in at Aliran office

P Ramakrishnan - Aliran


Exactly 18 days after the first break-in at the Aliran office, the thieves struck again for the second time!

They removed the same grille, forced open the same window and entered the same room. That was as far as they went.

On the first occasion, they had gained access to the rest of the building from this room but this time we had reinforced security and thus they were unable to move farther inside the building.

We discovered this break-in on the morning of 29 September 2011. They must have struck in the early hours of 29 September because we were in the office until midnight the previous day trying to wrap up Aliran Monthly.

Following the first break in some people commented whether those who committed the break-in were really petty thieves or something else. They had reason to doubt because these so-called thieves were only interested in the computers used by the past president, the current president and the serving treasurer. They were not interested in the two other computers, a printer and some petty cash in the drawer that were also there for the picking!

Now the same people are wondering if the second break in was meant to convey the impression that it must be the work of petty thieves – nothing sinister or ominous about the first theft! All that we can say is, “We don’t know!”

We do not wish to speculate or insinuate. That would not be right.

Most people are of the opinion that making police reports does not curtail crime or reduce their frequency. While we admit that the police cannot solve every crime that is reported, what is more disturbing is that criminals seem to realise this as well, and this only emboldens them.

Is this why they came back a second time in the knowledge that they would have their day and go scot-free?

Security guard shoots armoured van driver, escapes with RM1.2mil

The Star
TAIPING: An armoured van driver was fatally shot, apparently by his security guard colleague who escaped with the RM1.2mil cash-in-transit on Tuesday.

In the 3pm incident outside the Giant supermarket in Jalan Tekah, the guard was seen running to a black Honda Civic, which had trailed the van earlier, with the money after the shooting.

Police are looking for Mohd Hafizuddin Zainal Abidin from Taman Kaya here to help in the investigations.

Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Yusuf Mohd Diah said Hasnul Hafiz Saad, 28, died while seated behind the wheel.

Hasnul, a father of two from Kampung Pinang, had gunshot wounds on his stomach, shoulder, chest and thigh.

ACP Mohd Diah said at least six bags of money were missing from the van.

A shopper at the hypermarket said he saw the Honda Civic car trailing the van when it exited from the hypermarket compound.

It is learnt that after the driver was gunned down, the guard exited from the rear of the van where the money bags were kept and loaded them into the car.

Colleagues of the driver said it could be an inside job.

One of them said both the van's front doors could not be opened from the outside so a code is needed to open the doors from inside.

He said the guards normally entered via a side door before locking themselves up in the van.

Tackling commercial crimes: ‘Success rate average’

Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar says the Commercial Crime Department needs to be beefed up to combat such crimes.

PETALING JAYA: The success rate of tackling commercial crimes is only “average”, Inspector- General of Police Ismail Omar said today.

He admitted that his force needed to beef up its Commercial Crime Department to combat rising commercial crimes, while attention should also be given to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

“If you ask me, I would say it’s average,” he said when asked what was the success rate of the police’s commercial crime fight at an event on corporate crime here.

“But my answer is, I would want to beef it [this department] up,” he said, adding that he personally felt crime in commerce is “not that bad”.

Ismail said his men have the necessary credentials in the commercial crime sector, but the challenge lies in the “accumulating” workload.

He added that more men should be placed in the Commercial Crime Department.

Opposition leaders have in the past accused the police of poor management over their resources, with most of the money and manpower slotted for political-related “national security” rather than crime fighting.

If voted into power, Pakatan Rakyat vowed to reform the police force and redistribute its resources to combating crime including commercial ones.

Perception towards the government’s anti-crime policies has been poor, with Ismail himself admitting that the majority of Malaysians found police success in bringing down criminals unconvincing.

But he maintained that crime is dropping, blaming the negative perception on the media instead.

However, Ismail also said that the police must put more effort to manage the poor public views on the state’s anti-crime efforts, but urged voters to “look at other indicators” to see their success.

Operasi Cegah Jenayah Wajib Diperluas Ke Seluruh WP Kuala Lumpur

Pakatan Rakyat Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (PR KL) menyambut baik usaha Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM) untuk mencegah jenayah melalui operasi yang dimulakan di Bangsar sejak hari pertama Ramadhan tahun ini.
PR KL turut difahamkan operasi di Lembah Pantai ini melibatkan 90 anggota PDRM dari Bukit Aman dan Pasukan Simpanan Persekutuan (FRU) yang dikerah untuk menjaga keselamatan penduduk, dan akan diluaskan ke Desa Seri Hartamas dan Taman Tun Dr Ismail yang terletak dalam kawasan parlimen Segambut.
Walaupun dilaporkan kadar jenayah makin menurun, penduduk Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur sudah letih dan jemu mendengar khabar kejadian rompakan, penculikan, dan lain-lain kejadian jenayah yang seakan-akan tidak berkurangan langsung.
Oleh itu, PR KL berpendirian PDRM serta Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) wajib memperluas operasi cegah jenayah ini ke seluruh kawasan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, dan bukannya menumpukan usaha di dua kawasan parlimen ini sahaja.
Seperti yang dibangkitkan YB Liew Chin Tong (Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bendera), hingga Januari 2011 kurang dari 14% dari 105,929 orang anggota PDRM ditugaskan untuk siasatan jenayah (8% di Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah, 4% di Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Narkotik, 1.3% di Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah Komersil). Dari sudut ini, tindakan PDRM mengerah anggota polis dari Bukit Aman dan FRU dalam operasi cegah jenayah ini adalah satu langkah yang positif dan harus diperluas.
Maka PR KL turut menggesa PDRM untuk meningkatkan jumlah anggota polis yang ditugaskan untuk siasatan jenayah bukan dengan menambah lagi jumlah anggota polis secara keseluruhannya tetapi dengan melatih semula (retrain) dan memasukkan anggota polis dari jabatan lain ke jabatan siasatan jenayah.
PR KL berpendapat gerak kerja PDRM di lapangan sebegini adalah langkah positif yang seharusnya dilaksanakan dpd peringkat awal. Malangnya, kontroversi penurunan statistik telah dijadikan alasan oleh kerajaan BN untuk berlengah-lengah sebelum bertindak.
Apapun, diharapkan tindakan objektif dan tidak dipengaruhi arahan politik menjadi prinsip utama gerak kerja seterusnya.
YB Nurul Izzah Anwar – Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai
YAB Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim – Ahli Parlimen Bandar Tun Razak
YB Dr Tan Seng Giaw – Ahli Parlimen Kepong
YB Tian Chua – Ahli Parlimen Batu
YB Tan Kok Wai – Ahli Parlimen Cheras
YB Teresa Kok – Ahli Parlimen Seputeh
YB Fong Kui Lun – Ahli Parlimen Bukit Bintang
YB Lim Lip Eng – Ahli Parlimen Segambut
Pejabat Ahli Parlimen Titiwangsa

Another woman attacked in car park

Viciously attacked : Nooralida resting on her hospital bed.

KUALA LUMPUR: Another woman has been brutally attacked in broad daylight at a car park near a hypermarket here.

Nooralida M. Noor was getting into her car at a shopping centre at around 2.50pm on Tuesday when a man forcibly entered her car and slashed her left arm and neck.

Although she fought back and tried shouting, the man pinned her down and warned her “not to be stupid”, she said in her Facebook account.

The commotion attracted the attentions of another woman and her son. The attacker then panicked and fled.

Nooralida drove to a police station before seeking treatment at the Gleneagles Hospital. Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Amiruddin Jamaluddin has asked witnesses to call the Selangor police hotline at 03-2052 9999.

Recently, Internet marketeer Chin Xin-Ci posted on Facebook her ordeal of being almost kidnapped by two men at a shopping mall car park on May 27.

Less than 24 hours later, two women were robbed of RM80,000 at the same place while another woman was robbed at the outdoor parking lot near a shopping centre on June 4.

On June 24, a woman nearly had her finger severed by an armed robber as she stopped in front of her friend’s house at Taman Tun Dr Ismail.

Just 32 hours earlier, another woman was robbed and slashed on the head while she was walking towards her car at a shopping mall car park.

Meanwhile, MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong advised the people to be careful of being approached by those who claimed to be policemen.

He said that in the latest case on April 27, 22-year-old student Teng Sheng Hao was robbed at a shopping mall in the city by a bogus policeman.

Teng claimed a man in plainclothes came up to him and accused him of being involved in a credit card theft.
Teng agreed to cooperate after he believed that the man was a policeman although he didn’t show his authority card.

The man then robbed Teng of his car keys, handphone and his wallet. He was also forced to give up his ATM card number.

The victim later found out that about RM10,000 had been withdrawn from his account.

Woman conned RM24,000 for UK work permit

A credit manager says she was made to believe that the payment was necessary for visa and other documentation applications.

PETALING JAYA: A 41-year-old credit manager, A Freda Anthonymary, who wanted to make a living in the United Kingdom, lodged a police report this morning after being conned RM24,860 by an ‘envoy’.

“In order to work in the UK, I was told to deposit the money into private bank accounts of individuals by one Simon Featherstone who claimed to be the UK envoy,” said Anthonymary.

Speaking to FMT after lodging the police report at the Dang Wangi district police headquarters, Anthonymary said that she was instructed to make payments for her visa, work permit application, insurance and tax clearance.

She also made payment to open an overseas bank account, bank saving capacity, permanent stay in United Kingdom and document collection. The payments were however deposited into individual local bank accounts.

She had made payments to one Stella Rani Francis Selvaraj and Faini Juhim @ Jeniffer on June 22, 25, 26, 27 and 28.

She had also communicated with three others aligned to Featherstone. She added that all her correspondence for her visa was done via email – ukembassy.application@asia.com.

“I began to feel suspicious about them when they started to demand more money. I then asked to meet Featherstone but he made up excuses and declined to meet me,” she said in the presence of Kapar MP S Manikavasagam at the police station.

Manikavasagam said that he too had attempted to meet the envoy named Featherstone but was not given the chance at all.

“This is clearly a conman’s scandal and I urge (Selangor deputy police chief, Senior Assistant Commissioner) A Thaiveegan to look into the matter,” said Manikavasagam

He also confirmed that the British High Commission did not employ anyone by the name of Featherstone.