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Telecoms Executive Arrested for Selling Pornographic SMS

25 February 2010
Kuala Lumpur
A 34-year-old former telecommunications executive has been remanded by the police on suspicion on making RM11 million selling pornographic video via SMS. The suspect was arrested at his house in Putra Heights, Subang Jaya, by police from the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department on Tuesday at 10pm.
It is believed that after [...]

Home Ministry Targets 20% Reduction in Street Crime

20 February 2010
Petaling Jaya
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that the country is expected to reduce the street crime by 20% by the end of this year. Earlier this year in January there was a 13% decrease compared to the previous month.
Hishammuddin is the lead minister responsible for meeting the crime reduction target, one [...]

Volunteer Police Force to Increase 100 Percent by 2012

17 February 2010
Johor Baru
Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam said the Home Ministry intends to increase the volunteer police reserve from Rela and the Civil Defence Department to 2.8 million by 2012, a 100% increase. He said this is to increase the visibility of police forces in public and help achieve 20% decrease in street [...]

RM10 Million of Pirated DVDs Seized

17 February 2010
George Town
Large quantities of pirated DVDs and related equipment worth more than RM10 million were seized by police during a raid on a shop along Macallum Road at 3pm. 7 men, including three from Myanmar, were arrested.
Police found 200,000 pieces of DVDs, 10 DVD duplicators and a special machine believed to have been [...]

Sex Workers Arrested at Gay Joints

4 February 2010
George Town
19 men, including a 65-year-old grandfather, were arrested at a massage parlour and a fitness centre which were believed to be gay joints. The raid was conducted by police at a shopping complex around 10pm.
Police said among those arrested, 7 men were local customers, 10 were suspected to be sex workers from [...]

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