Malaysia Crime Watch

21 January 2008
Petaling Jaya

Police are following up on an anonymous phone tip-off about a woman and a girl resembling missing 5-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar spotted at a petrol station along the Cheras Expressway on Saturday morning. The caller described that they were in a white van but the police were unable to get to it in time.

The vehicle registration number of the van which the caller gave turned out to be fake.

In terms of the search progress so far, police have combed through 10,000 occupied and unoccupied premises. They are checking at a rate of 1,000 premises a day and are concentrating in the PJ Selatan area near the Kuala Lumpur border.

LCD screens in RapidKL buses are starting to show images of Sharlinie as an initiative coordinated by Asia Media, the company behind the displays. The displays are part of a programmed known as Trans-Net, which provides information to bus commuters.

It is expected that the images will be displayed to 12 million commuters over 500 RapidKL buses.

The Star Online – Did a woman take her?
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/21/nation/20072193&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – 12m commuters to see missing girl’s images in buses
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2137637/Article/index_html>

MCW – Sharlinie Missing: Doll May Provide Clues
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/sharlinie-missing-doll-may-provide/>

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21 January 2008
Kuching

A 4-month-old baby boy died yesterday after his parents found him unconscious and allegedly falling off his bed in Taman Stapok, Batu Kawa.

The examining doctor lodged a report at the Gita police station after he found signs of child abuse with bruises on his head. The boy had died from internal bleeding in the head.

The boy’s body was sent Sarawak General Hospital mortuary where a post-mortem will be carried our today.

Meanwhile, police have classified the case as murder, but no arrests have been made.

New Straits Times – Baby’s death may be due to abuse
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/2137599/Article/index_html>

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20 January 2008
Johor Baru

Police, acting on a tip-off, raided a house in Taman Bukit Mewahat on Friday at 9:45pm, and detained three Thai nationals suspected of prostitution. The women were aged 27, 32, and 33 years.

A few hours later, another house nearby was raided and 4 Thai women, aged between 30 and 32 years, were caught.

A total of 4 men, believed to be customers, were also arrested.

Police also seized condoms and massage oil. The women had tried to convince the police into thinking that they were offering massage services for RM30 per hour.

The Star Online – Cops nab seven Thai hookers
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/20/nation/20068800&sec=nation>

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