Malaysia Crime Watch

11 January 2008
Petaling Jaya

Residents in Taman Medan have been helping in the search for 5-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar who disappeared from a playground in Taman Medan on Wednesday. Thousands of posters have been distributed in the area, especially with the help from Residents and Gerakan Belia 4B PJS members Firdaus Rahmat, Mohd Safuan Sukarti and Mat Yazid Mat Yusop.

So far, Sharlinie’s father, 29-year-old Mohd Nashar Mat Hussain has received a phone call and a short message about his daughter.

At 9:50am yesterday, he received the short message indicating that Sharlinie was seen at a bus stand in Butterworth. Police did not find her there and have been trying in vain to contact the sender.

Mohd Nashar then received a phone call at 10am yesterday from a woman who said she saw Sharlinie with a man at the Puduraya bus station. She described the man as forcing Sharlinie to follow him.

This matched the description from another woman who called yesterday to Sharlinie’s uncle, Yazrin Abd Aziz.

A a press conference yesterday, Mohd Nashar said Sharlinie is asthmatic and will have difficulty breathing when triggered. This is when she would need her medication to stop wheezing.

The press conference was jointly organized by the Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil and Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan at the Petaling Jaya district police station. Also present were Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai and Taman Medan Assemblyman Abdul Wahab Ibrahim.

Mohd Nashar’s wife, 28-year-old Suraya Ahmad, and their two older daughters, 11-year-old Nurul Amirah and 8-year-old Sharliena were also present at the press conference. Sharlinie had gone with Sharliena to the playground on Wednesday at 11am.

Sharliena suddenly broke her silence just before discussions were about to commence, saying that she saw a woman luring Sharlinie with sweets to get her to enter a large black-coloured car parked nearby. Sharliena described the woman as having shoulder-length hair and wearing high heel shoes.

When Sharlinie rejected the offer, the woman forced her into the car while she was screaming. Sharliena could only watch and rushed home to alert their mother.

Reporters at the press conference then alerted the police on what Sharliena had said and she was immediately brought to the Bukit Aman police headquarters to have her statement taken.

Shahrizat has called on local leaders and non-governmental organizations to help with the search efforts. She also announced that Sharlinie’s parents have been interviewed by the Welfare Department to determine if there was any negligence as it was standard procedure to conduct the investigation.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the police taskforce has begun a large-scale search for Sharlinie. He said airports, border checkpoints and police counterparts from neighbouring countries have been advised to be on the lookout.

After Datuk Donald Lim had visited Mohd Nashar’s house in Taman Medan, he announced that his parliamentary service centre is offering RM5,000 to anyone with information leading to Sharlinie.

Anyone with information on Sharlinie’s whereabouts should contact her father Mohd Nashar at 0162583450 / 0162709096 or contact the police at 03-79662222 or Rakan Cop at 03-21159999.

The Star Online – Cops begin massive search for Sharlinie
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/11/nation/19977439&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Two futile alerts on Sharlinie
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/11/nation/19973874&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Residents join search effort
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/11/nation/19973681&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Dad: Sharlinie is asthmatic and needs medication
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/11/nation/19974488&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Sister: Nini was taken by a woman
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/11/nation/19977125&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Shahrizat: Everyone must help to find Sharlinie
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/11/nation/19976743&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Where is our Sharlinie?
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/2129404/Article/index_html>

New Straits Times – Mother’s plea to abductors
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/20080111090042/Article/index_html>

New Straits Times – Shahrizat: Don’t let this be another case like Nurin’s
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/2129359/Article/index_html>

MCW – Missing Child: Sharlinie Mohd Nashar from Taman Dato Harun
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/missing-child-sharlinie-mohd-nashar/>

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10 January 2008
Kuala Lumpur

Acting CID director Deputy Commissioner Datuk Acryl Sani Abdulah Sani said that the crime index increased by 7 per cent last year but the number of violent crimes have dropped.

The main cause for the rise came from property crimes, especially theft of motorcycles. The number of murder cases have dropped from 606 in 2006 to 588 in 2007. The number of rape cases increased from 2454 in 2006 to 3177 in 2007, which is an increase of 29 per cent.

Four crime categories that were added in 2006 have been removed, reducing the total number of types of crime to 14. The ones that were removed are molestation, extortion, criminal intimidation and rioting.

Datuk Acryl also said that it is standard policy for police personnel to investigate all reports lodged and anyone who is turned away should feedback to the police control centre with details on the officer on duty such as when, where and whom.

The Star Online – More crimes last year, but fewer violent ones
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/10/nation/19964810&sec=nation>

Technorati Tags: malaysia crime, malaysia, crime, kuala lumpur, crime index, crime rate, violent crime, property crime

10 January 2008
Shah Alam

On the 75th day of the High Court trial of the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu, 27-year-old Syed Mustaqim Syed Yusoff from Celcom told the court that the data on the location of accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri on the night of the murder was accurate although the LAC data (mobile phone location) and Cell ID (transponder code) were incorrect in a document.

The cause of the incorrect data was caused by technical errors or defects in the computer programming that collects the data, Syed Mustaqim explained. This affected phone transactions that occurred between 17 and 19 October 2006. He admitted that the incorrect data was caused by him during programming and realized about it during the first data retrieval when requested by Mohd Firdaous Mohd Omar on 18 December 2007.

Mohd Firdaous is from Celcom’s investigation and special projects department. He testified last week that, based on the phone logs retrieved via e-mail from two of his company’s departments, they showed that Azilah was at Puncak Alam on 19 October 2006. Puncak Alam was the place where Altantuya was blown up with explosives.

Syed Mustaqim did managed to correct the data for phone transactions between 20 and 31 October 2006.

The trial will continue on Monday.

The Star Online – ‘Info on Azilah’s ‘location correct’
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/10/courts/19966773&sec=courts>

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: Witness admits error in raw data retrieved
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2128613/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Mohd Firdaous’ Last Day in Court
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-mohd-firdaous/>

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