Malaysia Crime Watch

30 October 2007
Penang

Police have determined that 10-year-old Recka had made up the story on how she was abducted from a VCD shop along Market Street last week.

Recka was playing in the rain outside her Kampung Kolam house last Monday. She was then chided by a neighbour and she asked for RM5 from her 49-year-old stepfather Ahmad Omar on the pretext of buying a VCD. When she was approached at the shop by a woman whom she had befriended previously, Recka told her that she was afraid to return home to be scolded by her parents.

The woman decided to help her by giving her a place to stay at her Bandar Baru Air Itam apartment. Recka stayed there for three days while her parents and the police were searching for her.

When Recka saw the news on her parents’ demise, she felt guilty and took a bus to Chulia Street on Thursday. Ahmad’s friend spotted her and immediately brought her to the police at 10pm.

Police have interviewed the woman whom Recka met, the man who found her, and her parents. They are doubtful of Recka’s state of mind and would be sending her to the Penang Hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

Ahmad and his wife have decided to hand over Recka to the Welfare Department as they found it difficult to control her. Both of them need to work to support their family of six children.

The Star Online – Girl lied about abduction, abuse claim
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/30/nation/19314153&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Rekha ’had asked to be taken away’
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/20071030083755/Article/index_html>

MCW – Recka Missing: Found by Stepfather’s Friend
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/recka-missing-found-by-stepfathers/>

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30 October 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Six people were arrested in Bandar Country Homes, Rawang, suspected to be involved in last week’s shootout at a house in Taman Sri Suria, Sungai Buloh believed to be used as a drug laboratory. A team of 30 policemen with bullet-proof vests were involved in two raids.

The team raided a restaurant near a petrol station and arrested four there. A store near the restaurant was also raided, and two more were arrested.

Police are now looking for a couple who rented the house, while the house owner lives in Johor. The couple had been staying there with their two children for the past half a year.

A Nissan Sentra vehicle was found abandoned in Bercham, Perak, on Friday evening, which is believed to have been used by the gunmen.

New Straits Times – 6 held over killing of cops
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/20071030082419/Article/index_html>

MCW – Policemen Wounded and Killed in Shootout
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/policemen-wounded-and-killed-in/>

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30 October 2007
Rantau Panjang

During a random check on a suspicious van near Felda Kemahang 3 on Sunday at 6am, state anti-smuggling unit (UPP) officers uncovered a possible child smuggling syndicate.

When UPP officers approached the van, it sped off and a chase ensued. The van ended up in a ditch and the driver managed to escape into a rubber plantation. 21 people from Myanmar, including 15 children and some as young as 6 months old, were found in the van.

Two children were injured and warded at the Pasir Mas district hospital.

The case has been passed on to the immigration authorities.

The Star Online – Child-smuggling syndicate uncovered
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/30/nation/20071030182246&sec=nation>

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