Malaysia Crime Watch

26 October 2007
Kuantan

A 19-year-old robber and rapist was shot dead by policemen when he and three others attempted to run over them in Bukit Sekilau yesterday.

Earlier, a 19-year-old female college student lodged a report claiming that the suspect, one named Mohd Arifudin Mohamad, had raped her. Police were alerted of a car with five people including a woman driving suspiciously in the area. Four plainclothes policemen patrolled the area and found the car. The policemen ordered them to exit the vehicle, but only one of them complied.

When one of the policemen identified himself, the driver started to move off and headed in the direction of the policemen. One of the policemen fired shots are the car tyres, one of which went through the boot and rear seat and hit the 19-year-old in the waist.

An hour later, police received news of the youth being admitted at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital for a gunshot wound. He died at 6:30pm.

Police have arrested the rest of the suspects and are looking for another two, also believed to have been involved in the gang-rape of the female student.

The Star Online – 19-year-old youth who tried to ram policemen shot dead
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/26/nation/19289858&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Youth shot, four friends held
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2068991/Article/index_html>

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26 October 2007
Penang

Recka, the 10-year-old schoolgirl who went missing after going to a night market to buy a VCD on Sunday was found by her stepfather’s friend on Thursday at 9pm. The Standard Four student was dropped off outside a mosque in Lebuh Chulia by a bus driver, who found her in Bandar Baru Air Itam. 49-year-old Ahmad Omar’s friend then sent the girl back to Ahmad’s house.

Recka said that when she was at a VCD shop that night, an unknown woman approached her and lured her away with an ice cream. The woman had brought her to a flat in Bandar Baru Air Itam where she was fed and clothed but locked in a room. It is believed that the woman might have panicked when news of the girl missing spread.

Ahmad and Recka’s mother, 41-year-old Salma Sellamah Abdullah, went to the central police station along Patani Road at 9:30pm to lodge a police report.

The girl was sent to the Penang Hospital for a check-up. She had suffered only minor bruises and would be interviewed by the police.

The Star Online – Missing girl Recka found
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/26/nation/19289699&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Missing girl Rekha reunited with family
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/Frontpage/2069018/Article/index_html>

MCW – 10-year-old Girl Missing at Night Market
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/10-year-old-girl-missing-at-night/>

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25 October 2007
Shah Alam

Superintendent Soo Me Tong continued his testimony at the witness stand of the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu yesterday, stating that he did not conduct tests on some shirts and did not swab a pair of bloodstained slippers found in accused Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar’s vehicle.

He assumed that the shirts had belonged to Azhar and thus he deemed it unnecessary to test them. The slippers were sent to the Chemistry Department for tests. Soo did not perform fingerprint tests from the slippers as he thought the rough surface would not produce a usable fingerprint. He also found that the amount of soil on the slippers was insufficient for analysis.

When Soo was re-examined by Deputy Public Prosecutor Hanim Rashid, he explained that it was impractical to send every item found in the vehicle to the Chemistry Department due to logistics effort required.

Soo then told co-counsel Kamarul Hisham Kamaruddin that he did not recommend in his report to investigating officer ASP Tonny Lunggan to have the slippers tested for fingerprints. Soo felt that if he had tried to obtain fingerprints at his lab, the bloodstains would have been contaminated before the slippers reached the Chemistry Department.

Soo added that the best condition to obtain fingerprints would be immediately after the vehicle was recovered. Azhar’s vehicle was moved and parked for some time at the city headquarters.

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: Witness: Not all items were checked
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/2067831/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: 13 Items Taken from Azhar’s Jeep
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-13-items-taken/>

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