Malaysia Crime Watch

24 October 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Three more police officers were arrested yesterday by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) for falsifying witness statements which led to the arrest of a businessman in Johor. A deputy superintendent, assistant superintendent and sergeant, all from the Bukit Aman commercial crimes department will be charged in Sessions Court today.

It is believed that the three had tampered with statements and fabricated evidence to frame the businessman into being involved paying RM2 million to Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan to release three men detained under the Emergency Ordinance 1969. The businessman was arrested later under the Emergency Ordinance and placed under Restricted Residence Act 1933 in Jeli, Kelantan.

The three may be charged under Section 471 of the Penal Code, which carries a jail sentence of not more than three years with fine.

The Star Online – Three more cops held for falsifying witnesses’ statements
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/24/nation/19259520&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – 3 federal police officers detained
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2067142/Article/index_html>

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24 October 2007
Shah Alam

Superintendent Soo Me Tong, who was the chemistry department head in the forensics laboratory in Cheras told the High Court yesterday that 13 items were removed from accused Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar’s four-wheel-drive Suzuki Vitara vehicle. In the high profile court case of murder victim and Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu, Soo said he was instructed by investigating officer ASP Tonny Lunggan to examine the vehicle which was parked at the police headquarters.

51-year-old Soo checked out the vehicle with eight other police officers at 10:30am on 9 November 2006. The first point he noted was that the front tyre mudguards had soil but the rest of the vehicle was clean. Then, Soo found a Smart Tag toll payment device on the dash board, a hair strand on the front passenger seat and a 9mm bullet shell between the driver’s seat and door. The steering wheel was covered and the road tax expiry date was 26 November 2006.

Lastly, Soo inspected the back of the vehicle and saw that the right side had no seat. There was a pair of rubber slippers, a stack of newspapers, and a box of fishing gear. Another fishing gear box was found in the boot. The slippers and newspapers had bloodstains.

In all, Soo collected the following items from Azhar’s vehicle:

• soil from the front tyre mudguards
• back tape used to cover the steering wheel
• Smart Tag device and a Touch ‘n Go card
• a 9mm bullet shell
• a hair strand
• a pair of rubber slippers with bloodstains
• four stacks of newspapers, one of which had bloodstains
• swab samples of the hand holder at the top of the seats

The trial continues hearing today.

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: ’13 items taken from vehicle of accused’
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2066954/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Two Analysts from Chemistry Department Testify
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-two-analysts/>

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24 October 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Limousine driver Low Teck Chai was filling up petrol for his company’s Mercedes Benz vehicle at 5:45am yesterday along Jalan Gombak when four robbers pulled up beside him in a black Proton Perdana. Three of them alighted their car and one of them repeatedly hit Low on the head with a weapon, possibly a piece of wood.

One robber then pushed 46-year-old Low aside and tried to drive the Mercedes Benz away. The car’s immobiliser system activated and stopped the engine and sounded the alarm some 30 metres away. The robber then pushed Low into the back seat and forced him to disengage the system. Low was subsequently beaten to death.

The robbers left the scene in their car, also believed to be stolen.

Police have classified the case as murder and will be analyzing video taken from the petrol station’s closed-circuit television system.

Low, who worked for Stoneway Travel and Tours Sdn Bhd, left behind three children.

The Star Online – Driver beaten to death in foiled carjacking bid
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/24/nation/19259301&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Driver killed in carjacking
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2066917/Article/index_html>

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