Malaysia Crime Watch

5 October 2007
Petaling Jaya

The SIM card that the Indonesian woman suspect swallowed when she was arrested has been flushed out yesterday.

The 23-year-old illegal Indonesian immigrant was arrested at a market in Nilai on 29 September 2007 in connection with the kidnap and murder of 8-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin. After her 7-day remand order, she was warded at the University Malaya Medical Centre awaiting for the SIM card.

After police have confirmed that the SIM card was retrieved, she was from the hospital at 12:30pm yesterday. A six-day extension on the remand order against her has been approved and she is being remanded at the district police headquarters.

Police will now have to attempt to retrieve valuable data from the SIM card.

The Star Online – Nurin murder probe: Swallowed SIM card finally comes out but is it any use?
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/20071005081400/Article/index_html>

MCW – Nurin’s Murder Case: Still Waiting for SIM Card from Nilai Woman Suspect
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/nurins-murder-case-still-waiting-for/>

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4 October 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Committee chairman Datuk Dr Wan Hashim Wan Teh from the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity said yesterday that contrary to popular belief, 80% of the crimes were committed by locals and not foreigners.

He told reporters that there have been cases when local criminals used an Indonesian slang to fool people into thinking that they are foreigners.

Dr Wan Hashim said that although it was natural for the crime rate to rise as the population grows and more foreign workers migrate to the country, the growth of the police force has not been trending up. The current ratio is one policeman to between 500 and 1,000 people, which is below the expected ratio of 1 to 250.

He added that the Government’s plan to recruit 60,000 policemen over the next five years will not be adequate to meet the growing police force demand.

The Star Online – Police: 80% of crimes committed by Malaysians
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/4/nation/19073162&sec=nation>

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4 October 2007
Shah Alam

J. Primulapathi, aged 54, was at the High Court murder trial of Altantuya Shaariibuu yesterday, presenting 29 exhibits from the prosecution. He is the director of the forensics division of the Chemistry Department.

Among the items tendered were hair, body tissue, bone fragments and skeletal remains believed to be of the murder victim Altantuya. Blood samples contained in bottles belonging to Altantuya’s father Dr Shaariibuu Setev, her mother S. Altansetseg, accused Chief Inspector Azilah Hadri, accused Corporal Sirul Azhar Umar, accused political analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, and Lance Corporal Rohaniza Roslan.

Primulapathi said that on 11 November 2006, investigating officer Assistant Superintendent Tonny Lunggan had submitted 18 sealed envelopes containing bottles and tubes for DNA analysis. Lunggan then sent him another 11 items in sealed envelopes on 15 November 2006, including a vehicle steering wheel, a smart card reader with a Touch ‘n Go card, some bloodstained newspapers, a pair of white slippers, a plastic tube containing a sweat-soaked swab stick and a strand of hair found in a vehicle’s front passenger seat.

Primulapathi told the court that he had been a forensic chemist for the past 30 years and that the department’s DNA laboratory has been accredited internationally by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board. He had been performing DNA analysis for murder, rape, armed robbery, body identification, maternal and paternal tests purposes since 1994.

As not all the items were tendered in time yesterday, the rest of the items will be presented in court today.

The Star Online – Exhibits shown in court
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/4/nation/19074700&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: 29 exhibits tendered as evidence
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Thursday/National/20071004083011/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Faulty Camera Cannot Verify Accused’s Vehicle
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-faulty-camera/>

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