Malaysia Crime Watch

3 October 2007
Petaling Jaya

A police chief inspector and a lance corporal were arrested in Kuantan and Kluang yesterday for allegedly framing Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan by falsifying and tampering with witness statements.

The two, both in their 40s, allegedly falsified the statements of seven witnesses in order to arrest three people under the Emergency Ordinance 1969 by claiming that they were members of a gaming syndicate. The three were arrested by Kluang district police officers on 30 March 2007.

During investigations on the three, Musa was informed that they were framed. CID investigations revealed that the seven denied giving statements to the police on the three arrested being involved in the syndicate.

The three were released in April 2007.

The chief inspector was arrested yesterday at 3pm while the lance corporal was arrested at 11pm. They will be charged with forgery and with using a forged document as genuine. They face two years’ jail or a fine or both for each of the offences.

The Star Online – Two policemen held for falsifying statements
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/3/nation/19065947&sec=nation>

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2 October 2007
Shah Alam

Projek Lebuh Raya Utara-Selatan (PLUS) administrative assistant Mohd Bahir Dal was called to the witness stand in the murder trial of Mongolian Altantuya Shaariibuu yesterday to explain about the images captured by the Kota Damansara toll booth camera. The four-wheel-drive vehicle of accused Corporal Sirul Azhar was allegedly driven past the toll gate on 19 October 2006 at 7:14am.

Although the camera was recording, Bahir said that the images of the driver and the vehicle registration number were not clear.

On 9 November 2006, Bahir had played back the camera video for investigating officer Corporal Yusry Katan. He downloaded and printed four still images on a computer in his office.

Bahir told the court that there was no recording at the Jalan Duta toll plaza at that time due to a technical problem.

Rashidi Abdul Razak, a technician with Propel Sdn Bhd that is responsible for the maintenance of the CCTV system for PLUS, told the court that he went to the Kota Damansara toll booth to carry out maintenance work on 14 October 2006 as the server for the camera was down.

Another Propel technician, Mohd Rashidi Ariffin, said he went to the Kota Damansara toll booth on 25 October 2006 to attend to a similar problem. He said that such camera breakdowns causes the recording to be unclear and the electronic timing to stop.

The trial continues tomorrow.

New Straits Times – Altantuya murder trial: Faulty camera, blurry images
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/20071002082730/Article/index_html>

MCW – Altantuya Murder Trial: Azhar’s Touch ‘n Go Card Used on Highway
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/altantuya-murder-trial-azhars-touch-n/>

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2 October 2007
Kuala Lumpur

A Chinese tourist was found dead with slash wounds on her chest and neck in a hotel room along Jalan Pudu yesterday at 6am.

The victim, 39-year-old Wong Yue Wah, was on vacation in Malaysia since 20 September 2007. Moments before she died, she had called the front desk of the hotel for help.

A hotel staff went to the third floor room and found the woman on a pool of blood on the bed. Then, he saw a man, believed to be a Myanmar national, escaping from the room window. The suspect was holding a bloodstained knife and warned him not to get involved.

The staff alerted his superior, who called the police. Police have ruled out robbery as the motive of the murder as the victim’s valuables were not missing.

The Star Online – Tourist found dead after distress call
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/2/nation/19047890&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Dying woman’s last call
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/20071002081437/Article/index_html>

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