Malaysia Crime Watch

2 October 2007
Shah Alam

Six men were arrested in connection with the kidnap and sexual abuse of a 18-year-old girl when she was having supper with her 24-year-old friend at midnight on Saturday.

Three men posed as Customs officers and forced them into a car. They drove to a hill resort where they demanded a RM10,000 ransom for their release. The girl’s friend called his friend to arrange for the deposit but could only raise RM6,000.

The kidnappers agreed to the amount and brought the two victims to a location in Kajang on Sunday. The girl was handed over to three Indonesian men while the man was brought to a bank to check the transaction. After the man was released, he lodged a police report.

Police stormed a house in Kajang a few hours later, rescued the girl, and arrested the three Indonesians. The three local men were later arrested, who were suspected to have sexually abused the girl.

The Star Online – Cops storm house, rescue girl
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/2/nation/19053134&sec=nation>

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2 October 2007
Penang

Police have linked the Mamak Gang with RM2 million worth of robberies such as carjacking and warehouse break-ins.

The gang was responsible for the following crimes:

A well-dressed man entered the Auto City showroom in Seberang Jaya on 16 July 2007 at 1:30pm and rode off with a RM963,000 Porsche 911 Targa 4, crashing through the glass panel of the showroom. The car ran out of fuel and was found at Hujung Persusahaan Dua in Prai. The gang stole the car from the Bukit Mertajam police compound the same day at 10:45pm, but recovered at Mengkuang Titi an hour later.

The gang carjacked a BMW 735i, a Nissan Murano, a Toyota Camry and an Audi A4. Only the BMW was recovered.

Two man armed with a hammer robbed a 33-year-old shop owner of RM170,000 on 28 August 2007 along Jalan Kennedy.

The gang, formed by six brothers from Kuala Kangsar, Perak, was most noted for the armed robbery of RM10 million of gold bars at the Subang Airport in 1994.

The Star Online – Police: Mamak Gang behind RM2m heists
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/2/nation/19030978&sec=nation>

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2 October 2007
Johor Baru

Elizabeth Chew Gaik Im, a 66-year-old retired teacher, was hit on the head by snatch thieves in Century Garden and died.

On Sunday 8:50am after mass for breakfast along Jalan Harimau, she was walking behind her friend 66-year-old Michael Towle when the latter found her bleeding on the head. Chew was sent to the hospital for treatment but died at 5pm.

Chew had died of a blockage of an artery by a blood clot.

Rela volunteer Allan Tham, aged 42, had witnessed four men on two motorcycles riding in the area. He saw them snatched a woman’s handbag near a budget hotel beside the Holiday Plaza shopping centre. He followed them in his car.

Then, he saw them snatched another woman’s handbag about 250 metres away from the first incident. They claimed the third victim, who was an elderly woman who fell to the ground.

When the thieves crashed into a vehicle, they were caught by a group of diners near the scene. Police confirmed that there were two snatch thefts.

New Straits Times – Thieves on bikes snatch retired teacher’s life
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/20071002081334/Article/index_html>

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