Malaysia Crime Watch

16 June 2007
Johor Baru

Police have arrested 14 people who are believed to have been involved in the recent robbery and gang rape cases in Johor. They have been linked to at least two rapes and a robbery in Batu Pahat.

Raids were carried out in Kulai, a hotel room in Skudai, an apartment in Stulang Baru and in Taman Gunung Pulai during a 10 hour operation that started at 1:30am yesterday.

This followed the initial arrest of three men in a car in Kulai. The silver metallic Honda Accord was found there at a restaurant at 1:30am, which was believed to have been used in a rape and robbery case in Pantai Lido on 22 May 2007.

When a police team raided the hotel in Taman Sri Puteri, Skudai, three of the men attempted to escape by climbing through the ceiling and across the rooftop. They did not managed to escape.

A 40-year-old suspect who was arrested in Taman Desa, Kulai, had a Toyota Altis which is believed to have been used in the rape case of the 19-year-old earlier this Monday.

A special task force was set up from detectives from the state and district police headquarters. Two more suspects are still at large.

Among the 14 arrested was a 14-year-old girl who was tested positive for drugs, among six others. Six of them have had cases of carjacking, robbery, drug abuse and rape and had been held under the Emergency Ordinance.

All suspects have been held until 22 June 2007.

The Star Online – Cops solve gang rape cases with arrest of 14
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/6/16/nation/18049172&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Robbery-cum-rape cases: 14 held in raids
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/20070616082638/Article/index_html>

MCW – Couple Robbed, Woman Gang Raped
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/couple-robbed-woman-gang-raped/>

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15 June 2007
Johor Baru

Police suspect that one of the suspects in the robbery and rape case on Monday on a 19-year-old woman and her 22-year-old boyfriend in Johor Baru is a member of the Sagol gang. The gang was known to have been responsible for a number of such similar cases that happened in the state.

27-year-old Shahabdeen Haq SK Mohammed Ariff was called in by the police in 2003 for a gang-rape case but released later as there was insufficient evidence to hold him.

Police is also investigating allegations by the couple that a patrol team had not responded to the woman’s brother’s plea to help search for the couple that night around Gelang Patah.

The man’s leg was slashed with a parang by four men in a Toyota Altis and the woman was rape by three of them in an abandoned hut in Taman Tampoi Indah.

New Straits Times – Police name suspect in robbery-cum-rape case
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/20070615075019/Article/index_html>

The Star Online – Ex-gang member linked to gang-rape
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/6/15/nation/18032356&sec=nation>

MCW – Couple Robbed, Woman Gang Raped
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/couple-robbed-woman-gang-raped/>

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14 June 2007
Johor Baru

Another case of a group of men who raped a woman in Johor Baru has occurred.

A 55-year-old contractor and his 35-year-old female friend were at a petrol station along the Pasir Gudang highway at 10.30pm last week when three men armed with parangs forced the couple into their car.

The men drove for an hour and stopped along the highway. As the contractor tried to run away, the men slashed his leg. The men then took turns to rape the woman before escaping in another car.

The couple has lodged a police report.

The Star Online – Another woman gang-raped
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/6/14/nation/18022987&sec=nation>

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