Malaysia Crime Watch

12 March 2007
Kota Baru

Corporal Ahmad Shafiee Rani, aged 43, was run over by a motorist yesterday around 5:30pm while police were at a roadblock along Jalan Wakaf Mek Zainab.

A green Perodua Kancil with the number plate DAK 4214 was stopped. A man was driving with a woman passenger. Ahmad Shafiee stood in front of the car while the man got out. Then the man get back in and started to move off, ramming Ahmad Shafiee in the process.

The policeman has been warded in the Raja Perempuan Zainab 2 Hospital for observation.

Police are now searching for the vehicle and its driver.

New Straits Times – Motorist knocks cop down at roadblock
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20070312101750/Article/local1_html>

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11 March 2007
Ipoh

A pair of twin boys who were a month old were brutally attacked while they were sleeping in their bedroom of their home at Kampung Sungai Itek in Gopeng.

An aunt who lived next door had head the twins crying at 5:30pm on 1 March 2007. She went to check on them when she heard the twins’ mother screaming. When she reached the bedroom, she saw one of them with his penis severed while the other had his scrotum cut.

The women rushed them to a private hospital where doctors managed to reattached the penis and stitch the scrotum. They have been discharged.

The aunt has lodged a police report. She claimed that there were no signs of break-in at the house and the mother was alone.

The Star Online – Month-old twin boys seriously injured in brutal attack
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/11/nation/17113252&sec=nation>

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11 March 2007
Petaling Jaya

The fire on Friday 3am at Jalan PJU 1/30, Kampung Cempaka, that took the lives of a couple and their three children could have been caused by a family feud. Police have classified the case as arson and are determining the motive of the crime.

The forensic team found a partially burnt towel that was soaked in kerosene at the entrance to the double-storey house. It is learnt that the towel belonged to one of the victims.

45-year-old neighbour, Ong Sew Eng, claimed that she heard a firecracker sound and a motorcycle speeding off just before the fire started, which also razed her house.

Leong Sun, aged 62, and his wife, Tan Lian Chee, aged 53, were found huddled together while their three children, Chiew Choon, aged 14, Chiew Foong, aged 12, and Shuet Whey, aged 8, were in sleeping positions on their beds.

Leong was believed to be a carpenter and his wife was a cleaner.

Five other relatives were sleeping in the upper floor of the house and escaped through a window. They were Chow Wah and Chan Poh Yin, both aged 49, Chow Chee Wai, aged 23, his girlfriend, Liew Ju Ann, aged 19, and Chow Mun Piew, aged 6.

The relatives had banged on the victims’ bedroom door but no one answered.

New Straits Times – Feud possible motive for arson attack
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Sunday/National/20070311091802/Article/index_html>

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