Malaysia Crime Watch

10 March 2007
Pontian

A 67-year-old deaf and mute man allegedly raped a teenaged girl three times. He also paid her between RM30 and RM40 for each time and threatened to slit her throat if she exposed him.

Last month, the 16-year-old victim went for a medical check-up at an Air Baloi clinic and discovered that she was 3 months’ pregnant. This was when she lodged a police report, claiming that the man had raped her since last October.

The victim had been raped in the suspect’s house the first time, and twice in a hut in an oil palm estate. The suspect has been arrested.

The Star Online – Deaf-mute held over rape of teen
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/10/nation/17103469&sec=nation>

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9 March 2007
Malacca

A 52-year-old housewife from Bandar Hilir was the latest victim of the Akademi Fantasia 4 (AF4) scam by losing RM5,591.

The victim, known only as Letchumi, said she received an SMS on 18 February 2007 stating that her mobile phone number had been chosen as the RM9,000 winner in the AF4 competition. She returned the call to claim the prize money. A man with an Indonesian accent asked for her bank account number and a set of numbers to be keyed into the ATM.

The victim went to an ATM at 10am on the same day and tried to enter the numbers as the man recited them over the phone. A young man helped her to complete the entry but the mother of the young man told the victim to withdraw all her money as she suspected that the victim was conned.

Letchumi refused to listen to her and attempted to lodge a police report. Police told her that she could not do so as her money was still intact.

However, on 20 February 2007, Letchumi found out that RM5,591 had been withdrawn online.

The Star Online – Malaccan housewife falls for AF4 SMS scam
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/9/nation/17092826&sec=nation>

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9 March 2007
Petaling Jaya

P. Rina, a 22-year-old unemployed woman was with her 19-year-old sister Sugunah in her Desa Mentari flat when she was stabbed and slashed at least 16 times by an unknown assailant yesterday.

The sisters were sleeping when the victim woke up at noon and went into the hall of the flat. She suddenly returned to the room and woke her sister up. The sister was shocked when she saw the victim was bleeding profusely and sent her to the Subang Jaya Medical Centre with the help of neighbours.

She was pronounced dead upon arrival.

Police said that the victim’s body was sent to the University Malaya Medical Centre for a post-mortem. There was no indication of force entry into the flat and none of the belongings were missing. No weapons were found in the premises either.

The Star Online – Unemployed woman stabbed and slashed 16 times in flat
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/9/nation/17095747&sec=nation>

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