Malaysia Crime Watch

6 March 2007
Putrajaya

The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed Ahmad Najib Aris’ appeal and confession that he murdered Canny Ong three years ago. Judge Datuk Abdul Aziz Mohamad rejected the 32-year-old former aircraft cabin cleaning supervisor’s confession which he suspected was pressured by the police to give in hopes that he would get a light sentence.

Abdul Aziz Mohamad, Mohd Ghazali Mohd Yusoff and Azmel Ma’amor unanimously agreed on the stand of his conviction.

Abdul Aziz stated that circumstantial evidence supported Ahmad Najib’s conviction that he murdered Ong. Ahmad Najib’s semen was found in the victim’s vagina and Ong’s bloodstains were found on Ahmad Najib’s trousers support the fact that he was with her.

Ahmad Najib will face the death sentence and twenty years’ jail for the murder and raping of Ong respectively, which were passed by trial judge Datuk Muhammad Ideres Rapee on 23 February 2003.

Canny Ong raped and murdered at the 11th kilometre of Jalan Klang Lama between 1am and 5am on 14 June 2003.

New Straits Times – Ahmad Najib’s confession rejected, conviction upheld
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20070306093507/Article/local1_html>

The Star Online – Court rejects Canny Ong murder appeal
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/6/nation/17054208&sec=nation>

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5 March 2007
Kuala Lumpur

A 42-year-old man who was one of the four wanted men responsible for car thefts and exporting them overseas, has been arrested when he arrived at the Malaysia-Thailand border at Bukit Kayu Hitam on Friday evening.

Two men were in a Mercedes CLK and were arrested by police. Three Toyota Fortuner car keys, a laptop, a thumb drive and a book containing details of vehicles sold in Thailand were seized from the vehicle.

Police believe at least 10 vehicles including Toyota Avanza, Hilux and Harrier were sold in Thailand. It has yet to be determined if the vehicles were stolen in Malaysia before being exported there.

The first suspect, one of the four car theft masterminds, had entered Malaysia but his passport did not show that he had been to Thailand. Police are checking with the Immigration Department on how he managed to travel with no record. The passport did state that the suspect had been to Kenya, Dubai and Singapore in the past 12 months and police believe some of the stolen vehicles may have been exported to these countries.

Both suspects have been transferred to Klang police who are investigating a case of eight stolen vehicles found in containers headed for Batam, Indonesia.

Police believe the three other masterminds are overseas.

New Straits Times – One of four ‘masterminds’ behind car thefts arrested
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20070305083514/Article/local1_html>

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4 March 2007
Banting

40 Rela men were on operations on Friday in the area but did not inform the police. 10 of them were carrying out a raid on a plywood factory in Jenjarom at about 2:30am.

They were at the door of a cabin container where 10 Nepalese workers were sleeping. One worker claimed that he was beaten with a cane and needed three stitches on the head, while another was beaten on the hand. The workers also claimed that a television set and other electrical items in the cabin were destroyed by the men.

The Rela men then detained eight workers without valid travel documents and brought them to the Semenyih depot. The two injured workers, who received treatment at the Banting Hospital, lodge police reports with the help of their employer.

Police took statements from the 10 Rela men and detained 8 of them for further investigations.

New Straits Times – Eight Rela men detained for alleged assault
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Sunday/National/20070304094840/Article/index_html>

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