Malaysia Crime Watch

26 February 2007
Sandakan

A foreigner has been arrested for power theft after investigations by the East Coast/Sandakan Sabah Electricity Board (SESB) revealed that the man had been illegally tapping the eletricity line and distributed power to a colony of 20 squatter houses for a fee.

There were two of them who managed to cut the insulation layer of the 415V cable and hook a live wire connected to a distribution point in one of the houses. The other escaped when a raid was conducted at the main SESB office in Batu Sapi on Friday night.

New Straits Times – Foreigner caught for stealing electricity
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20070226081752/Article/local1_html>

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25 February 2007
Johor Baru

A school dropout, aged 17, allegedly offered his best friend to several men as payment for her debts. The girl asked her 17-year-old friend to follow her to a car park where the victim was told her brother was assaulted.

When she reached there, four men in a car grabbed her and tied her hands. She was driven to a house in Larkin where the men took turns to rape her. She was then returned to her home.

The victim made a police report later and five men, aged between 15 and 28, were arrested by police. One of them is believed to be a 26-year-old adopted son of a Tunku.

The Star Online – Girl offers best friend to settle debts
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/25/nation/16972069&sec=nation>

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25 February 2007
Klang

Police have arrested two men, aged 22 and 44, for allegedly impersonating policemen and extorting money from unlicensed businesses and illegal immigrants in Kapar. They were caught red-handed while they were extorting money from a metal trader on Saturday evening.

Several weeks ago, four men, one of them in a chief inspector’s uniform, tried to extort money from an unlicensed used goods trader. They offered the operator a police permit for a fee. The permit was given to the operator the next day but was found by police to be fake during a routine police operation last week.

The suspects are believed to be part of a group which has been active over the last few months. The men had in their car two sets of police uniforms, a handcuff, two police passes with their photos, and two knives.

The 44-year-old suspect has an ongoing trial for theft at the Kuala Kubu Magistrate court.

The suspects have been remanded for five days to aid police investigations.

New Straits Times – Bogus cops held for extortion
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20070226081120/Article/local1_html>

The Star Online – Two nabbed for impersonating policemen
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/25/nation/20070225141637&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Bogus cops held in Kapar
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/26/nation/16974600&sec=nation>

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