Malaysia Crime Watch

23 February 2007
Kuching

The Customs Department seized a BMW M3 Coupe on 16 January 2007 which is believed to be smuggled from Kalimantan. It is valued at half a million ringgit but duties of RM318,068.36 have not been paid.

The department said that the car was not registered with the Road Transport Department and is looking for the car’s owner. Information supporting the department’s investigations can be paid up to 30 per cent of the value of the smuggled goods.

New Straits Times – Customs seizes RM500,000 car
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20070223095511/Article/local1_html>

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22 February 2007
Alor Star

A group of 20 men are believed to have mistaken the identity of a man and attacked him and his two friends in Pekan Melayu yesterday. The men were armed with a samurai sword, sticks and helmets.

It is learnt that one of the men earlier had an argument with a motorist near a restaurant. He called on his friends and went looking for the motorist. They assaulted the three men and caused a slash on the mistaken man’s head. They also smashed the windscreens of three cars before taking off on motorcycles.

Police recovered the weapons near the scene. The victim came in from Singapore to celebrate Chinese New Year and apparently was driving a car with the same model and body colour. He has received 10 stitches and is warded at the Alor Star Hospital.

New Straits Times – Gang attacks 3 in clear case of mistaken identity
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/National/20070222083330/Article/local1_html>

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21 February 2007
Kuala Lumpur

A 40-year-old woman, who is identified only as Chang, was conned of more than RM15,000 cash and into having sex with a Chinese medium in his 50s.

Chan had been meeting the medium in a temple in Cheras often while she was working as a tuition teacher in Ampang. Initially she helped in cleaning chores and also donated money to the temple for maintenance.

During the Chinese New Year in 2003, the medium asked Chang to have sex with him. He said that he wanted to expel bad aura from her body and retain good energy in its place.

Chang’s mother had an accident in 2005 and that was when the medium told Chang that she was cursed because of the accident. Chang soon after lodged a report against the medium.

The Star Online – Chinese medium tricks woman to part with money and have sex
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/21/nation/20070221180522&sec=nation>

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