Malaysia Crime Watch

14 February 2007
Malacca

Salmah Sulaiman, aged 40, has been charged on two counts of falsifying travel claims totalling to RM941.10 on Wednesday. The former engineer with the state health department has pleaded not guilty to both charges under Section 11 (c) of Anti-Corruption Agency Act.

Salmah was alleged to have committed the offences in October 2005 at the department office along Jalan Hang Tuah.

The judge has fixed bail at RM3,000 and RM5,000. Her cases will be set for trial on 6 March and 4 July 2007.

If convicted, Salmah faces jail time between 14 days and 20 years and a fine not less than five times the sum or RM20,000, whichever is higher.

The Star Online – Engineer charged with falsifying claims pleads innocent
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/14/nation/20070214165452&sec=nation>

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14 February 2007
Butterworth

Three armed men entered a bank along Jalan Raja Uda at 2:45pm yesterday and made away with RM74,000. They were wearing ski masks and had fired four shots in the air to warn the security guard and everyone else to lie on the floor.

Police said that the men also robbed RM7,000 and a RM11,000 gold chain from a customer at the teller.

The robbers then escaped in a grey Proton Saga.

New Straits Times – Robbers make off with RM74,000 from bank
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Wednesday/National/20070214085748/Article/local1_html>

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14 February 2007
Shah Alam

Former CID director Datuk Fauzi Shaari’s house in Section 7 was hit by two burglars on Monday night. The former Selangor chief police officer and his wife reached him at 11pm to find a gold diamond ring and two watches stolen. The items were valued at RM10,000.

The burglars were believed to be in the master bedroom when he and his family returned home. They had entered the house by breaking through the ceiling on the second floor and escaped by using a ladder through the same opening.

No arrests have been made.

The Star Online – Former CID director’s home burgled
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/14/nation/16878626&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Home of former CID chief burgled
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Wednesday/National/20070214075200/Article/local1_html>

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