Malaysia Crime Watch

13 February 2007
Kajang

A warder in the Simpang Renggam detention centre has been arrested for supplying drugs to inmates there.

The Prisons Department are also investigating five other warders. A task force was set up to handle the growing situation in Simpang Renggam and other prisons. The Department has improved security procedures for inmates and prison staff to prevent similar incidents from occurring.

The suspect is being investigated under the Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures) Act 1985.

New Straits Times – Warder in hot water over drugs
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Tuesday/National/20070213075636/Article/local1_html>

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13 February 2007
Batu Pahat

Four Indonesians entered Malaysia by ferry from Batam and went to Kuala Lumpur to hire a car. They then confronted a businessman at 11:30am yesterday by a bank along Jalan Besar Parit Raja in Batu Pahat.

They were after the RM10,000 which the businessman had just withdrawn for his workers’ salaries, but the businessman managed to escape in his friend’s car.

The suspects, armed with a parang, then gave chase in their hired car. The businessman and his friend drove to the Air Hitam police station where they made a police report. A police patrol car identified the suspects’ car and started a high-speed chase. The suspects crashed into a stream some 3km away.

The suspects were quickly arrested and the hired car went up in flames after they were taken out.

Police believe they were part of a syndicate who often enter the country to commit crimes before returning to Indonesia.

The Star Online – Four Indons detained after car chase
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/13/nation/16862374&sec=nation>

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13 February 2007
Shah Alam

Seven girls who were waiting for their school SPM results were caught working in massage parlours in Klang. The Muslim girls had lied to their parents that they were working at fash food restaurants and health centres.

State executive councillors led the raids on massage parlours that began this month. All girls caught would be sent for counselling and those caught more than once would have to undergo rehabilitation.

It was found during the raids that most of the massage parlours in Klang have breached licensing conditions.

The Star Online – Students hired as masseuse nabbed
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/13/nation/16860703&sec=nation>

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