Malaysia Crime Watch

29 January 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Cargo staff at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport uncovered a consignment of 850 pirated DVDs that were to be shipped to Miri. The discs were hidden in large PVC pipes but were detected to be suspicious when scanned.

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry sent two officers to open the packages. They found that the DVDs were arranged inside the pipes and DVD jackets were used to prevent them from falling out.

The discs have been been sent to the ministry’s forensics lab for testing to determine their origin.

Since the beginning of the year, about 40,000 such discs have been seized at delivery centres nationwide since the start of the year. They were meant for markets in the Middle East, Japan, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.

New Straits Times – Pirated DVD pipeline busted
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20070129090928/Article/local1_html>

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29 January 2007
Johor Baru

A zipper manufacturing company has been producing Ecstasy pills for drug traffickers and has been raided by narcotics officers a few days ago. Police acted on a tip off and found a drug lab at the Bakri factory in Muar with pills and a powdery substance, believed to be an ingredient for the drug.

Two men have been arrested to assist in investigations.

The Star Online – Drug lab busted in zipper factory
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/29/nation/16709243&sec=nation>

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29 January 2007
Kota Baru

Three police officers responded to a public call about two suspicious men in a car near a Pulau Melaka village yesterday morning. They approached the suspects’ white car in their patrol car. When they alighted, the driver tried to knock them down by reversing his car. Although the policemen escaped getting hit, the driver tried two more times to run them down.

The policemen opened fire three times and hit the passenger. He was arrested while the driver managed to escape. The 22-year-old is currently warded at the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.

The suspect who escaped has been identified to be previously convicted for drug abuse and motorcycle theft.

New Straits Times – Cross-country: Man shot trying to evade arrest
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Monday/National/20070129083110/Article/local1_html>

The Star Online – Youth shot during encounter
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/1/29/nation/16712948&sec=nation>

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