Malaysia Crime Watch

21 November 2008
Kuala Lumpur

35-year-old Surya Indah, an Indonesian masseuse, died from head trauma and massive internal bleeding after she jumped from the third floor of a shophouse in Batu Caves Centrepoint on Wednesday at 9pm. She was trying to run away from three robbers who had entered the massage parlour.

Two of the men were attended by Surya and her colleague, Rohana Roslan, when they entered the shop that night. Suddenly, the third man stormed in with two parang. The men ordered the women to give up their cash and valuables.

Surya rushed to a window and jumped from the third floor there. Meanwhile, the three suspects escaped with cash, jewellery and mobile phones. Surya was pronounced dead at the Selayang Hospital at 1am yesterday.

It is believed that the massage parlour was operated by Surya and was not licensed.

New Straits Times Online – Masseuse dies in jump to flee robbers
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2407919/Article/index_html>

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19 November 2008
Kajang

A teenage girl was caught red-handed with drugs when police raided a house in Kampung Baru, Batu 11 Cheras, on Wednesday. She was packing heroin into plastic bags at the time.

The 16-year-old girl was with a 23-year-old man and his 22-year-old girlfriend. All three tested positive for drug and have been arrested and held for a week for investigations. The male suspect had two drug-related charges previously.

Police seized 980 grams of heroin worth RM26,000, a Proton Wira Aeroback vehicle, two mobile phones, two bank books and a plastic sealer.

The Star Online – Sixteen-year-old nabbed while packing heroin
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/19/nation/20081119123604&sec=nation>

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18 November 2008
Petaling Jaya

Deputy Home Affairs Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung has stated that since 2005, the national crime index has been increasing with a corresponding increase in the number of cases solved.

In 2005, 157,365 cases were reported with 48.43 percent solved. There were 197,780 cases reported and a 32.53 percent solving rate in 2006, and 209,559 cases reported and 39.26 percent of them solved in 2007. Over the last two years, the number of cases have increased by 25.68 percent and 5.95 percent respectively.

Chor said considering each year’s solving rate of over 30 percent, the numbers have exceeded the 20 percent standard set by Interpol.

He went on to explain that the police had deployed more officers to crime-prone areas, set up booths in densely-populated locations and expanded the closed-circuit television monitoring network. The force will see an additional 60,000 officers by 2012.

Chor attributed the fact that the number of rape cases has doubled in the last five years to some parents interfering with their children’s dating relations. He also said that the public did not cooperate with the police by informing them when they go on vacation, causing the increase in the crime index as a result of more burglary cases.

New Straits Times Online – Dewan Rakyat: Crime on the rise, but police are solving more cases
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2404902/Article/index_html>

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