Malaysia Crime Watch

18 November 2008
Petaling Jaya

58-year-old Wong Kun Chang, a taxi driver from Wangsa Permai, Kepong, was found murdered near a Muslim cemetery in Kampung Paya Jaras Hulu, Sungai Buloh. His taxi was 15 metres away.

Police found that body yesterday at 11:30am with four slash wounds on his neck, six stab wounds on his chest and four stab wounds on his back. Traces of blood were found on the front passenger seat of the taxi. Ropes were found, possibly used to tie him up.

Robbery has been ruled out as the motive as RM15, his watch and wallet were still found on the victim.

The taxi was registered under the victim’s 37-year-old son, Wong Kum Wah, who has been informed by the police of the murder.

The victim’s body has been sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital for a post-mortem.

The Star Online – Cabbie murdered and dumped near cemetery
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/18/nation/2572904&sec=nation>

New Straits Times Online – Cabbie killed, body dumped
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2404983/Article/index_html>

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17 November 2008
Seremban

Four Indonesian wanted criminals were shot dead yesterday by the police along Jalan Seremban, Kualiti Alam, after a 15-minute car chase in Bukit Nenas. The men, who practised black magic to defend against weapons and the police, are believed to have been involved in 24 armed robberies in Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Selangor.

The suspects were ordered to surrender when police intercepted their Proton Satria car after they had just robbed a house in Sunai Pelek, Sepang. A car chase ensued but ended abruptly when the robbers crashed their stolen car into a divider near the Quality Alan Sdn Bhd office in Bukit Nenas.

The Indonesians then alighted from the car and charged at the policemen with parang and a crowbar. The policemen fired 10 gunshots, killing all of them on the spot.

Police could not find any identification documents on them, but the suspects’ fingerprints have been sent to Interpol for further investigations. The car had false registration number plates and is believed to be stolen in Tampoi, Johor Baru, earlier this year. In the car, police found a laptop, digital camera, three mobile phones, pliers, screwdrivers, knives, some jewellery and two packets of syabu and Ecstasy pills.

The Star Online – Wanted criminals shot dead
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/17/nation/2567787&sec=nation>

New Straits Times Online – Robbers shot dead, attacked cops with parang, crowbar
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Frontpage/2404057/Article/index_html>

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16 November 2008
Nilai

A Malaysian from Kuala Lumpur was arrested by the Royal Customs and Excise Department when he arrived at the KL International Airport from Kathmandu on 13 November 2008.

The 38-year-old suspect was returning on a Royal Nepal Airlines flight at around 8:45am that day when a scanning machine detected three packages wrapped in aluminium foil and carbon paper, meant to foil detection, discreetly hidden in the suspects luggage. Customs officers was later determined the white crystalline powder, weighing about 900gm, to be syabu, worth about RM240,000.

Authorities said Nepal is a common route for drug smugglers as it is close to China and India where most drugs found here come from. The suspect had visited Nepal three times this year, thus it is believed that he may have smuggled syabu before.

The suspect faces a charge under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries the mandatory death penalty upon conviction.

New Straits Times Online – KLIA drug bust nets man with RM240,000 syabu
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Frontpage/2404057/Article/index_html>

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