Malaysia Crime Watch

29 April 2010
Putrajaya

At a joint press conference with Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein yesterday, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Idris Jala said that crime reduction was set as one of the targets to achieve in the National Key Result Areas because it was to address its rising trend. He said that the national crime ratio is not at an alarming level.

The ratio is 750 cases per 100,000 population, which he said is lower than some developed countries like Britain, which has 7,500 cases per 100,000.

Jala urged the media to help reduce the crime worries of the public by highlighting the role of the police and that of the Home Ministry to fight crime.

Hishammuddin added that Malaysia and Australia had agreed to set up a Joint Working Committee on Counter Terrorism to foster greater cooperation in fighting terrorism in this region. This arose from the success of the existing work down between the two countries in the area of anti-human trafficking. The committee was agreed upon during his meeting with Australian Anti-Terrorism Ambassador Bill Paterson yesterday.

Between August last year and March this year, Malaysian police was able to arrest some top leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam, known for terrorism acts.

Straits Times Online, The – Jala: Crime rate not as alarming
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21 April 2010
Rawang

A 14-year-old orphan was allegedly raped several times in a secondary school by six classmates at the canteen, school field and classroom over a period of three weeks.

It is believed that the group of classmates raped her in groups or one after another.

A week after the orphan was raped at an empty classroom during recess last Tuesday, she found the courage to notify a counselor from her orphanage, where she has been living at since the age of nine.

A medical check on the victim at the Selayang Hospital revealed that she is now a month pregnant and that a pencil was inserted into her private parts. She had complained of pain while she urinated.

Hours after a police report was lodged on Monday, the classmate was detained at the school. Under Section 376 of the Penal Code for rape, he has been remanded by the police until 26 April 2010.

Straits Times Online, The – Teen rapes orphan in classroom
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/21/nation/6098249&sec=nation>

Straits Times Online, The – Girl forced to have sex
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/23/nation/6116341&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Students formed wall to shield rape of schoolgirl
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19 April 2010
George Town

A 15-year-old boy was apprehended and beaten up by a security guard at the Komtar bus terminal after he and his friend molested and tried to rape a 28-year-old woman there.

On Saturday at 9:15pm, the two suspects rushed into the first-floor toilet after the victim, who works for an express bus company there, entered. They threatened her with a knife and demanded that she hand over her valuables. Then, they started to fondle her private parts while forcing her to keep quiet.

When the victim saw a male toilet cleaner entering the toilet, she screamed which frightened off the suspects. Security guard Zainol Mat Saad was alerted by the screams and waited under an escalator until they came out and managed to catch hold of one of them.

The other suspect escaped with the victim’s handbag, including a mobile phone, necklace and RM50 cash.

It is believed that another woman may have been an accomplice because the victim said she only used the toilet when she saw the other woman enter it first. After the woman left, the suspects rushed in.

The 15-year-old suspect was remanded for four days after he sought treatment from Penang Hospital. Police are looking for the other man and a woman to aid investigations.

Straits Times Online, The – Teen held over rape attempt
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/4/19/nation/6083231&sec=nation>

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