Malaysia Crime Watch

1 April 2008
Kuala Lumpur

43-year-old Nazli Dain posed as an assistant to former Deputy Home Minister Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin and received RM25,000 in bribes in order to release illegal foreign workers. As a result, he was sentenced yesterday to 8 months’ jail and fined RM1250,000.

The businessman was found guilty of receiving RM10,000 from furniture factory owner Sim Chong Chaw at the Hotel Grand Central coffeehouse along Jalan Putera on 30 November 2001 between 11am and 1pm. Nazli later also received RM15,000 from Sim via his accomplice, 63-year-old Lim Yip Kong, near the National Museum on the same day at 3pm.

The bribe acted as an inducement to reduce the compound amount on Sim and his five illegal foreign workers, as well as to release the workers and obtain work permits for them.

Lim, a contractor, was sentenced to 9 months’ jail and fined RM250,000 for two counts of abetting Nazli and a bribery charge.

The judge increased their bails from RM5,000 to RM10,000 in two sureties.

New Straits Times – Jail and fine for taking bribes
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Tuesday/National/2201064/Article/index_html>

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31 March 2008
Johor Baru

Three raids by the police on Saturday resulted in the second major drug syndicate bust this year as RM48 million worth of drugs and RM1.1 million cash were seized. Twelve syndicate members, including three Singaporeans and a Thai, were arrested.

The raids were carried out with the cooperation of the Federal Narcotics Department, the Singapore Central Narcotics Bureau and the state police.

In the first raid at 3am, two men and a woman were arrested in Taman Tampoi Jaya. Police seized 17.38kg of Type 4 heroin, 29.84kg of Type 3 heroin, 11,316 Ecstasy pills, 370kg of syabu and 1.54kg of ketamine.

The second raid on a house in Permas Jaya revealed the first of two makeshift laboratories used to process heroin, Eramin 5, Ecstasy and ketamine. Here, police arrested two men and two women while 55 blocks of heroin base, 20.53kg of syabu, 101,000 Eramin 5 pills, 11,000 Ecstasy pills, 4kg of ketamine and other chemicals and equipment were seized.

Investigations at the two raids led police to the third house in Taman Pelangi where they found a store with various drugs. Police arrested a Singapore man and a Thai woman there.

A Singapore couple were arrested at an apartment in Larkin.

In total, officers seized 47.22kg of heroin, 102,980 Eramin 5 pills, 22,316 Ecstasy pills, 411kg of syabu and 5.54kg of ketamine. Six cars including three Toyota Wish, a Toyota Harrier, a Toyota Altis and a Honda Accord were also seized during the raids.

Among the suspects arrested, two Singaporeans are hardcore drug addicts and will be charged under the Dangerous Drugs Act (Special Preventive Measures) 1985. The rest will be charged under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the death penalty.

The Star Online – International drug ring busted
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/31/nation/20798568&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – RM48 million drug haul in Johor
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Frontpage/2200033/Article/index_html>

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29 March 2008
Pontian

A 36-year-old car owner slashed a repossessor on the head with a parang and killed him in Taman Utama, Pekan Nenas, on Thursday at 4:45pm.

The victim was with five other repossessors, aged between 22 and 28 years, when they went to the car owner’s house because he had stopped paying for the car installments for six months. The repossessors wanted to tow his car away, but a fight started between the car owner, his 28-year-old brother and the repossessors.

The car owner then used a parang and slashed the victim on the head. The other repossessors sustained minor injuries.

The victim was sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital where he died at 3:20pm. The car owner and his brother received outpatient treatment at Pontian Hospital. Police arrested all those involved in the fight.

It is believed that the car owner tested positive for drugs and have criminal records related to theft and assault. He was also a car repossessor previously.

The Star Online – Car owner fatally slashes repossessor
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/29/nation/20785429&sec=nation>

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