Malaysia Crime Watch

6 February 2008
Kuala Lumpur

City CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner (II) Ku Chin Wah said that the Kuala Lumpur crime rate dropped by 7.1% last year compared to 2006. The number of cases reported last year was 29,473 while there were 31,740 cases in 2006.

The solving rate for violent crimes and property crimes improved to 54.7% and 33.2% respectively. Snatch theft cases decreased by 999 cases while general property theft cases dropped by 2,308 cases. 37.5% of serious crime cases were solved.

However, violent crimes such as rape and unarmed gang robbery spiked up last year. Unarmed gang robbery saw a 95% increase, the largest jump which police attributed to a reclassification exercise conducted in October 2007. Amendments were made to Section 391 of the Penal Code, which now defines gang robbery as robbery committed by two or more people, instead of five or more people previously.

The number of rape cases increased from 147 in 2006 to 228 last year, up 55%. As rapists usually know their victims, the solving rate of such cases was 91.2%.

Motorcycle and car thefts increased by 667 cases, rising to a total of 9,995 cases. House break-ins have the biggest increase in the property crimes index with 2,489 cases last year, up 448 from 2006.

The Star Online – Cops: Crime rate in KL down by 7%
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/6/nation/20250346&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Fewer violent, property crimes
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/20080206073715/Article/index_html>

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5 February 2008
Petaling Jaya

Rubbish collection workers found a newborn baby girl by a roadside behind a restaurant in Bandar Puteri, Puchong, yesterday at 8pm.

Police was alerted of the discovery and initial investigations revealed that the baby was abandoned about 24 hours before her body was found by the workers. It is believed that she had been run over by a vehicle as her head was crushed.

The body has been sent to the Kuala Lumpur hospital for a post-mortem. Police have classified the case as disposing a newborn.

The Star Online – Newborn baby girl found with crushed head
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/5/nation/20240505&sec=nation>

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5 February 2008
Kuala Lumpur

50-year-old lieutenant colonel Zainal Mohd Ali was found guilty of 14 corruption charges and has been sentenced to 56 years’ jail. Suspended as director of the armed forces’ museum, the lieutenant colonel had claimed trial to the charges on 23 July 2003.

Zainal was charged with 8 counts of abusing his position, 5 counts for bribery and 1 count for using documents with a false statement. He was ordered to serve the jail terms concurrently from Tuesday, thus the accused who was with the army for 31 years will serve less than 4 years in jail effectively.

The judge reasoned that the offences were committed in one transaction.

Zainal had lost his right leg below the knee in the course of his duty in 1979.

The Star Online – Army man gets four years’ jail for corruption
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/5/nation/20080205151343&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Army officer jailed 56 years for corruption
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/6/courts/20245821&sec=courts>

MCW – Ex-director of Armed Forces Museum Charged with Corruption
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/ex-director-of-armed-forces-museum/>

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