Malaysia Crime Watch

5 February 2008
Teluk Intan

Immigration Department officers have uncovered 18 illegal immigrants who have been working as security guards in a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya during a raid last week.

The immigrants have been detained and the owner of the mall fined a compound amount of RM90,000, which was RM5,000 for each immigrant.

The department said that the owner was one of 19 employers who were managing hypermarkets, supermarkets, food courts and night markets. The nation-wide operation took two weeks to complete.

The Star Online – Shopping mall owner fined RM90,000 for hiring illegal immigrants
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3 February 2008
Butterworth

Three armed robbers escaped with RM300,000 worth of jewellery from a goldsmith shop in a shopping mall in Seberang Jaya yesterday night, while one of them shot an unarmed security guard, killing him instantly.

The robbers were armed with two pistols and an AK-47 assault rifle when they entered the mall, wearing crash helmets, from a side entrance at 9pm. After firing several warning shots in the goldsmith shop, they forced the staff to fill up bags with jewellery. Five minutes later, they bumped into the security guard, who was hired by the mall.

After shooting the man, the robbers escaped on motorcycles parked at the same entrance.

The security guard, in his 40s, was taken to the Seberang Jaya Hospital for a post-mortem.

Police are investigating the case and have classified it as murder and armed robbery.

The Star Online – Guard killed in jewellery store robbery
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3 February 2008
Kuala Lumpur

Police have smashed a vice syndicate operating along Jalan Pudu at a restaurant and in hotels nearby with the arrests of 49 prostitutes and 2 pimps on Friday night.

The foreign women were known to use the “kuaci seduction” method to hide their sexual services and lure male patrons at the restaurant. They worked as waitresses and would try to sell patrons packets of melon seeds, known as kuaci, before striking a conversation and leaving their mobile phone numbers.

During the raid, 19 officers from the Bukit Aman anti-vice, gaming and secret society division posed as restaurant customers. Later, the pimps and 8 customers were detained.

Police also seized several packets of condoms and tubes of lubricants at following raids of two hotels nearby, namely Hotel Aseana and New Oriental Hotel.

The Star Online – Cops bust ‘kuaci vice ring’
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