Malaysia Crime Watch

8 April 2008
Johor Baru
A robbery gang which uses young women to target male victims have been apprehended by the police. The syndicate would use women to lure male victims into deserted areas such as back lanes of shops before robbing them of their valuables at knife point.
Following a police report made on 1 April 2008 [...]

5 April 2008
Johor Baru
A moneychanger employee lost RM120,000 to two armed robbers when he was withdrawing the money from a bank at 9:30am yesterday. The incident took place along Jalan Wong Ah Fook where he was returning to Jalan Segget.
When the two male robbers approached the 38-year-old employee and snatched the money, the employee fought [...]

2 April 2008
Johor Baru
53-year-old superintendent Azmi Osman further charged after he face five counts of money laundering worth RM4 million.
The first charge states that the policeman allegedly submitted a false declaration dated 8 October 2005 together with a list of movable and immovable property dated 29 September 2005. The offence was allegedly committed between 29 [...]

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, [...]

27 March 2008
Putrajaya
16 foreign women have been rescued by the Immigration Department from the clutches of a human trafficking syndicate in two operations in Seremban and Johor Baru. Three members of the syndicate in their 30s have been arrested and remanded for between 4 and 14 days under the Anti-Trafficking In Persons Act 2007 came [...]