20 December 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Five men, aged between 20 and 46 years, have been arrested on Thursday night for being members of an extortion gang which had been preying on entertainment outlets in Sri Hartamas. They were believed to be working as security guards, parking attendants and nightclub bouncers.
It is believed that the gang would extort [...]
3 December 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Two women from China were offered jobs at a factory here but were forced into prostitution by an agent. 19-year-old Feng Yu and 21-year-old Yang Zhen were hoping for higher pay when they were persuaded by a friend to find work in Malaysia.
The agent, a local man only known as “Ah Keong”, [...]
1 December 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin has blamed the global economic crisis as of one of reasons for the recent increase in the national crime index.
So far this year Malaysia has seen the number of armed robbery cases rising by 14,143 cases, compared to 17,834 cases last year. Bakri said [...]
27 November 2008
Kuala Lumpur
Sessions Court judge Akhtar Tahir yesterday has sentenced 40-year-old Yim Pek Ha to 18 years’ jail after she was found guilty of three charges of causing grievous hurt to her former Indonesian maid Nirmala Bonat. The former air stewardess was acquitted of a fourth charge of breaking Nirmala’s nose with a steel [...]
21 November 2008
Kuala Lumpur
35-year-old Surya Indah, an Indonesian masseuse, died from head trauma and massive internal bleeding after she jumped from the third floor of a shophouse in Batu Caves Centrepoint on Wednesday at 9pm. She was trying to run away from three robbers who had entered the massage parlour.
Two of the men were attended [...]
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