Home Ministry Targets 20% Reduction in Street Crime

20 February 2010
Petaling Jaya
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said that the country is expected to reduce the street crime by 20% by the end of this year. Earlier this year in January there was a 13% decrease compared to the previous month.
Hishammuddin is the lead minister responsible for meeting the crime reduction target, one [...]

Four Arrested for Arson Attack on Muar Surau

23 January 2010
Petaling Jaya
Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said four men were arrested by Johor police for the arson attacks on two surau in Muar. It is believed one of the suspects is the son of a lance corporal in the police force.
Two surau in Sabak Aur and Parit Beting were damaged [...]

Herald Newspaper Law Firm Office Burglarized

15 January 2010
Petaling Jaya
The office along Jalan Yong Shook Lin belonging to the law firm of the two lawyers representing the Catholic newspaper, The Herald, has been burglarized yesterday at 7:55am. The publication has been in the recent spotlight as it requested to use the word “Allah” in its articles.
Lawyer Derek Fernandez, one of the [...]

Robber Posed as Customer in Jewellery Shop

5 January 2010
Petaling Jaya
A 29-year-old robber was shot dead when he posed as a customer at a goldsmith shop in the Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall.
The robber, who was later identified as a Yuen Yue Chye of Kota Kemuning, was walking around in the shop when he snatched a gold necklace worth RM3,000 and tried to [...]

Cousin Raped 4-Year-Old Girl

15 May 2009
Petaling Jaya
A 4-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 18-year-old cousin at her home in Taman Kinrara after the cousin brought her back from kindergarten on Tuesday at 3pm.
The victim’s 35-year-old housewife mother had called for her nephew who works as a restaurant crew to fetch her daughter as she had to meet [...]

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