(© L Joo / Wiki Commons) PETALING JAYA (PJ) and other townships have been facing an issue involving the emergence of gated communities in recent years, with many differing views on whether this should be allowed or not. Arguing for the need for gated communities is the rising crime rate that is gripping our cities, […]
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Police investigating death threat against MACC chief
SHAH ALAM, 5 Aug 2009: Selangor police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar today said police were investigating the death threat against Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan. Khalid said police were investigating the matter under Section 506 of the Penal Code, Bernama reports. Ahmad Said received the death threat in […]
Three stabbed to death in robbery cum murder
IPOH, 20 May 2009: Three people including a mother and son were found stabbed to death in a robbery cum murder in their house at Taman Pinji Seni, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah here today. Perak police chief Datuk Zulkefli Abdullah said salon operator Wah Yah Matzi, 42, her son Ermin Danish Jafri, 5, and maid […]
Three UTK police charged with robbery
KUALA LUMPUR, 14 May 2009: Three members of the police’s Special Action Unit (UTK) from the Bukit Aman headquarters and a trader pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to robbery. The UTK accused were Sabaruddin Harun, 32, Ahmad Razi Abd Talib, 27, and Aminuddin Salim, 28, who have been suspended from work, […]
Faulty ATMs thwart luckless robbers
KUALA LUMPUR, 19 March 2009: Faulty automated teller machines (ATMs) are the bane of bank customers desperate to withdraw money, but one homemaker had reason to be happy for the machines not being operational. The woman, in her 20s, was blindfolded and in the clutches of four robbers who had earlier abducted her and tried […]
Tesco manager shot dead in robbery
BUTTERWORTH, 18 March 2009: The manager of Tesco Extra hypermarket in Seberang Jaya was shot dead while two others were injured in a robbery at the Poh Kong goldsmith shop in the hypermarket today. S Sathiasillan, 28, was shot in the chest and chin and died on the spot in the 10.15am incident while the […]
Eight detained in MIC treasurer’s murder
IPOH, 20 Jan 2009: Police have detained eight men in connection with the murder of MIC Ipoh Barat treasurer N Sitamparam, 64, who died of slash wounds during a robbery at his house in Jalan Wayang Buntong on 12 Jan. Perak Police Chief Datuk Zulkefli Abdullah said acting on information from the public, police detained […]
Jeweller loses appeal over insurance claim
PUTRAJAYA, 5 Jan 2009: Companies have to ensure that their security guards are physically armed while on duty as failure to do so will taint their chances for insurance claims for their valuables, the Court of Appeal here ruled today. Court of Appeal judge Datuk James Foong, who sat with Datuk Abdul Hamid Embong and […]
