BATU PAHAT, 20 May 2009: An unemployed youth pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to causing hurt and death of a pregnant woman in a robbery early this month. Mohamad Ariffin Anang, 26, from Taman Flora, is charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of Jamilah Selamat at […]
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Jamilah’s “˜killer’ may be charged under Section 302
JOHOR BARU, 19 May 2009: Police have proposed that the snatch thief responsible for the death of Jamilah Selamat on 5 May be charged under Section 302 of Penal Code which carries the mandatory death sentence. Johor police chief Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Sharif said investigation papers have been handed over to the Deputy Public […]
Call for harsher penalty against snatch crime
KUALA LUMPUR, 7 May 2009: Wanita Gerakan has proposed that the government amend the Penal Code in order to impose harsher punishment against snatch thieves. Its chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe also called for a holistic approach in tackling crime and urged bodies such as the Rukun Tetangga (RT) and village development and security committees […]