Police Success: Good work by the force

By : W.M. RAMLI, Ulu Klang, Selangor

IN the past few weeks, the police have achieved remarkable success in combating syndicated crime. The latest in the series saw the arrest of two women and a man at Kampung Simee, Ipoh, leading to the recovery of a submachine gun, a toy revolver, 180 rounds of ammunition and a packet of drugs.

Prior to this, they busted what is supposed to be the biggest drug syndicate in the country, which also led to the recovery of an assortment of arms.

The police also managed to wrap up their investigation into the RM3.5 million heist at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

I congratulate the men in blue for their successes - nst

Sindiket Judi Libat Taruhan RM14.5j Tumpas

PULAU PINANG 28 April - Polis berjaya menumpaskan sindiket perjudian membabitkan jumlah pertaruhan kira-kira RM14.5 juta sebulan di sini baru-baru ini.

Ketua Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah negeri, Senior Asisten Komisioner II Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said berkata, serbuan di dua premis berasingan itu adalah kejayaan terbesar yang dicapai pada tahun ini.

Beliau yakin kejayaan itu akan memberi kesan positif dalam usaha untuk membendung kegiatan perjudian haram di Pulau Pinang.

"Lapan orang termasuk tiga wanita ditahan dalam serbuan pada 13 dan 26 April lalu," katanya pada sidang akhbar di sini hari ini.

Katanya, dalam kes pertama melibatkan perjudian ekor haram, tiga lelaki dan tiga perempuan berusia 24 hingga 42 tahun diberkas di sebuah rumah di Jalan Ong Yee How, Butterworth pada pukul 7 petang.

"Sebanyak sembilan mesin faks, dua unit komputer riba serta 250,000 helai kertas yang dipercayai mengandungi nilai taruhan dirampas," jelasnya.

Beliau menambah, dalam serbuan kedua berkaitan perjudian kuda, dua lelaki berusia 37 hingga 55 tahun yang bertindak sebagai bookie ditahan.

Menurutnya, dalam serbuan di sebuah rumah di Kepala Batas, Seberang Perai Utara pukul 3.30 petang kelmarin itu, sebanyak tiga buah komputer riba turut dirampas - utusan

Crime Awareness Tip (4)

Car thieves are known to bump into a car they wanted to hijack or steal. The most natural reaction when you were bumped into would be to stop to inspect the damage and confront the driver of the other car. Before you do this the next time, THINK! It could be some criminal's tactic to stop you and rob you off, your car and valuables. If the "accident" happens on a lonely and quiet dark road with no other people or traffic around, it could be safer not to get down. Instead, note the car make, model, colour, registration number and driver or occupants. Proceed to the nearest police station and lodge a police report. Claim from the insurance if you have to. Accidents on a crowded road or heavily jammed highway could be genuine. Use your instinct and common sense.

Crime Awareness Tip (3)

When you are driving home, criminals could be following you. There had been cases whereby victims got down from their car to open the front gate when criminals struck. The criminals had chosen their target. It could be the make of car they wanted or it could be because of a lone driver they see, unaware of being followed. As you are nearing home, it would be a good practice to observe if you are being followed. If you even imagine you were, it would be safer not to stop at your front gate. You could proceed to a safer place like the police station or anywhere you can get some help. Try to get some details of the suspect such as the car make, colour, registration number or description of the driver or occupants.

Crime Awareness Tip (2)

Most incidents of cars broken into were because the criminals went for something of value kept in the car. A few cases happened when criminals broke into cars parked in dark and quiet places like the backlanes and took away Smart Tag devices. Park your car in a safer place. It may be worthwhile to pay a few ringgit parking fees rather than risk your cars broken into. Do not at any time leave any bags or items of value in your car. Hide them or put them in the boot space. Even if there is nothing of value in the bag(s), thieves does not know this. When they see a bag left unattended, they imagined there could be a camera, a phone, a calculator, sunglasses, laptop or even some cash. Do not attract the attention of criminals.

Crime Awareness Tip (1)

There are some criminals out there looking for opportunities to commit crime. If we let them, then one day we might be a victim. Women driving alone should not leave their handbag or anything of value in full view on the passenger seat. Keep your handbag hidden. Do not attract the attention of criminals. Criminals are known to break the passenger seat window and grab whatever valuables and sped off in matter of seconds, usually when they stop, waiting for the traffic light to turn green. The victims were usually too shock to react effectively. Criminals would not waste precious seconds to break the window and try to look for unseen valuables.

Swift Action by Cops and Villagers Foil Abduction Attempt

Monday April 7, 2008
By LOURDES CHARLES

PETALING JAYA: It would have been another Nurin Jazlin Jazimin or Sharlinie Mohd Nashar case, but this time alert passers-by plus swift police action prevented a five-year-old girl from being the next victim of abduction.

The incident took place in Kampung Datuk Harun at 1.15am yesterday when three men abducted the girl right from the doorstep of her house and sped off.

Police who were informed of the incident at 5.30am mobilised their task force as well as alerted residents in the suburbs.Within minutes, residents in the village provided police with details and the make of the vehicle which they saw speeding off.

Four people including a woman were arrested at 11.30am and the girl was rescued moments later at a house also in Kampung Datuk Harun.

Selangor CPO Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said swift response by the villagers enabled police to close down on the abductors that led to their arrests.

“The police together with the local residents mounted a door-to-door search as well as conducted road blocks within the area and surrounding neighbourhoods.

“Initial investigations revealed that the woman is believed to be a close relative of the girl and we are investigating them for abduction,” he said.

DCP Khalid said that police were grateful to the residents for their alertness and their cooperation in providing valuable information that enabled police to solve the case within hours.

He, however, took to task the girl’s father who only lodged a report some four hours after the abduction.

“Every second is very important to us and lodging a report four hours after an incident like this could have resulted in the girl being taken out of the country,” he added.- The Star

Waspada Setiap Masa Benteng Lindungi Anak

Oleh Syahadatul Hafizah Abdullah

BERDASARKAN fakta sejak 1984 lalu, banyak peristiwa tragik dan menyayat hati membabitkan pembunuhan kejam, rogol dan penculikan berlaku. Dari 1984 hingga Februari 2006, sebanyak 87 kes rogol dan bunuh dilaporkan. Daripada jumlah itu, hanya 23 kes atau pun 26.4 peratus berjaya diselesaikan dan pesalah dijatuhi hukuman.

Kes seperti itu bagaikan tiada noktah. Misalnya, kita masih meratapi pemergian Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, kehilangan Sharlinie Mohd Nashar yang masih tidak tahu beritanya dan terbaru kes sadis Nurul Amira.

Apa yang berlaku kepada Nurin Jazlin adalah satu peristiwa yang mendapat perhatian seluruh negara. Kesakitan dan penderitaan dialami kanak-kanak berusia 8 tahun ini tidak dapat dibayangkan. Begitu juga dengan trauma yang terpaksa dihadapi ibu bapa, adik beradik dan keluarga arwah Nurin Jazlin. Berat mata memandang berat lagi bahu yang memikul.

Pada 18 Mei 1999, Audrey Melissa Bathinathan, 17, dijumpai mati berhampiran Sekolah Perempuan Methodist Kuala Lumpur, tempat beliau belajar. Hasil bedah siasat mendapati mangsa dipukul di kepala, dirogol dan dijerut.

Mayat Noor Suzaily Mukhtar, 24, ditemui di Taman Bukit Tinggi, Klang pada 7 Oktober 2000. Mangsa dirogol dan dibunuh dalam sebuah bas ekspres dan mayatnya dicampak di sebuah jalan di kawasan pembinaan di taman itu. Pada 23 Oktober 2000, Nor Shuhada Borak, 6, ditemui mati dalam tangki air di bumbung bangunan kediaman tiga tingkat jenis town house di Selayang dalam keadaan separuh bogel dan lebam pada muka dan tangan. Mangsa dipercayai dirogol sebelum dibunuh.

Gadis berusia 17 tahun, Farrah Deeba Rustam dirogol dan dibunuh di bawah jambatan jalan masuk ke Kampung Tersusun Batu 2, Jalan Lama Bidor-Tapah pada 14 Februari 2001. Mangsa mati akibat dijerut menggunakan tali. Nurul Hanis Kamil dibunuh dalam semak selepas pulang dari sekolah di Serkam Darat, Merlimau, Melaka pada 3 Julai 2001. Sementara itu, seorang kanak-kanak perempuan berusia tujuh tahun dirogol dan diliwat sehingga terkeluar usus oleh dua remaja berusia 19 tahun ketika merompak keluarga mangsa di rumahnya di Taman Bukit Maluri, Kepong pada 13 Ogos 2001.

Norshakila Ramli Choo, 6, pula dirogol sebelum dibunuh di Taman Tasik Permai Ampang pada 1 April 2002, manakala seorang pelajar sekolah menengah ditolak dari atas jejantas, ditendang dan dicekik sebelum dirogol di bawah jejantas Jalan Reko, Kajang antara jam 2.35 petang dan 4.00 petang pada 8 Oktober 2002. Mangsa patah tulang belakang dan nyaris meninggal dunia. Kaki dan tangan mangsa juga diikat ke belakang dan badannya ditutup dengan plastik hitam, mulut disumbat dengan stoking dan diikat dengan sapu tangan sebelum ditinggalkan.

Pada 6 November 2002, Siti Nurliyana Shamimi Rosdi, kanak-kanak berusia dua tahun diculik, dirogol dan dibunuh, dijumpai dalam keadaan bogel di tebing Sungai Kedah, kira-kira 500 meter dari rumahnya di Kampung Seberang Terus.

Hasil bedah siasat mendapati ada kesan koyak pada kemaluan mangsa, selain lebih 40 kesan luka pada badan. Mangsa juga mengalami pendarahan dalam otak, dipercayai akibat dipukul dengan benda keras.

Noritta Samsudin, 22 dijumpai mati di Kondominium Puncak Prima Galleria, Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur pada 5 Disember 2003. Mangsa dikatakan dirogol sebelum dibunuh. Pada 13 Jun 2003, Canny Ong Lay Kian dilarikan dari tempat letak kereta Bangsar Shopping Centre di ibu negara. Mayat mangsa ditemui separuh rentung di dalam longkang di tepi Jalan Klang Lama, Kuala Lumpur.

Kanak-kanak berusia 10 tahun, Hasirawati Saridi ditemui mati dipercayai dibunuh dan dirogol ketika dalam perjalanan ke sekolah di Kampung Ratau, Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah pada 8 Januari 2004.

Pada 17 Januari 2004 seorang kanak-kanak berusia 10 tahun, Nurul Huda Abdul Ghani dirogol, diliwat sebelum dibunuh di pondok pengawal stesen pencawang Tenaga Nasional Berhad Kampung Pekajang, Gelang Patah, Johor. Mayatnya ditemui berbogel tersandar pada dinding tandas pondok pengawal terbabit dalam keadaan mencangkung. Mazny Abdullah dari Junjung, Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang dibunuh pada 23 November 2004, manakala Siti Syazwani Ahmad Dusuki, 9 tahun dibunuh selepas dirogol di Taman Rhu pada 22 Disember 2004.

Masih ingatkah lagi apa yang berlaku kepada mereka ini? Sudah pasti kita masih ingat kerana kes itu mendapat liputan besar di media tempatan. Apabila kita membaca kisah Nurin Jazlin, misalnya ramai berasa sedih dan hiba, malah ada juga terkejut dan marah.

Sudah tiba masanya sesuatu dilakukan untuk mencegah berulangnya kes seumpama ini. Ketika ramai yang bercakap dan memberi pelbagai cadangan selepas apa yang berlaku pada Nurin Jazlin, ironinya kes seumpama itu terus berlaku. Persoalannya bilakah pandangan dan cadangan membendung kes seperti itu boleh dilaksanakan? Bila pula kita akan mengambil tindakan untuk mengubah keadaan ini? Adakah kita hendak menunggu siapa selepas Nurin Jazlin baru ada kesedaran?

Kita tidak boleh mengharapkan seratus peratus kepada pihak kerajaan, terutama polis untuk menghindar perbuatan kejam seperti itu. Kita, sebagai warga yang prihatin dan beradab harus sama-sama berusaha mengatasi dan mengelak kejadian seperti itu.

Paling tidak, pastikan anak kecil termasuk yang bersekolah agar sentiasa dalam keadaan selamat ketika bermain di luar rumah atau ketika pergi dan pulang dari sekolah. Kita harus berjaga-jaga dan berwaspada sepanjang masa sebelum terkena. Kita mahu terus tinggal di negara tercinta dalam aman dan selamat.

Penulis ialah Ketua Unit Media dan Penyelidikan Hal Ehwal Wanita & Mahasiswa Persatuan Mahasiswa Islam Universiti Malaya (PMIUM) - Berita Harian

Neighborhood Crime Watch?

What is Neighborhood Crime Watch?

Neighborhood Crime Watch is a Crime Prevention Program of the Anchorage Police Department. It is one of the most effective and least costly ways of reducing and/or preventing residential property crimes. It is a citizen involvement, neighborhood and community based effort designed to assist citizens and the police in reducing crime and increasing an overall sense of peace, safety and security in the neighborhood.

The program’s success is hinged on improving communications between neighbors and achieving and sustaining an appropriate level of neighbor involvement to a point where the neighbors realize a reduction and/or achieves prevention of burglaries and other property crimes.

What Are the Goals of Neighborhood Crime Watch?

1. To increase awareness of the crime of burglary and other property crimes.
2. To implement various safety and residential security strategies to make homes more secure and less likely to be targeted.
3. To help neighbors recognize signs of suspicious and criminal activity and to report them to police.
4. To implement Operation ID to deter burglary. Operation ID is advantageous to the return of stolen property and may help police solve cases.
5. To develop and utilize a communication network within the neighborhood for the purposes of informing neighbors of criminal and suspicious activity and other neighborhood-oriented concern