Ample police manpower for Kuala Besut by-election: IGP

The Inspector-General of Police has assured that ample manpower will be on duty for the Kuala Besut by-election.

Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said he would be visiting Kuala Besut tomorrow to ensure everything was in order.

"But, from what I can see from the papers (police intelligence reports), we are ready," he said.

Speaking to reporters after the passing out parade of the police air wing unit's graduates here today, Khalid urged prospective candidates and political parties to adhere to election rules.

"Campaign with prudence and let us enjoy this by-election," he quipped.

The Election Commission has fixed nomination on July 12, early voting on July 20; and July 24 as polling day for the Kuala Besut by-election

Perak police wants to be more professional

THE Perak police force aims to mould its men to be more professional, be it in appearance, execution of duties or discipline.

State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said he would be working closely with officers at the supervisory level to make sure that their men served the public better.

“Besides this, we will also focus on implementing initiatives set out under the National Key Result Areas to reduce crime,” he said after presenting excellence awards to 118 policemen from the Kuala Kangsar, Sungai Siput, Gerik and Pengkalan Hulu districts.

The presentation ceremony was held at the Kuala Kangsar district police headquarters, last Thursday.

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Metal detectors and more CCTVs to ensure safety of Malaysians and cops

: While looking after the safety of the people, the police are also beefing up security at their stations nationwide.

Bukit Aman Management Director Comm Datuk Mortadza Nazarene said the security measures would include stringent checks on visitors to police stations.

“Metal detectors may be more widely used to scan visitors. We must ensure the safety of the public and police personnel at the stations at all times,” he told The Star yesterday.

“We are also looking into wider surveillance at the police stations, including installing more CCTVs,” he added when commenting on recent clashes at police stations.


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GE13: Deputy IGP warns employers not to influence employees’ votes

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has advised everyone, especially employers, not to threaten or force their workers to vote for a particular party during polling day on May 5.

He said the reminder was made as police had received information that several employers in Johor had threatened to retrench workers who vote for certain political parties.

"According to information received in Johor, there are employers threatening their workers that they would be sacked if they vote for a certain political party," he told reporters at the ceremony to award the National Sovereignty Medal to 25 police personnel involved in the Lahad Datu intrusion by Sulu gunmen in February.

The medals were handed out by Rural and Regional Development Minister and Semporna incumbent MP Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal on Sunday.

Traffic cop unconscious, hit by Mat Rempit

A TRAFFIC policeman is now fghting for his life after he was knocked down and hit on the head with a crash helmet by a Mat Rempit on Sunday.

South Klang police chief ACP Muhammad Mat Yusop said corporal Mustaghni Tabri, 48, remained unconscious since the incident.

"He is now on life support system and his family is waiting for the doctor's advice whether there will be a need for an operation," said Muhammad.

"We have yet to make any arrest but have launched a manhunt for the suspects," he said.

Earlier, Muhammad, accompanied by Federal Traffic police chief Datuk Abdul Aziz Yusof and Selangor police chief Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah, visited Mustaghni at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.

It was reported that Mustaghni was knocked down by an illegal racer and then hit on the head with a crash helmet by his pillion rider during an anti-illegal racing operation at Jalan Bunga Raya, Taman Gembira on Sunday morning.

3 new police cars from Naza

The Home Ministry receives three vehicles from Naza World Berhad to be used by the police. The vehicles are two 4WD Chevrolet Captiva 2.0 SUV and the 1.8 Chevrolet Cruze.

Summonses with photo ‘evidence’ from May 1

From May 1, police will issue summonses with photographs of vehicles violating traffic regulations in areas monitored by closed-circuit television.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said the new procedure would be used for all traffic offences including speeding and failure to use seat belts.

He said he expected the practice to leave little chance of mistaken identity.

“If there are still people who claim that police got the wrong vehicle (even with a picture attached to the summons), they should produce evidence of the mistake at any traffic counter,” he told reporters here.

In areas without CCTV surveillance, Khalid said summonses would be issued as usual by traffic officers.

Ibubapa tuntut pengetua jelas isu pergaduhan

Ibubapa sekumpulan pelajar yang terlibat dalam satu pergaduhan di SMK Taman Sri Muda pada Rabu lalu akan mengadakan pertemuan dengan pihak polis dan juga pengurusan sekolah petang ini.

Seorang bapa kepada pelajar berkenaan, Stephen Perumal Velu berkata, perjumpaan pada jam 2.30 petang itu juga akan melibatkan Jabatan Pendidikan Selangor, Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah dan wakil Persatuan Ibubapa dan Guru (PIBG) sekolah berkenaan.

Stephen berkata, beliau akan meminta pengetua sekolah menjelaskan tindakan pentadbiran sekolah memanggil pihak polis ketika pergaduhan itu berlaku.

We rescued 2 hostages in Pudu

Datuk Zaman Khan says the raid ended swiftly
One of the captured men, Ng Lai Huat, being taken to the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital after the raid. A medical check-up revealed only superficial injuries.

Datuk Zaman Khan speaking to reporters after successfully directing the rescue operation.

Two bomoh offered their services to subdue the criminals but were unsuccessful.

"I THOUGHT I was being invited to Tun Hanif Omar's house for dinner after I was summoned back from a conference in Singapore by the former inspector-general of police.

"Thinking it was a small and informal get-together, I dressed casually. Little did I realise what was in store for me.

"When I arrived at Tun Hanif's house, there was no dinner waiting for me but a group of police officers in a serious meeting with him. I was summoned to join the meeting," recalled Datuk Zaman Khan.


Zaman, who was then police director of internal security and public order, found out that he was to lead a crack team of about 30 officers to resolve the Pudu Prison hostage crisis that lasted for six days 25 years ago.

Police no longer hide behind pillars for traffic ops

Police no longer hide behind pillars in carrying out traffic operations, said Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar.

"We no longer hide behind pillars, but issue summonses immediately, and those issued with summonses should not forget to settle their fines," he said during a dialogue session with 1,000 Indian youths at the programme, 'A Day With the Police' at the Selangor Police Headquarters, here today.

Khalid said this when responding to a statement by a dialogue participant that the frequent police presence on the road lately had resulted in drivers being more disciplined on the road compared to the past when policemen hid at the end of the road and emerging from their hiding place to stop traffic offenders.

Khalid later told a media conference that the physical presence of the policemen during traffic operations had started not long ago.

"Don't be surprised if you are issued with a summons ... we shouldn't be hiding, we will come out in the open and enforce the law," he said.

On efforts by the police to curb gangsterism among the Indian community in Selangor as raised by several participants, he said besides prosecuting them in court, police also carried out preventive measures.

Gold ransom

A former air steward was among five kidnappers nabbed after taking delivery of 10 gold bars as ransom here on Tuesday.

Police believe it was the country’s first-ever kidnapping case involving the use of gold bars, worth RM1.44 million, as ransom.

Previous kidnapping cases only involved payment of cash in either local or foreign currency.

Selangor police raiding parties moved in on the kidnappers on Tuesday night and early yesterday after the hostage was freed unharmed.

In the swoops, police arrested the former air steward and four Nepalese men, and recovered the 10 gold bars, which weighed a kilogramme each.

Selangor police chief Datuk Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah said the kidnappers ambushed and bundled a 62-year-old security firm director into a black Isuzu fourwheel- drive vehicle behind Pulau Ketam Restaurant on Monday morning.

“They contacted the victim’s family and demanded a ransom of 10 gold bars, valued at RM144,000 each, for the safe return of the director. The family was told to drop the ransom at a location in Klang,” Tun Hisan said.

It is believed that the kidnappers had demanded gold bars instead of cash because it had no serial numbers and would have been easier to dispose of than marked notes.

The drop-off proceeded smoothly on Tuesday, with the kidnappers collecting the 10 gold bars and later freeing the hostage unharmed.

Tun Hisan said the director was released in a remote location and a passer-by gave him a lift.

A special police task force that had been monitoring the case immediately swung into action.

Three men were arrested in Jalan Pos Baru within 15 minutes of the victim’s release.

In a follow-up operation, police raided a house in Taman Sentosa where they arrested another two suspects and seized the Isuzu fourwheel- drive vehicle fitted with false K-9 stickers and a Kawasaki superbike.

Besides the 10 gold bars, police also recovered a taser gun, five mobile phones and RM45.

Initial investigations showed that the suspects did not know the victim personally, although they were familiar with his background.

The 37-year-old former air steward, who did not have any criminal record, is believed to have provided the information on the director.

It is believed that the four Nepalis, aged between 20 and 30, did not possess any valid travel documents.

The kidnap, involving ransom demands running into millions of ringgit, is the second in Peninsular Malaysia this year.

Last month, a Singaporean businessman paid a ransom of S$9 million (RM20.7 million) after his wife, daughter and maid were kidnapped in Permas Jaya, Johor.


The ransom was paid in Singapore currency by the businessman who was instructed to drop the money in Kulaijaya.

The victims were released unharmed two days later in the Danga Bay area.

Schoolmates extort RM30,000 from boy

"My son has given to them five watches, a laptop, RM1,000 in cash and gold items such as bracelets and necklaces worth about RM30,000 in total" -- Chen Jan Chin, 38, mother of the 15-year old victim

For the past six months, a terrified schoolboy has given as much as RM30,000 in cash and valuables to several youths who threatened to beat him up.

But 15-year-old Donny Chen, a Form Two student at SMK Sungai Tapang Batu 7 here, finally let the secret out when he was questioned by his parents.


And the people who extorted from him were two schoolmates and two outsiders, said his mother Chen Jan Chin, 38.

Cops nab Uthayakumar, Hindraf members

Anggota polis bercakap dengan penyokong Hindraf yang merancang untuk mengadakan protes di pekarangan KLCC pagi tadi

Key leaders of the Human Rights Party (HRP), mainly made up of members of the outlawed Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) were detained by police at various spots today ahead of a rally planned by the group at the KLCC here.

HRP secretary-general, lawyer P. Uthayakumar was among the first to be picked up by Dang Wangi police when he was about to leave his house at Pantai Hillpark at about 7.30am.

He was taken to the Sentul police headquarters and was joined by at least 70 others including other leading HRP figures who were subsequently detained.

Among those nabbed was information chief S.Jayathas, the group's Selangor, Perak and Kedah state leaders and two citizen journalists who were making their way to the city for the gathering.

Woman dies in snatch theft bid on the way to Singapore.

Police forensic personnel examining the spot at Km8.9 of Jalan Skudai, Johor Baru, where a pillion rider was killed yesterday.

A 52-year-old woman was killed in what appeared to be a snatch theft attempt here yesterday.

In the 6am incident at Km8.9 of Jalan Skudai, three men, believed to be foreigners, each riding a motorcycle, allegedly boxed in D. Ganesh, 36, and his sister-in-law, Alamelu Ramasamy, 52, who was pillion riding.

One of the men was said to have tried to snatch Alamelu's pouch bag, causing her to fell backwards and Ganesh to lose control of his machine. Alamelu died on the spot.

Drugs in car pistons leave cops amused

'SILLY' ATTEMPT: The seized car pistons containing drugs


Another foolish technique of smuggling drugs has emerged with the arrest of a Nigerian who concealed 1.4kg of syabu (methamphetamine) worth RM350,000 in 10 car engine pistons.

The suspect, aged 28, attempted to dupe police officers at the KL International Airport (KLIA) that the pistons, kept among his clothes in a suitcase, were to be delivered to a car accessories outlet here.

The man landed here last Sunday from Dubai, and naturally police were puzzled as to why he would fly 5,533km to KL to deliver 10 boxes of pistons.

Selangor blames politics for Putrajaya nixing auxiliary cops idea

The Selangor government criticised the Home Ministry today for rejecting its offer to form an auxiliary police, claiming that the Barisan Nasional (BN) has substituted public for political interests.

The Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government had sent a letter to the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein to accept the state’s offer to form an auxiliary police team as a solution to the rise in crime in the state.

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said the proposed auxiliary police team would only “assist” and “complete” the police force’s daily routine and not “replace” the enforcement duties of the police.

Hishammuddin said on Thuesday the formation of an auxiliary police was unnecessary as crime index in the state has declined and described idea as a waste of public funds.

However the Selangor Mentri Besar’s office said that crime rate was still high despite the drop.

3m volunteers to join police on patrol

Three million members of Rela, the people’s volunteer corps, the Civil Defence Department and non-governmental organisations will join police on patrol throughout the country, Home Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam said today.

He said the integrated operations would be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak on August 1.

Three detained over 700,000 missing condoms

Police have detained three men suspected to be members of an international syndicate involved in the robbery of over 700,000 condoms worth about RM850,000 from a container that was shipped to Tokyo, Japan, last month.

Perak police chief Datuk Shukri Dahlan said the suspects, aged between 29 and 30, workers of a condom factory in Batu Gajah, about 20km from here, were detained yesterday at Ipoh, Klang and the North-South Expressway.

Today in Picture Drug Addicts on bike struggle with policemen.

An addict that tried to escape with a motorcycle was arrested by the police during the "Port Hutan" raid at Jengka 10 last night.

An addict that tried to escape with a motorcycle was arrested by the police during the "Port Hutan" raid at Jengka 10 last night.

Police clamp down on HRP convoys, scores arrested

At least 30 Human Rights Party (HRP) members in Selangor, Perak and Kuala Lumpur have been arrested as police came down hard on their nationwide convoys.

Six were arrested at Jelapang, Ipoh police station while five more were nabbed near Jalan Templer in Selangor, as police mounted roadblocks to stop the convoy to promote an upcoming anti-racism rally.