Trio from big drug ring held

PENANG: Police have arrested three men believed to be among the main members a big drug syndicate operating in the northern and central regions of Malaysia.

State Narcotics Department chief Supt S. Batumalai said the men, aged between 32 and 37, were arrested in two places, and 3.2kg of heroin No. 3 with a street value of nearly RM300,000 was seized from them.

"We believe the syndicate has been in operation in the region for the past six to seven months and was supplying heroin to Kedah, Penang and Perak and even the Klang Valley," he told reporters in his office yesterday.

He said information obtained from the three suspects might help police to close on the syndicate's mastermind, who is believed to be hiding in a neighbouring state.

Batumalai said the first suspect is a 32-year-old security guard arrested at about 8.30pm on April 27 while waiting for a buyer at the Queensbay Mall car park in Bayan Baru.

"We found 900gm of heroin No. 3 with RM80,000 in his possession," he said. "He has been charged under Section 39(B) of the 1952 Dangerous Drug Act.

"The other two, aged 35 and 37, were arrested at a hotel in Prai last Thursday in a raid jointly conducted by the state and Bukit Aman narcotics division.

"The success was due to a tip-off and both suspects were arrested during the raid at 6.15pm in a hotel room as they were waiting for their prospective buyers."

Police seized 2.3kg of heroin No. 3 worth RM200,000 from the duo. They also seized a motorcycle belonging to one of the suspects.

Batumalai said the syndicate is believed to be supplying heroin to hardcore addicts who used the syringe and sometimes the "smoke-chasing" technique - sniffing the vapour of heated heroin.

He said the suspects are under remand and are expected to be charged soon. - By Mohd Tajudin

Source: The Sun newspaper

Man loses car to con man with sob story

A RESTAURANT owner was taken in by a sob story and lent his car to a man he had met only four hours earlier.

L. Vijayakumar, 43, said he was approached by the man, who claimed to be a businessman in the information technology field, at his restaurant in Brickfield in January. The man pleaded to borrow his white Proton Iswara.

The man said he needed to use the car to transport computers from Malacca because his car had been damaged in a flood in Johor.

Feeling sorry for the man, who introduced himself as A. Nagarajah, 27, from Negeri Sembilan, Vijayakumar agreed to lend his car for two days from Jan 17.

Nagarajah left his contact number and what he said were his mother's and girlfriend's contact numbers with Vijayakumar. He even left a photocopy of his identity card.

Vijayakumar called Nagarajah two days later, but the man asked to keep the car for another eight days.

"I was afraid that if I didn't agree, he would not return my car," said Vijayakumar.

"But after that, I could no longer contact him. I tried calling his mother. Imagine my horror when the woman accused Nagarajah of stealing her jewellery and advised me to make a police report."

Vijayakumar lodged a report a Brickfields police station. He also checked the records on Nagarajah at Jalan Bandar traffic police headquarters.

"I was shocked to find that the man had more than 20 traffic summonses and an arrest warrant under his name."

Vijayakumar said following the incident, he is unable to claim his car's insurance and faces difficulty carrying out his restaurant business. - By KALBANA PERIMBANAYAGAM

Source: Malay Mail newspaper

Sisters kidnapped and forced into sex trade

KLANG: Two underage sisters will never forget March 29, a date that has been search into their memory for life.

Their ordeal began at 8.30pm that night when they were abducted outside their home here by several men and taken on a terror ride that changed their lives forever.

They were taken to a double-storey house here and raped by their captors. The next morning, the secondary students were forced into prostitution. For the next 45 days, they had sex with scores of customers at all hours of the day.

They could not escape as they were under the watchful eyes of their kidnappers. Their chance to flee came on Friday when their captors went out, leaving them alone in the house.
It is understood that the sisters opened the door and walked out to freedom - but they did not know where they were.

So, they hid in bushes near the house, waiting for cars to come by.

A passer-by discovered them the next morning and sent them to district police headquarters where their statements were recorded. Police then sent them to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital for a medical examination.

Selangor assistant CID chief ACP Chee Cheng Wan confirmed the incident. It is learnt that police believe the suspects were locals and are trying to identify them.

Source: NST newspaper

Transfer denied. Now he's DEAD

HE had told his mum that someone wanted him dead.

Fearing for his life, Constable Mohd Roszaidi Mohd Rasol, 23, begged to be transferred out of his Beaufort police station in Sabah.

He wrote four letters to Bukit Aman regarding his transfer request but heard nothing.

On May 10, Mohd Roszaidi called his mother, Zubaitha Othman, 41, in Rawang, and told her that someone had been following him. He said his life was in danger.

A day later, he was dead.

Police told Zubaitha that her son had been killed in an accident. But she's not buying it and believes that Mohd Roszaidi would still be alive if his request for a transfer had been granted.

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GRIEVING Zubaitha Othman, 41, believes her policeman son would still be alive if his request for a transfer out of Beaufort police station in Sabah to any station in Peninsular Malaysia had been granted.

She claimed that Mohd Roszaidi Mohd Rasol, 23, was murdered by someone who had been sending him threats since July last year.

Even on May 10, a day before his death, Zubaitha said her son called to say that someone had been following him and that his life was in danger.

That's why she couldn't believe it when told the next day (last Friday) that her son had died in a road accident at Km2, Jalan Beaufort-Sipitang, in Sabah.

Zubaitha, a former insurance agent from Kuala Garing Selatan in Rawang, Selangor, said this at her house after her son was buried yesterday.

Mohd Roszaidi was a constable at Beaufort police station and had been there since 2004.

"I believed he was murdered that his life was in danger a day before he died," she said.

"He said someone had been following him."

The next day, she received a call from a policeman who told her that her son had been killed in an accident.

Zubaitha said that her son had been traumatised since July 13 last year after a man had called him and threatened to kill him for allegedly having an affair with the caller's girl.

"Despite my son telling him that it was just a misunderstanding, the man continued to threaten my son. The man had said her son lodged a report at Beaufort police station on July 14.

Concerned by the threat, Mohd Roszaidi brought his wife, Rozita Awang Damit, who was pregnant then, to Zubaitha's house in Rawang on July 17. The couple stayed there for some time.

"While he was here, we went to Bukit Aman to apply for his transfer from Beaufort police station to any police station in the peninsula.

"We had sent four letters in all regarding the transfer request, but until his death, there's been no reply."

Zubaitha said Mohd Roszaidi had been told by a personnel from Bukit Aman to return to Beaufort at the end of his off-day period. Her son was also told that he could pursue his transfer request with the Beaufort police station.

"However, my son declined as he was afraid that he would be killed if he returned to Beaufort," she said.

She added that her son received a call from his friend in Beaufort that a man had showed up at the Beaufort police station looking for him.

Zubaitha, who described his son as friendly and loving, said his son went back to Beaufort on Dec 9 with his wife and their three-month-old daughter, Norashila.

"When he arrived at Beaufort, he was arrested for running away from duty but was released on police bail."

Zubaitha said her son kept calling her and asked about his transfer status as he felt that his life was in danger in Beaufort.

"Now I'm worried about the safety of my daughter-in-law and my granddaughter when they they go back to Beaufort," she said.

Mohd Roszaidi's body arrived in Rawang last Saturday and he was buried at Kuala Garing Muslim cemetery yesterday. He leaves behind wife Rozita and daughter Norashila, now nine months old.

Source: Malay Mail newspaper

Pictures: Malay Mail newspaper, The Sun newspaper

Four gangsters held in Sibu

KUCHING: Police have arrested four members of the notorious "Lo Han" gang following a shootout in Sibu.

Sarawak Police Commissioner Deputy Comm Datuk Talib Jamal said police opened fire when the men, who were in a car, tried to ram a police vehicle during a chase a10am yesterday.

He said police aimed their shots at the tyres of the car, but two of the gang members were injured.

"They are in stable condition in the state police contingent headquarters here yesterday.

With the arrests, police might have crippled two gangs high on the wanted list in Sibu.

The leader and several members of the "Hua Kee" gang are under remand in connection with a kidnapping case.

Recounting the incident yesterday, DCP Talib said a patrol car trailed the car the gang members were in following a tip-off that they had been involved in a burglary in Taman Salim.

"Police found several wearpons, including a samurai sword and a parang in the car, which was reported stolen in Kota Sentosa.

"Also recovered were a 32-inch plasma TV, three laptops and jewellery," he added.

DCP Talib said the gang members were believed to have been involved in armed robberies, extortion and burglaries in Sibu and Meradong.

He said police were still hunting for the "Lo Han" gang leader who was involved in a murder case in Julau in central Sarawak.

DCP Talib added that the gang's membership was diminishing but could not say how many of them were still left.

Source: Star newspaper

Holiday trip turns tragic for varsity mates, friends

REMBAU: The had completed their exams, so a group of university mates and a few friends decided a holiday trip to Pulau Tioman was what they needed to hill out.

The 10 set off in two vehicles yesterday, but things went horribly wrong about 2am.

Two of the five youths in the first vehicle were killed in a collision with an express bus on the North-South Expressway.

Passengers Hanani Abdul Razak, a 21-year-old UiTM student from Muar, and Mohd Iqbal Ismail, 22, from Taman Keramat in Kuala Lumpur, lost their lives.

The driver of the four-wheel-drive, 24-year-old Mohd Fakhrul Redza, attached to the Royal Malaysian Air Force base in Subang, and UiTM students Azira Md Azlan, 20, from Klang, and 19-year-old Ayu Helmiza, from Shah Alan, were injured.

They have been warded at the Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital (HTJS) in Seremban and are reported to be in stable condition.

Rembau police chief Deputy Superintendent Mizan Hohd Dom said the crash took place in Km230.8 of the expressway.

Fakhrul is believed to have lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid a safety cone. It crashed into the mid-section divider and landed on the other side of the expressway.

"The driver of a north-bound express bus could not stop in time and slammed into the vehicle."

Mizan said Hanani, the eldest of three children, was pinned in the back seat of the car and died on the spot from head and body injuries. Iqbal was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Neither the driver nor the 27 passengers in the bus were hurt.

Mohd Khairy Abd Kadir, 26, one of the five in the other car, said the group of friends was driving to Mersing to catch a ferry to Tioman for a four-day holiday.

"We were looking forward to the trip. We never expected it to end like this."

Meanwhile, in Muar, it was the most shattering news a mother could receive on Mothers Day.

Azizah Isa had just spoken to the apple of her eye, Hanani, and was looking forward to seeing her as the interior design student had just finished her semester at UiTM.

Azizah, 47, described her daughter as a bubbly girl who "aimed to make lots of money and help her family".

"Hanani was always drawing in her spare time. During the school holidays, she used to work at a batik factory here.

"She told me that I need not to worry because after graduation, she could earn a lot of money from her designs," Azizah said at her Grisek home, 40km from here.

The last time both mother and daughter spoke was about 9pm on Saturday.

"She told me she wanted to go for a holiday first before coming home for the semester break. I told her to be home quick and that we missed her.

"She came home for just a day on Labour Day (May 1) and that was the last time we saw her."

After speaking to her daughter, Azizah, who is a supervisor with PLUS Berhad and based at the Pagoh Interchange office, left for her night shift at 9.30pm.

She was informed of the accident about 4am by Hanani's close friend.

Hanani's body was laid to rest at the Grisek Muslim cemetery.

Source: NST newspaper

Bus turns turtle, 2 killed

TWO Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka students were killed and 16 others injured when the bus they were travelling in turned turtle at the Ayer Keroh Highway opposite the Malacca Mall yesterday.

Wan Nornadia Wan Mansor @ Wan Ismail, 23, from Kampung Pengkalan Nyereh, Besut, Terengganu and Azimah Abdul Aziz, 22, from Jalan Abdul Rahman, Muar, Johor, died at the scene.

The bus travelling from Ayer Keroh to Malacca Sentral was said to have gone out of control after passing a traffic light near Pantai Hospital when the accident happened at 2.30pm.

The bus driver, Abu Hakim Goh, 54, was seriously injured and warded at Malacca Hospital.

Wan Nornadio was a final-year student in communication technology while Azimah was taking a degree in computer science (data-base management).

Wan Nornadia's friend, Suryani Mohamad, 23, who escaped unhurt said they were on their way to the city from their home in Taman Tasik Utara, Ayer Keroh. -Bernama

Source: Malay Mail newspaper
Pictures: Malay Mail newspaper, NST newspaper

Hospital lift fire causes evacuation

KUALA LUMPUR: Mohd Laub Hassan went to visit his grandfather at the Nerve Research Centre yesterday. But he was taken aback when he was not allowed to go up to the unit on the third floor of Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

"I go to the hospital about 1pm but security would not let me go up to see my grandfather.

"I managed to get up to the second floor and then took the stairs. When I looked through the door. I saw a commotion going on," said the 18-year-old.

That "commotion" was 50 patients and workers in the unit being evacuated after smoke filled the third floor of the building.

No injuries were reported, and the patients have been moved to other wards.

Federal Territory Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director Md Ali Ismail said they received a call at 1.21pm and immediately sent a fire engine.

"The smoke had come form an unused lift on the ground floor of the hospital.

"Some paper and other rubbish in the lift shaft had caught fire sending smoke up to the third floor," he said, adding that there was no report of any damage.

A hospital spokesman said they will return to the ward once the smoke clears."

And Mohd Laud did manage to see his grandfather in the end, near the lift as he was being evacuated.

Source: NST newspaper

Pictures: Berita Minggu

Traffic cop dies in collision with car

KUALA LUMPUR: A policeman returning home after a traffic operation was killed in a collision with a car.

In the 6am incident yesterday, the car driver, believed to be intoxicated, collided with Kpl Ismail Mat, 49, who was on his motorcycle travelling in the opposite side of Jalan Loke Yew near the UE3 shopping complex here.

Kpl Ismail, from the city traffic police headquarters in Jalan Bandar, was dragged under the car for about 20m before the vehicle stopped.

Initial investigations revealed that the road dividers were removed at that particular stretch for road-widening works.

He was on his way home in Kajang after conducting a traffic operation in Jalan Pinang here.

Kpl Ismail, who had serious injuries on his head, chest and legs was rushed to Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, where he was pronounced dead two hours later.

Acting city police chief SAC (1) Zulhasnan Najib Baharuddin said the 29-year-old motorist from Cheras, who was heading to the Bukit Bintang area, was nabbed soon after the incident.

"Passing motorists stopped to help and alerted the police who later detained the driver," he said.

Kpl Ismail's body will be taken to his hometown in Kampung Kuala Muda in Kedah. He leaves behind two wives and four children.

Source: Sunday Star newspaper

Picture: Metro Ahad newspaper

Young couple found dead in car

KOTA KINABALU: A couple are believed to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning after their bodies were found along the Penampang Tambunan road, about 25km from here.

Sabinus Lionson, 27, and his girlfriend Lucia Marasin, 19 were found dead inside their Proton Iswara parked by the side of the road near Kampung Kibunut at about 7.30am yesterday.

Penampang OCPD Deputy Supt Mohd Azhar Harnin said the engine and air-conditioner were still running when the bodies were discovered.

"We do not suspect any foul play. We believe they could have suffocated from fume poisoning," he said.

The bodies have been sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital here for post-mortem.

DSP Azhar said initial investigations revealed that the couple were drinking local rice wine at Kampung Moyog at about 3pm on Friday.

"A relative of the couple last saw them still drinking at about 7pm," he said.

DSP Azhar added that they left at about 10pm and had apparently stopped beside the road to rest.

"We believe they fell asleep and were suffocated by fumes emitted by the car," he said, adding that the time of death was estimated to be between 1am and 2am yesterday.

Source: Sunday Star newspaper

Crocodile attacks angler

BINTULU: Shouting at his nephew to save himself was the last thing that Sangka Mengong could do before he was dragged down by what is believed to be a crocodile at a river in Similajau, 70km from here, on Friday.

The 31-year-old plantation worker was fishing with his nephew, known only as Nicholas, 14, when the crocodile was said to have suddenly snapped at one of Sangka's legs before dragging him down into the river in the incident that took place about 6pm.

Until 7pm yesterday, a search operation mounted for him shortly after the incident by the Fire and Rescue and Sarawak Forestry departments had yet to bear any results.

Sangka is married and has a one-year-old son.

One of the victim's relatives said here that Sangka and Nicholas had hone to the river to catch prawns and that they were awake of the existence of crocodiles in the area.

However, the duo felt they would not come to harm as there had been no reported incidents of crocodile attacks there in recent years.

Source: NST newspaper

Duo charged with kidnap

IPOH: Two men were charged in a magistrate's court here with kidnapping glove factory manager Teh Wai Toong, whose body was found dumped in Sungai Siput last month.

Chew Wai Keong, 34, and Yan Wai Seng, 19, were jointly charged with wrongfully confining the 30-year-old victim the intention of seeking a RM200, 000 ransom.

The two part-time computer technicians from Kampar were said to have committed the offence at No. 2, Laluan Bercham Utara 17, Taman Utama, here at 10pm on April 20.

No plea was recorded.

During proceedings yesterday. Chew softly answered "understood" and Yan nodded when a court interpreter asked them in Cantonese if they understood the charge read out to them.

Chew and Yan, who were unrepresented, face life imprisonment or the death penalty if convicted under Section 3 of the Kinapping Act 1061.

DPP Budiman Lutfi Mohamed prosecuted.

Magistrate Radzilawatee Abdul Rahaman fixed June 13 for mention pending a chemist's report.

Source: Star newspaper

Boy, 14, dies in m-cycle crash

MALACCA: A 14-year-old motorcyclist was killed while his 19-year-old pillion rider sustained a leg injury when his motorcycle crashed into a lorry yesterday.

The motorcyclist and his friend were heading towards Kandang from Semabok.

When they arrived at a traffic light the junction of Solok Duyong, their vehicle hit the lorry.

Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar died on the spot when his body was hurled under the lorry.

Police are currently investigating the case as reckless driving.

Source: NST newspaper

Pub worker stabbed after work

KUALA LUMPUR: Her shift was over and it was time for her to go home.

However, when Noviavah Syahrizal walked out of the pub in Desa Sri Hartamas, where was workin, at the 12.30am on Friday, little did she realise that it would be her last day at work.

The 35-year-old Indonesian who lived in Kepong, was found in a car park with stab wounds to her chest and abdomen.

She was found by passers-by some 20m from the pub.

An ambulance took her to University Malaya Medical Centre, but she died at 4am.

Brickfields police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rahman Ibrahim said following the incident, police have detailed a man to help investigating.

However, Weekend Mail learnt that the 43-year-old man is Novianah's husband, who works as a sales supervisor.

They have been married for three years.

It is also learnt that Novianah worked at a hair salon during the day. Police have ruled out robbery as her cell phone, wallet and cash were still in her handbag, found at the scene.

When asked whether the motive for the murder was jealousy, Abdul Rahman said, "We are still investigating."

Abdul Rahman urged those who had witnessed the incident to contact Brickfields police at 03-22742222 or Rakan Cop at 03-21159999 or SMS by typing POLISKL and sending it to 32728.

Source: Weekend Mail

Saved by break in routine

KUALA LUMPUR: P. Saravathy is lucky to be alive today and it's all thanks to a slight change in routine.

The 70-year-old retired teach said she usually reads the newspaper in her living room every morning until 11am when she starts preparing lunch.

Yesterday, however, she went straight to the kitchen, only to rush right back out when tipper lorry laden with stones soil crashed into her double-storey corner lot home in Bangsar here and landed in her living room.

"I had just stepped into the kitchen and hadn't even decided what curry to make when suddenly there was a sound as if a bomb had exploded.

"I rushed to check and to my horror, I found a lorry parked in my hall," she said of the 10am incident when met at her house on Lorong Maarof 6.

She immediately contacted her husband, M. Balakrishnan, 70, a retired City Hall field officer, who rushed home from a meeting in the city.

Witnesses said they saw the lorry go over a road barrier and ram into the concrete garden wall of the detached house. It came to a stop after smashing through the side wall of the house.

The crash left the living room of a concrete, furniture and other strewn items.

Balakrishnan was grateful that his wife not hurt in the incident.

"Even the lorry driver was lucky as he escaped with the minor bruises," he added.

The lorry driver who only wanted to be known as Mulyani, 37, said he was transporting stones and earth from a construction site next to the shopping centre to be dumped.

"I was driving downhill when it happened. I tried to steer the vehicle to safety but failed," said Mulyani, who has been driving lorries for 14 years.

City traffic chief Assistant Commissioner Hamza Taib said police are investigating the accident under Section 43(1) of Road Transport Act 1987 for careless and inconsiderate driving.

Source: Star newspaper

Rapist's a good son, says mum

"HE was a good son".

There were the first words from the mother of Ismail Shah Abdul Wahab, 24, was was yesterday sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment and six stroke of the rotan for raping a 15-year-old girl.

The incident took place near a bush behind Sekolah Menengah Hulu Kelang, between 4.50pm and 6pm on Aug 19, 2004.

The antique dealer from Perak was also sentenced to 10 years' jail for forcing the girl to perform oral sex on him at the same time and place, and four more strokes of the rotan.

Speaking to The Malay Mail, his mother, who came to the Ampang Session Court with a daughter, said her family could not believe when they first learnt about his offences.

"He is a hard-working and soft-spoken man. He had never done anything to hurt his wife. Now, we are ashamed to face out relatives who would ask about him," said the woman, who appeared calm while talking to his son after the sentencing.

Ismail, a father of one was seen covering his mouth with a small towel most of the time.

He was arrested on Feb 18, 2005, following a police report lodged by the girl.

Ismail has previous convictions for rape, sodomy, wrongful confinement and forcing oral sex on victims aged 12, 16, and 24 in Cheras, between Dec 9, 2004, and Aug 3 last year.

For the offences, he was sentenced by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court in January to a 50-year jail term starting from Aug 9 last year, when his bail was revoked, together with 24 whippings.

Ismail was also sentenced by the Ampang magistrate's courts to five years' jail for abducting, molesting and robbing a 17-year-old girl, and 20 months for abducting and 24 months for molesting a 12-year-old girl in July last year.

In passing judgement yesterday, Ampang Sessions Court judge Noradidah Ahmad said Ismail had to be isolated from the society for his inhumane behaviour towards his victim.

"He pretended to ask for direction to the mosque and coaxed the victim, a minor, into following him and then raped her," she said.

Noradidah ordered the sentence to run after the completion of the sentences imposed by the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court.

Source: The Malay Mail newspaper

Man found dead near fish pond

BIDOR: here, about 70km from A 55-year-old man was found dead outside a hut near his fish pond at Japan PakuIpoh.

Soo Ching Lin was believed to been attacked when he was alone guarding his two fish ponds.

Tapah OCPD Supt Roslan Bek Ahmad said Soo had likely suffered blows from a blunt object.

"Except for his wallet, nothing is missing from the hut," he told reporters here yesterday.

According to Supt Roslan Bek, Soo's younger brother had found the body when he went in search of Soo at about 9am yesterday.

Those with information should contact ASP Mohd Rani Abdullah or Insp Zurainah Anual at 05-4011222.

Source: Star newspaper

Hijacked trailer found

MALACCA: A hijacked trailer, which was transporting RM80, 000 worth of paint, was recovered some 30 minutes after the driver lodged a police report at the Ayer Keroh police station here. The goods were being transported from Negeri Sembilan to Johor. The driver, Abdul Hamid Samsure, 35, along with a co-driver Mohd Hazri Hadi, 29, had started their journey late Wednesday night. "As we were resting at the Machap rest area in Johor around 5am in the morning, four men armed with parangs and metal rods broke the window on the driver's side and put a parang to Hazri's neck. "They told us not to fight back and then tied up out hands and legs and covered our faces with some of our extra clothes that were in the trailer," said Abdul Hamid when met here yesterday. The two of them were left by the roadside some 500m from the Ayer Keroh rest area. They immediately freed themselves from the bindings and alerted the Ayer Keroh police station at around 9.30am. Shortly after 10am, the trailer, along with the 20 tonnes of paint was found at the Malim Jaya Industrial Area. Malacca CID chief Asst Comm Frederick Liso Senap said two men, aged 48 and 31, have been detained to assist in investigations.

Welder killed in hit-and-run

JOHOR BARU: Accident victim Lai Sing Yan could not touch her husband or kiss him goodbye one last time as his body laid in a coffin at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital mortuary.

Both her hands and her left leg were broken in the same accident that claimed Chui Kok Seng's life.

Lai, 32 shouted out her husband's name repeatedly.

"Wake up, wake up or take me with you," the housewife cried out in Hakka as she leaned to catch a glimpse of Chui, 37.

The couple were involved in a hit-and-run accident the night before in Johor Jaya at about 9.50pm.

A speeding Kenari, reported stolen three days earlier, rammed into their motorcycle after racing out of a back alley.

Chui, a welder who worked in Singapore, was thrown 2m away and died on the spot while Lai was flung over a gate into a house compound 6m further.

The driver of the Kenari continued to drag the motorcycle for about 27m before hitting a lamp post.

The driver Kenari then escaped on foot, according to eyewitnesses.

Chui's sister, clerk Chui Siew Yin, 42, said her brother and sister-in-law had three young children aged seven, nine and 11 years.

Those with information on the hit-and-run case may contact the Johor Baru (South) police at 07-2277 566.

Source: Star newspaper

Picture: Metro newspaper

Trailer and 10 cars in pile-up but no one's killed

SEREMBAN: It was like a scene from some Hollywood movie. On a dark, wet morning, a trailer skidded onto the wrong side of the road, panicking 10 car drivers in its path.

Some cars slammed into each other, some landed in a ditch, one burst into flames and a driver of a Proton Tiara was pinned to his seat.

Miraculously, no one was killed in the 7.45am incident near Taman Bukit Mas on a rain-soaked Jalan Seremban-Tampin here yesterday.

The vehicles involved were a Perodua Kancil, Proton Wiras and several four-wheel drive vehicles.
Acting Seremban OCPD Supt Ahmad Mahmud said the driver of the car which burst into flames managed to get out in time.
Rescue personnel managed to free the driver who was caught in the seat of another car.

He said four other drivers sought outpatient treatment at Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital. So far, eight people have lodged reports on the accident.

Supt Ahmad said the trailer driver could have fallen asleep resulting in the vehicle veering in the direction of the oncoming cars before landing in a nearby drain.

The incident caused a huge jam during the morning rush hour.

Source: Star newspaper
Pictures: NST newspaper, Star newspaper, The Malay Mail newspaper