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

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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
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