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Shock for dad about to bury baby

JITRA: A tiny movement on a burial shroud (kain kafan) turned a couple's anguish into joy.

Azmi Masiron, 26, and othr mourners were grieving for his stillborn baby and preparing for the funeral at his home in Kampung Padang when they notice a movement from the baby placed on the funeral shroud.

Shocked, Azmi called for an ambulance to take the baby back to the Jitra Hospital where his 28-year-old wife, Nordewiyana Din, had given birth an hour earlier. The baby was placed in an incubator at the paediatrics ward at the hospital.

"I am really upset as this could have seriously endangered the health of my baby.

"I hope this does not happen to another parent," he said, adding that he planned to make a police report.

Azmi said the premature baby, who weighed 330g and was 15cm long, was born around 11am at the Jitra Hospital.

"My wife was in the emergency unit waiting room since 7.50am was allowed to enter the delivery room around 11am.

"A few minutes later, a doctor informed me that my baby had died and told me to make funeral arrangements," he said yesterday.

Azmi, a school canteen operator, said he then went to the delivery room and saw his baby wrapped in paper and covered with a sarong. He called his father-in-law Din Ahmad, 65, to tell him about the death and asked him to prepare for the burial.

Azmi said during the 5km ride home to is village, the baby was covered and there was no movement.

"However, when my father-in-law placed the baby on the burial shroud, she suddenly moved, shocking about 200 villagers who had gathered for the funeral," he said

Nordewiyana is undergoing treatment at the Alor Setar Hospital for complications following the birth. Azmi and his wife have a 9-month-old baby boy.

When contacted, Kedah Health Department director Dr Hasnah Ismail said an investigation would be conducted but declined to elaborate.

Source: NST newspaper

Woman, maid struck by lightning

KUCHING: A family weekend outing to the popular "Wind Cave" in Bau, 40km from there, yesterday turned tragic and left a 9-year-old girl an orphan.

Jasmine Qistina Imran's mother Norasilah Hashim, 38 and their Indonesia maid, known as Tina, in her 30s, were killed when they were struck by lightning as they walked out of the cave complex at 1.30pm.

Jasmine lost her father to cancer in June last year.

They were heading for their car when they were struck. Jasmine, who was walking ahead, was found unconscious 10m away from where her mother's body was found. The three were rushed to the Bau Hospital but Norsilah and Tina were pronounced dead on the arrival, while Jasmine was transferred to the Kuching Specialist Hospital.

Bau district police chief DSP Vincent Ajeng said Jasmine was lucky as she was found on a wooden bridge and could have drown if she had fallen into the river. Norsilah, a nurse in the Nestle division of Sebor Sarawak, was from Terengganu.

Norsilah's friend, Kamariah Ahmad, 54, was contacted by police after they obtained her number through the deceased's handphone. Kamariah said she was informed of the incident and rushed to Bau where she claimed Norasilah's body.

Police are expected to release to maid's body once the Indonesian Embassy has been notified.

Source: NST newspaper

Womn gets son arrested for theft

FED up with her son's habit of stealing batik sarongs from her shop, a mother sought a neighbour's help to nab and hand him to the police.

State CID chief ACP Mohd Hazam Abdul Halim said the latest stealing incident happened three days ago while the 59-year-old woman and her husand went to the village mosque at about 9.15am.

"When they returned to their shop abut an hour later, they saw their unemployed 34-year-old son stealing seven pieces of batik sarong from the display cabinet. before fleeing," he said in Kuala Terengganu yesterday.

Mohd Hazam said the couple then sought the help of a neighbour who managed to arrest an hand him to the police at about 11.45am the same day.

"The man had been stealing batik sarongs from his mother several times.

"After stealing them, he would disappear for a few days," he added.

The man is now remanded at the Marang district police headquarters for investigation.-Bernama

Source: Malay Mail newspaper

2 Customs officers killed in boat crash

MUAR: It was supposed to have been a normal boat trip up the river for a Customs Department preventive unit.

But the vessel exploded in a ball of fire after crashing into a swamp, killing two Customs officers. Two other officers, who were on the vessel, which had set out from the Muar Customs Department jetty, had a close shave as they jumped overboard in the nick of time.

This is believed to be the first time such an incident involving a Customs boat has occurred. Muhammad Yusri Hashim and Mohd Asri Abdul Ghani, both 37, died while Osman Hussin, 54, and Kamaruisah Mohd Yusof, 33, have been warded.

Based in Port Dickson, the four had gone to Muar to take the highspeed boat for repair.

Early yesterday, they set out in the boat from the Muar Customs jetty for the dockyard at Kampung Tanjung Selabu, near Bukit Pasir. About 10am, the antenna of the 16-metre boat is believed to have snagged an electricity cable that hung across the narrow Sungai Terap.

The vessel spun out of control and crashed into the mangrove strewn riverbank near Kampung Pergam before it was engulfed by a cloud of smoke and burst into fireball. Fishermen, who rushed to the scene to help, found Custos officers Osman and Kamaruisah floating in the middle of the river and rescued them. Muhammad Yusri and Mohd Asri perished in the blaze.

Muar police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Nizar Mohd Ali said the boat was three kilometres away from the dock when it ran into trouble. Mohd Nizar refused to disclose what had caused the boat to lose control an crash into the riverbank, but said investigations were being carried out.

A fisherman who helped rescue the two officers recounted how one of the officers had pleaded with him to save his friends, who were trapped in the blazing vessel.

"He (the officer kept saying, 'My friends are still in the boat, my friends are still in the boat'", said Mohd Diah Hashim.

The 43-year-old fisherman said he and some officer as the blaze had totally engulfed the vessel.

"We could not do anything as the fire was too big and the heat was too intense," Mohd Diah said.

Firemen took more than two hours to extinguish the blaze and recover the bodes of Muhammad Yusri and Mohd Asri from the cabin. The two survivors have been warded at the Muar Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital.

The bodies of Muhammad Yusri and Mohd Asri were sent to the same hospital for a post-mortam and later sent back to Negri Sembilan.

Source: NST newspaper

Bomoh wins appeal against conviction in molestation case

IPOH: The High Court here allowed an appeal by a bomoh to set aside his 14 months' jail sentence for molesting a woman during the therapy session 10 years ago.

In freeing 69-year-old Abu Bedor Janum, Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Hashim ruled that the accused should not have convicted of the crime because there were too many discrepancies in the prosecution's case.

He said the most detrimental factor was the inconsistency shown by the key prosecution witness, who was also the victim in the case. He said the victim had contradicted herself many times when giving evidence during the examination-in-chief and cross-examination.

Agreeing with defense counsel Charan Singh's submission, he said the court not accept the victim's two versions of evidence pertaining to where the crime supposedly took place.

"At one time, she said it happened in the bathroom and another time she said it was in Abu Bedor's room.

"She also could not tell whether the accused forced her to swallow one or two pills before she was molested," he said.

On May 13, 2002, a magistrate's court in Parit had found Abu Bedor guilty of using force to outrage the modesty of the then 24-year-old woman. Abu Bedor, then 56, was alleged to have committed the crime at his house in Lambor Kiri, Bota, at 4.45pm on Sept 6, 1997. Judicial Commissioner Ridwan noted that the failure by the prosecution to call several material witnesses, including the woman's boyfriend, had resulted in a break in the chain of evidence.

"There is no testimony from the boyfriend despite him being the first person to be informed about the alleged incident by the complainant," he said.

He also said the woman's parents had also given contradictory evidence as the reasons they went to see Abu Bedor.

"The parents had said that they went to the accused's house to get their daughter to break off with her boyfriend.

"But the complainant said she was taken to see the accused because her spiritual problems," he said.

Judicial Commisioner Ridwan said the contradictory evidence among the prosecution witnesses had resulted a charge framed against Abu Bedor that could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt.

Source: Star newspaper

Crime-spree gang busted

IPOH: Police have crippled a gang which held up six shops - all in just 84 minutes.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Jalaludin Ibrahim said the gang of four, armed with just a chopper, hit the shops which included a bridal studio, boutique and electrical store, between 4.30pm and 6pm on Saturday.

"This was very alarming, but after swift investigations by officers, we managed to round up three men at their homes in Lunas, Kedah, he following morning.

"Another suspect, a 25-year-old with a drug record, is still at large," he told reporters.

Police have remanded the three men, aged between 24 and 27 till Monday, he said, adding that the oldest suspect has six previous cases for robbery and drug offences.

Among the items recovered were a bloodstained chopper, six mobile phones, a camera, laptop and RM2,750 which are believed to have been taken from victims.

ACP Jalaludin also said that police have extended the remand order for five suspects to assist in investigations into the murder of car wash employee R. Ravi Kumar.

The body of the 23-year-old man was found dumped in a stream at the Kledang Saiyong Permanent Forest Reserve in Silibin here on May 8.

Source: Star newspaper

Escapee drowns in sewage pond

NORAZMI Azman was supposed to be sent to a drug rehabilitation centre in Tampoi, Johor.

The 23-year-old from Malacca, however, managed to escape from custody after jumping out of a police van on Wednesday. The incident occurred in Jalan Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur. He fled on foot.

Yesterday, his body was found inside an Indah Water Konsortium plant in Pantai Dalam by a worker who alerted police.

Earlier, the worker had discovered something blocking the plant's conduit, used to separate rubbish from sewage.

The worker was shocked to find the body, which was still clad in a lock-up T-shirt.

Brickfields police chief Assistant Commissioner Sulaiman Junaidi said the deceased was charged with a drug offense.

"Norazmi escaped from a police van while returning from Jalan Duta Court Complex at 4pm yesterday (Wednesday)," he said. The court had earlier ordered the deceased to be sent to Tampoi rehabilitation centre.

"After the court proceedings, he was handcuffed before being taken to the police van," he added.

However, Norazmi managed to free himself while on the way back to Hang Tuah lock-up. He pushed aside a policeman in the van before jumping out.

Sulaiman said the incident happened close to the court complex and a massive search failed to locate him.

Sulaiman said Norazmi was believed to have slipped and drowned in a sewage pond several hours after escaping.

Initial investigations showed no signs of struggle or injuries on the victim's body. Police are waiting for a post-mortem report on the cause of death.

"We do not suspect foul play, but a probe is underway. We will record statements from the policemen who escorted him on Wednesday," he added.

Source: Malay Mail newspaper

No action against bloggers unless they break the law

KUALA LUMPUR: The authorities cannot take any action against bloggers unless they break the law, said Energy, Communications and Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik.

"There is nothing we can do. What do you want me to do? Block the whole thing? If they break the law and we know who they are, we will go after them."

"You want to listen to all these fellows, the lies and misinformation? You get confused and you do not know what is the truth, half-truth or lies. But as you become more knowledgeable, you can differentiate (them)," he said.

Dr Lim was asked about bloggers who posted wrong information about Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who was overcome by heat exhaustion on Sunday.

He urged the public to be selective on the information on the Internet as "good knowledge come together with bad knowledge."

"I get a lot of questions like minister you have to stop this and stop that. I can't stop because knowledge good or bad, come together," he said.

He said parents should discipline their children while adults must discipline themselves.

"Through the Internet, you select the knowledge and not the minister who pushes the knowledge to you," he told reporters after opening the APT Policy and Regulatory Forum 2007 and World Telecommunication and Information Society Day.

Source: Star newspaper

Four killed, one hurt in head-on collision

KUCHING: Four people, including two children,were killed and another child seriously injured when the car they were in as involved in a head-on collision with a lorry near Taman Malihah yesterday.

Two of the victims were identified as Chong Siew Kee, 47, and her niece, 22-year-old Law Siew Hui.

The two other victims were a 2-year-old boy and an 8-month-old infant while a 3-year-old is in a critical condition. All children are believed to be Law's children. however, police have withheld their identities.

A police spokesman said the Honda Civic by Chong was believed to have veered into the path of the oncoming lorry along Jalan Batu Kawa-Matang.

Rescuers took more than an hour to extricate the bodies from the mangled wreck.

Efforts to speak to family members at the Sarawak General Hospital mortuary proved futile as they were overcome with grief.

Police have detained the 50-year-old lorry driver.

Source: NST newspaper
Pictures: NST newspaper, Star newspaper

Cops ram into brothers

BALING: A high-speed chase ended with a police car crashing into the vehicle they wee pursuing, and ploughing into the two brothers on a motorcycle who were returning home after school.

The siblings, identified as Mohamad Nazri Mustaffa, 17, and his younger brother Mohamad Naziman, 16, who was riding pillion, were killed instantly.

Mohamad Nazri's twin, Mohamad Nazirul, could only watch in horror as his brothers were killed on the spot.

He was riding pillion on another motorcycle an was several metres behind his brothers.

The boys, all students of SM Kuala Pegang, had just left their school at 1pm when the incident occured at a junction in Kampung Landak.

Perak acting police chief Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah said the drama unfolded about noon when a police car with three policemen inside, responded to a call from Gerik police station.

The call was about the suspects in a Proton Waja who were behaving suspiciously in the town area.

"The policemen spotted the car 15 minutes later in Gerik town. On seeing the patrol car approaching them, the Proton Waja sped off," Hadi said.

A 60km high-speed chase then ensued along the new Gerik-Kupang highway.

He said the driver of the police car lost control of his vehicle when the driver of he Proton Waja slammed on his brakes.

The impact caused both cars to skid several metres before the police car ploughed into the bothers.

Although their car was a total wreck, he suspects managed to flee on foot to nearby village where they sped off on a stolen motorcycle. One of the suspects was captured five hours later.

Hadi described the incident as unfortunate. He said case was being investigated by Baling police.

It i learnt that Baling police had recorded statements from the three policemen who escaped unhurt.

Source: NST newspaper
Pictures: NST newspaper, Star newspaper

Orang utan gets eye op

THE world's first- ever cataract operation on an orang utan was conducted by ophthalmologist Dr Izak Venter and anaesthesiologist Dr Frik Stegmean, both from South Africa, at the Matang Wildlife Centre in Kuching.

Dr Venter, from the Medical Centre Group of Hospitals in South Africa, said the operation on the orang utan, named Aman, was to save the primate's eyesight. The three-hour operation yesterday was successful, he sad.

Aman's cataract problem was detected in March and Dr Venter had examined the primate's eyes and its health to see whether the operation was possible.

According to Dr Venter, the cataract operation using the pharcoemulsification procedure had been generally successful with patients with better eyesight.

He said animals responded differently after an operation with taking longer to regain their eyesight.

Aman, which was rescued from a market in Sarawak in 1989, had been kept at the Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre before being transferred to the Matang Wildlife Centre in December 2000. - Bernama

Source: Malay Mail newspaper

Pictures: Malay Mail newspaper, NST newspaper

RM500,000 worth of cocaine found in man's stomach

KUALA LUMPUR: A Peruvian national arrived in Malaysia from Buenos Aires via Johannesburg, breezed through Customs and Immigration undetected with RM500,000 worth of cocaine in his stomach.

The trafficker, in his late 20s thought he had escaped as he got into a taxi from the Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Petaling Street about 7am on Tuesday.

The trafficker, however, did not realise that he was being followed by a team of officers from the city police's narcotics department.

After getting out of the taxi in Jalan Petaling, he made a call from a telephone booth and was nabbed as soon as he stepped out.

He was sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital where he was subjected to an X-ray examination which showed foreign objects in his intestines.

He was given laxative and several minutes later, the trafficker passed out about 50 pellets of cocaine.

A source told the New Straits Times that the pellets were made out of paper, rubber, plastic and wax which were unbreakable and waterproof.

Previously, the traffickers used condoms but they were unreliable as they were instances when the drugs seeped out. This could endanger the lives of the traffickers.

Initial investigations revealed that the suspect had swallowed about 2kg of cocaine which is double the normal amount swallowed by the drug traffickers.

It is believed that the Peruvian may have swallowed that amount in order to receive a bigger pay-off.

It is also learnt that the traffickers does not speak English and that police are looking for a Spanish-speaking interpreter to question him.

He is currently under heavy police guard at the hospital as they wait for the rest of the cocaine to be passed out.

Police are also trying to track the person who the Peruvian contacted. They believe he could also be a member of international drug trafficking syndicate.

Federal Narcotics director Datuk Abang Abdul Wahap Abang Julai confirmed the arrest but declined to elaborate.

It is learnt that police had contacted the Peruvian Embassy to notify them of the arrest and to get more information on the trafficker.

This is the second case this month.

A week ago, a businessman was caught in KLIA, trying to smuggle 70 heroin-filled condoms out of he country.

The locale's ploy failed when he was slopped by Customs officers who noticed him behaving suspiciously near the international departure hall.

A body search was conducted and the man, in his 40s, confessed he had swallowed 70 condoms containing heroin worth RM500,000.

He was immediately rushed to the Seremban Hospital. He is being detained for investigations.

Source: NST newspaper

Decapitated body found at illegal dumpsite

A HIGHLY decomposed and decapitated body was found by a passer-by behind some bushes near Taman Taming Jaya's industrial area in Balakong yesterday.

A police spokesman said they received a call about the body at 10.20am and a forensics's team from Bukit Aman was dispatched to the scene.

The deceased, who identity has yet to be ascertained as no personal documents were found on him, is believed to have been dead for about two weeks.

It is believed the body was wrapped using a mat before he was dumped into the bushes, which is also used as an illegal dump site.

The deceased was clad in a white shirt and blue trousers.

Police found the deceased head about 5m from the body.

The body was sent to Serdang Hospital.

Kajang police chief Assistant Commissioner Rosli Mohd Nizam said they were waiting for the post-mortem before proceeding with investigation.

Those with information on the case can contact Kajang police at 03-87392222 or the nearest police station.

Source: Malay Mail newspaper

Bogus cop rapes 11-year-old

SHAH ALAM: Her innocence and trusting nature cased her to endure an hour of hell at the hands of a sex predator.

The 11-year-old schoolgirl believed the man when he said he was a policeman. He wanted directions and the girl readily got into his car to show him where a shop was located.

The culprit, however, drove her to a car park in Sungai Buloh, tied her up with her head scarf, taped her mouth and raped her in the car.

When he was finished, he threw her out of the car before driving away.

The bleeding, traumatised girl was spotted by a passer-by who contacted her uncle after getting the telephone number from her.

The Year Five student is now recuperating at the University Malaya Medical Centre. The girl, who is the younger of two siblings, is also being counselled.

The incident occurred about 11.30am on Monday at a flat in Jinjang where the victim had just left her home for school.

She was approached on the ground floor by a man in his 20s who identified himself as a policeman.

Selangor deputy CID chief ACP Chee Cheng Wan confirmed the incident and advised parents to educate their children, especially those below the age of 12, on the dangers of being too trusting of strangers.

"The are rapists on the prowl and children should be supervised at all times. If this cannot be done, then parents must ensure than they move around in groups.

"They should be taught to be wary of strangers, especially those who claim to be lost or need directions."

Che also advised parents to tell their children that policemen cannot order children to follow them.

"This is not normal procedure.

"Policemen do not usually approach children, unless the latter approaches them."

Source: NST newspaper

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