Cops: Dead girl found in apartment unit not raped

PETALING JAYA: A teenager, whose body was found clad in a bra and panties at an apartment unit in Damansara Damai last week, was not raped.

Selangor deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Abd Rahim Jaafar said a post-mortem on victim K. Shanmugavalli (pic), 18, showed no signs of rape.

“We are still investigating the motive behind the murders of the girl and her Indian national boyfriend,” he said when contacted yesterday.

The victims had reportedly died about six days before a debt collector discovered their bodies at the apartment unit on Dec 18.

The man, identified as Mohinder Pal, 24, had seven stab wounds and was found in the living room, while the girl was found on a bed in the master bedroom with five stab wounds in the abdomen.

DCP Abdul Rahim said the cause of their deaths were severe stab wounds that led to severe loss of blood.

“We are not ruling out any possibility on what may have transpired that led to the murders.

“There was no sign of a break-in besides the lock broken by the debt collector. None of the victims’ possessions were missing,” he said.

It is learnt that the girl had been missing from home since Dec 13. Her family had lodged a report at the Puchong police station.

In a separate case, DCP Abdul Rahim said police have detained two remaining members of Gang Sasi, who had been involved in house-break-ins and theft of luxury cars in Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Johor.

They were arrested in Kajang a day after the alleged leader K. Sasitaran, 29, was shot dead.

An Ops Cantas Khas team from Serdang had tracked down Sasitaran and an accomplice, who were in a white Honda Odyssey at about 5.15pm on Dec 18 along Jalan Reko, Kajang.

“We believe their reign of terror has ended,” said DCP Abdul Rahman.

Model found dead in drain

24 November 2013

SEREMBAN: The woman who was found dead in a drain in Taman Seruling Jaya, Labu, here, on Friday has been identified as Cheok Hui Min, a part-time model in Kuala Lumpur.

The 22-year-old, from Ampang, had also participated in a beauty pageant organised by a Chinese daily here earlier this year.

The victim's father, who requested anonymity, said he spoke to his youngest daughter last week.

He said after his divorce, Cheok lived with his ex-wife in Ampang, while he stayed in Lukut, Port Dickson.

"I rushed to Tuanku Jaafar Hospital after police contacted me on Friday. I believe my daughter was killed somewhere else before her body was thrown into the drain.

"The police did not find any identification card and her purse was nowhere to be found at the scene."

Cheok was found in a drain by a couple who were jogging in the area at 7.30am. Based on the bruises on her neck and body, it is believed that she was choked before being thrown into the drain.

Seremban police chief Assistant Commissioner Zainal Abu confirmed the case and said police were waiting for a post-mortem report to determine the cause of death.

Guard dies from injuries after week-long coma

December 12, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR: A security guard, beaten by two Myanmar nationals who had picked mangoes from a tree outside his workplace in Hulu Klang, died after a week-long coma.

Mohd Raini Mohamed Junus, 52, was warde­d at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre after he was knocked unconscious in Jalan Sepadu at about 4.45pm on Dec 5.

He was said to have tried to stop the two foreigners from plucking the fruits from the tree, about 10m from where he worked.

Mohd Raini was unhappy with the two, who would pluck the mangoes in large quantities to sell them.

Accompanied by his nephew Mohd Khasrol Hasnan, 27, he told the duo off. However, the men started beating Mohd Raini and his nephe­w with sticks. Mohd Khasrol suffered a broken left arm but his uncle blacked out.

Mohd Raini died on Tuesday evening.

Brickfields OCPD Deputy Supt Aida Abdul Hamid said: “We have arrested a suspect.”

Victim’s siblings found dead

ALOR STAR (Dec 1, 2013): The two missing siblings of a 14-year-old girl, who was found dead on Saturday, were also found dead this afternoon.

Kedah police chief Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim told reporters that the remains of Nur Izzati Husna, 12, and Puteri Nurul Akma, aged three, were found by a group of anglers near a river at Kampung Padang Tani, Alor Semela at about 4pm.

He dismissed speculations that Noor Syafikah Nadia Rusdi, whose semi-nude body was discovered at a paddy field at Alor Senibong, about 12km from Alor Semela, had been raped and murdered.

"The post-mortem conducted on the teenager revealed no signs of rape or murder and that her death was due to drowning," he said.

Nevertheless, police would investigate the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code, he said.

According to Ahmad, the deaths of Nur Izzati Husna and Puteri Nurul Akma, who were fully clothed when found, could not be due to normal drowning as their bodies were found at separate locations at the river.

He said the post-mortem on them would be conducted as soon as possible.

In the report lodged by their mother, the victims had left their home at Jalan Datuk Kumbar on Friday at around 7.30pm on a motorcycle.

Ahmad said the motorcycle had been located, locked and in good condition at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Gelam bus stand. Police also found a pair of trousers near Nur Izzati's body. –Bernama

Heroic bid to reclaim friend’s car ends in tragedy

Published: Friday October 25, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM

JOHOR BARU: A noodle seller’s heroic attempt to fight off thieves and reclaim his friend’s car ended in tragedy when he died of severe head injuries after being pushed out of the vehicle.

Zhu Beng Sheng, 68, was travelling in a car with a female friend on the way to her house in Taman Desa Cemerlang here when they were involved in an accident with another car on Wednesday night.

The woman who refused to be named, said prior to that the two of them had spent an enjoyable evening together.

“We were on the way back to my house and I was driving. I realised that there was a car tailgating us and before I could do anything, there was a loud bang.

“We stopped by the roadside and came out of the car to discuss with the driver of the car that had hit us,” she told reporters when met at the Hospital Sultan Ismail mortuary here yesterday.

However, she said, four men came out of the other car and started to shout at them and insisted that it was her fault.

“As we were arguing about the matter, I noticed two of the men walking towards my car, got into it and started to drive off,” she said.

Noticing that, Zhu rushed to the car’s front passenger seat and was seen struggling with one of the suspects in the moving vehicle.

“Within seconds, he was pushed out of the car onto the road while the suspects sped off in my car.

“I rushed to him but he was already lying there unconscious,” she said.

She said that a passer-by rushed Zhu to Hospital Sultan Ismail, where he slipped into a coma and was pronounced dead seven hours later.

Zhu’s son Liang Hui, 45, said that he was not surprised that his father had reacted that way to fight off the thieves.

“He always stood up for what he believed was right,” he said.

Meanwhile, Seri Alam OCPD Supt Roslan Zainuddin confirmed the case and said that police had yet to make any arrests.

“We are investigating the case under Section 302 for murder,” he said, urging anyone with information to contact the Johor police hotline at 07-2212 999 or visit the nearest police station.

Ambank security guard shoots colleague dead in robbery

Published: Friday October 25, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM 

BY ELIZABETH ZACHARIAH
OCTOBER 23, 2013

‎A screenshot of the security guard who shot Noazita, a mother of two, to death. The Malaysian Insider pic, October 23, 2013.A security guard shot dead a bank operations officer in a robbery at the Ambank branch in USJ Sentral, Subang Jaya today.

Norazita Abu Talib, 37, was shot once in the face with a pump-gun in the 6.20pm incident.

It is learnt that the victim was opening the door to the vault‎ when she was shot.

Norazita was a mother of two and had been working at Ambank for 16 years.

The security guard, who fled with an undisclosed amount of cash on a motorcycle, has been identified as a 37-year-old Sabahan with a fake IC.

Norazita Abu Talib. - The Malaysian Insider pic, October 23, 2013.Subang Jaya deputy superintendant Tan ‎Ah Chua was at the scene when contacted and confirmed the incident. But he declined to elaborate further.

State deputy police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar said the suspect was armed and considered to be dangerous, cautioning the public to stay vigil.

Meanwhile, police are looking for Ardi Hamza whose last known address is 70, Jalan Apas, Batu 2, ‎Tawau, Sabah to facilitate investigations.

Stabbing frenzy shatters housing estate's calm

Published: Friday October 25, 2013 MYT 12:00:00 AM 

KUALA LUMPUR: The morning peace in Taman Melati here was shattered when a cigarette delivery man went on a stabbing spree, killing two people and injuring two others.

His 40 minutes of terror began at about 11.20am when the 26-year-old man went in his van to a kiosk at the Gombak Putra LRT terminal to deliver a shipment of cigarettes.

Without warning, he pulled out a rambo knife and stabbed the outlet proprietor Lau Siew Ling, 49, and her woman helper Sulianti Johari, 31.

He then got into his vehicle and drove towards Jalan Pertahanan which is parallel to the Melati LRT station less than 2km away, and rammed into another van.

When the owner of the van, Lee Kah Ghee, 48, got out to investigate, the man stabbed him several times and left him to die on the busy road.

The man then got back into his van and drove a few hundred metres before colliding with a car driven by a college student.

He got out and confronted the student Kwan Chun Tai, 25, and stabbed him. Kwan ran, trying to escape the crazed killer.

The man chased him, caught him and stabbed him to death in Jalan Tumbuhan.

City deputy CID chief Asst Comm Khairi Ahrasa said a crowd of onlookers cornered the man.

“He was disarmed, beaten up and detained until police arrived and arrested him.

“The man has been taken to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for medical treatment and psychological evaluation,” he said.

He said the man was acting erratically when he was taken into custody.

“We believe he belongs to a cult, but have yet to verify this,” he added.

The bodies of the two dead have been taken to the same hospital for a post-mortem.

ACP Khairi said the case was being investigated under Section 302 and Section 326 of the Penal Code for murder and voluntarily causing hurt with dangerous weapons.

Those with information on the case should contact the police hotline 03-2115 9999 or go to the nearest police station.

Cosplay murder suspect: I don’t know why I did it

A photo of 15-year-old Ng Yuk Tim from her mother’s Facebook page.KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23, 2013 — The man suspected of being the alleged killer of 15-year-old Ng Yuk Tim after a Cosplay date gone wrong was unable to offer an answer today for what is probably the one question on the minds of the girl’s bereaved mother and the public.

“I don’t know,” he replied to questions from reporters when he was brought by police to the Petaling Jaya Magistrates Court for a remand hearing.

Reporters had asked him “why did you do this?” to which the man could only offer a reply that is not likely to comfort the family of Ng.

Asked if he regretted his actions, he offered: “It’s too late for me to regret.”

The bespectacled homely-looking Ng’s body was found yesterday stuffed in a green suitcase in Shah Alam, following a date with a man to make a Cosplay uniform

The man is being remanded by police until October 29 to help investigations into the murder.

Yesterday’s discovery of the body followed the arrest of the 23-year-old man.

Ng was believed to have met the man at his home in Petaling Jaya to put together a Cosplay uniform.

The man is thought to have made sexual advances towards her, and she was struck by dumbbell and killed after she resisted.

Ng had left her Bandar Tun Razak home around 11am on Monday and travelled by LRT to Kelana Jaya to meet the man.

The 23-year-old man had been brought to the Petaling Jaya police district headquarters yesterday evening for questioning.

It is understood that the man had led police to the discovery of the body.

It is also said that he has confessed to trying to rape the girl before striking her with a dumbbell, killing her on the spot.

The man initially claimed that he had dropped her off at the Kelana Jaya LRT station at about 3.30pm.

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Bodies of 2 men found in car near Senai Utara toll plaza

JOHOR BARU, Oct 18 — The bodies of two men believed to have been murdered were found in a car abandoned near the exit road from the Senai Utara toll plaza near Kulaijaya today.

The bodies of S. Visvanathan, 48, from Seremban, and M. Kalaiselvan Mudaliar, 38, from Kuala Lumpur, were found in a red Perodua Myvi at about 9 am, said Kulaijaya OCPD Supt Zulkefly Yahya.

Visvanathan’s body was in the front passenger seat and Kalaiselvan Mudaliar’s, in the back seat, he said, adding that there were bruises on the bodies suffered from beatings,” he said.

Zulkefly said police believed the men were attacked elsewhere and the bodies were placed in the car, registered under the name of an individual with a Seremban address, and abandoned about 300 metres from the toll plaza.

The bodies had been sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital here, he said.

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Murdered French tourist loved local customs, court told

Sunday May 26, 2013 MYT 3:03:36 PM

KUANTAN: Murdered French tourist Stephanie Foray said in her last conversation with her mother that she was in a small town in Malaysia after spending two days in Kuala Lumpur.

Irene Mortel, 50, told the High Court here that her daughter was a cheerful, friendly girl who loves sports.

She liked to learn all sorts of local customs, which was why she embarked on a journey overseas in the first place.

She added that Foray was unemployed as she had decided to take two years off to travel.

“I last saw her on Nov 8, 2010. We spent eight days together before I drove her to the airport for her departure to India,” said Mortel from Les Choux, France, through an interpreter.

Mortel said Foray kept in contact with her through e-mails, phone calls and by sending parcels.

“My last contact with her was on May 8, 2011. She told me she was in a small town in Malaysia after spending two days in the capital city,” she said.

Mortel was testifying in the trial of trader Asni Omar, 37, who is charged with murdering Foray, 30, at an unnumbered house in Kampung Tekek, Pulau Tioman, between 8pm on May 10 and noon on May 12 last year.

Hired killers gunned down in shootout

GERIK: Three killers high on the wanted list were shot dead in a gunbattle with the police when they tried to evade a roadblock here.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the trio fired at the police from the Pahang contingent who were trying to stop their car at about 1.49am on Tuesday in Jalan Intan, here.

“Police returned fire to defend themselves and the suspects were killed in the exchange,” he told a press conference at the district police headquarters here yesterday.

“None of our personnel were injured.”

Two pistols, bullets, mobile phones and pliers were found in their vehicle.

Sources identified the three as Mohd Baaqir Badrolhsam, 25, Zali­zan Amin Elias, 26, and Mohd Sahrufuzin Ali, 35.

The hunt for the suspects was carried out under Ops Cantas Khas by Bukit Aman police and the Perak and Pahang contingents.

The car the suspects were in bore Pahang registration plates but all three dead men were from Kelantan.

The three were involved in the murder of a steamed rice seller in Terengganu and had tried to kill a single mother in Pahang.

“They had also committed car thefts and robberies and had been especially active since six months ago,” Khalid said.

The trio, who were believed to be organising “criminal activities” in Perak, were known to be ruthless and would “do anything to get what they wanted, including murder”.

Investigations revealed that two of the suspects were involved in six criminal cases and the third in two.

Khalid said police were probing to find out whether the three had been hired as killers.

Asked if the three belonged to a gang, he replied: “If so, their deaths have crippled the group.”

The three bodies have been sent to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh for a post-mortem.

Taman Toh Purba Lahamat resident Roshana Abdul Rahman, whose house is near where the shootout took place, said she was awakened by the sound of gun shots.

The 39-year-old, whose husband works in Penang, said she and her two teenage daughters peeped from their living room window to see what was happening.

A neighbour told them there had been an accident.

They followed him to the scene, about 100m away from their house and learned that a shooting incident had just occurred.

Roshana’s 15-year-old daughter Nurliyana Mohd Ariffin said they were afraid to walk too near the car, which was surrounded by many policemen.

“It was terrifying to know that such an incident actually took place in this quiet housing area,” she said.

Company owner gunned down while eating

Updated: Thursday October 10, 2013 MYT 7:27:01 AM

KUALA LUMPUR: It turned out to be a transport company operator’s “last supper” when he was shot dead at a restaurant in Taman Kajang Prima here.

R. Applasamy, 47, was having his meal at 1.30am on Tuesday when two men on a motorcycle arrived at the place.

The pillion rider, wearing a full-faced helmet, got off the motorcycle, walked up to Applasamy and fired point-blank at the victim.

A restaurant worker said he heard two shots fired. When he came out to check, he saw Applasamy falling off his chair. He died at the scene.

Applasamy’s body was sent to Serdang Hospital.

Selangor police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said police were investigating if a hired assassin was involved in the shooting.

“We are on the hunt for the two suspects,” he said yesterday.

Those with information on the case should call 03-2052 9999.

Guns for hire and bullets for cheap

August 07, 2013

PETALING JAYA, Aug 5 — Guns are rented out for less than a night’s stay at a local five-star hotel while bullets are sold cheaper than a bottle of water, crime watchdog MyWatch co-founder S. Gobi Krishnan alleged yesterday as the nation continues to be stunned by the proliferation of shootings.

Yesterday, a 44-year-old businessman was shot dead in a drive-by shooting in Kota Kinabalu, bringing the number of gun-related incidents to eight in as many days — including a brazen attempt on Gobi’s partner in MyWatch, R. Sri Sanjeevan.

“It started as a favour of borrowing guns among friendly groups, then it became rental,” Gobi told The Malay Mail Online.

This rental “service” began last year, Gobi said, with guns hired out to assassins for as little as RM300 for three hours, with bullets costing just 80 sen each.

“It seems to be a new trend, copying what’s happening in other countries,” added the MyWatch adviser, referring to powerful drug cartels terrorising Mexico and South Africa.

He said that the trend of gun rentals started out small, but spiked this year as more people came to know about it.

Shootings and gun murders exploded into the nation’s consciousness last Monday when Arab-Malaysian Development Bank founder Hussain Ahmad Najadi was assassinated in broad daylight by a gunman in Kuala Lumpur, just days after Sanjeevan survived an attempted hit in Negri Sembilan on July 27.

According to Gobi, the most commonly available gun for rent is the Glock 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Popular with law enforcement agencies worldwide, the Glock is also issued to members of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Customs Department enforcers, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) and authorised RELA personnel.

“In the past few years, if you want to shoot somebody, you have to spend RM5,000 to RM6,000 for a gun,” he said. “Now, it’s just available.”

“If you buy a gun, you have to be worried as the police might catch you. But here, you just rent, execute the job where you shoot somebody, and then return the gun,” added the anti-crime activist.

Gobi stressed that there was no surge in the smuggling of firearms into the country, but said corruption in Malaysia’s Anti-Smuggling Unit guarding the border between Thailand and Malaysia has enabled the entry of some firearms.

“Definitely there’re corrupt officers there. Otherwise guns cannot be brought into the country,” Gobi asserted.

Malaysia has strict gun control laws that allow people to own firearms only if they have a licence from the police, and last week, the authorities were urged to publish the names of licensed firearm owners in the country.

The police and Home Ministry have blamed the rash of shootings and violent crimes on the release of detainees once held without trial under the now-repealed Emergency Ordinance, and are angling for the return of such powers.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has also vowed to provide the police “anything” it needs to fight serious crime, including extra powers under a new law that is expected to be tabled in Parliament in September.

On Thursday, the Performance Management and Delivery Unit (Pemandu) announced the government’s decision to introduce new interim measures that allow law enforcers to tap into public communications, as well as to snap electronic tracking bracelets on criminal suspects to arrest the rising crime rate.

Opposition lawmakers, however, have criticised Putrajaya’s plan to intercept communications for intelligence gathering, calling the move “overkill”.

They further contend that Malaysia did not need new laws to combat the growing menace, but only for the police to devote more than just 9 per cent of the force it currently does to crime fighting.

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YES, ANOTHER SHOOTING: Death gets cheaper by the day, 33rd victim is from Kedah

07 August 2013 
Written by Wong Choon Mei, Malaysia Chronicle

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's 33rd assassination bid in 4 months or the 10th in 11 days has occurred. A 26-year-old man was seriously injured after he was gunned down in Pondok Labu, Kedah at about 10pm Tuesday night.

Police have yet to release the details but it is believed the victim was inside his house when an unidentified assailant whipped out a gun and fired a shot.

The victim was rushed to the Hospital Kulim and is reported to be in a critical condition.

Out of control crime?

The latest contract-style hit is bound to further depress the Malaysian public. Suddenly citizens are faced with the fact that nothing can be done because Prime Minister Najib Razak's government may have left it too late. Crime may well be out of control in Malaysia.

Just two days ago, a rubber tapper died after he was shot while having a drink at a stall with friends.

Based on a tabulation obtained from the Star newspaper, the 40-year-old Amirul Tajo Nasir would have been the country's 32nd shooting victim since April 12.

Amirul died at Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital in Kubang Kerian. Gunshot wounds were found on the chest, stomach and buttocks. According to Kelantan deputy police chief Mazlan Lazim, Amirul was with two friends when two men on a motorcycle stopped about two metres from the stall in Kampung Gong Mengkeleh, Pasir Putih at dawn on Monday.

The pillion rider then opened fire at the victim. Police believe Amirul was shot at least six times.

"We offer our prayers for the latest victim's recovery but we also hope the police, the Home Minister and Prime Minister Najib Razak himself will stop pointing fingers all round except at themselves," PKR vice president Chua Jui Meng told Malaysia Chronicle.

"For example, what is the use for Zahid to say the police are under-staffed and not to be blamed. Who is blaming the ordinary police personnel in the first place? What we all want are not excuses or the PM and the Home Minister pretending to be good guys and protecting the police. Who will protect the rakyat (the people) then? What we need is action, otherwise we should have the resignations of the IGP, Zahid and even Najib himself for failing to plan and manage the security of this country."

Indiscriminate and across the board killings

The Opposition politician was referring to a call from Home Minister Zahid Hamidi not to blame the police for the rising lack in public safety, while a minister in the Prime Minister's Office had hit out at critics, saying Najib should not be faulted for the spike in crime.

But as Jui Meng pointed out, who then is to blame. And more to the point, how can Malaysians regain control of their environment.

So far, the victims of the assassination bids are from all walks of life - from the richest segment of Malaysia's society to the poorest. None of the major ethic groups were spared.

In other words, the killings were indiscriminate and lends credence to talk that death was very cheap in Malaysia. Apparently, one can hire an assassin for just RM1,000 because the risk of the Malaysia police tracing and capturing the assassin was deemed low.

Assassins come cheap because the police are viewed as incompetent?

This is indeed a sad reflection on the competency of the police force, whose staffing has been slanted with priority given to non-crime fighting units.

A shocking number have also been detailed to carry out investigations against Opposition rivals and civil society activists.

For example, Cynthia Gabriel , a member of top NGO Suaram has been summoned to the Petaling Jaya police headquarters this afternoon to give her statement. She is being investigated for sedition because of a Suaram dinner held last month to raise funds for the trial in Paris where Najib's alleged involvement in the Scorpene submarines corruption case may be uncovered. The Scorpene link to the sensational Altantuya Shaariibuu murder here, in which Najib and wife Rosmah Mansor were accused of involvement, is also being scrutinized by the French investigative judges.

"Quality of policing has direct implications on crime rate. If the detection rate is high, potential criminals would refrain from committing crime for fear of being arrested and convicted. If they are confident they can act with impunity, be it poor policing or bribery, crime rate will skyrocket as we are experiencing now," Chang Lih Kang, another Opposition politician and the assemblyman for Teja, had said in a statement sent to Malaysia Chronicle.

"Hence, the Home Minister and the police force should pay heed in improving quality of policing rather than demanding another piece of legislation that allows detention without trial. Resorting to archaic law that violates fundamental rights of citizens in order to curb crime rate will only reflect incompetency of our police force."

Lack of independent check to ensure the police developed in line with society's needs

Attempts by civil society leaders and the Opposition to set up an Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission have fallen on deaf years since 2006.

Some experts have opined the IPCMC, aimed at cleaning up the corruption-tainted police force and instilling greater discipline and diligent work culture, could have made a huge difference to Malaysia's sprawling and rather flabby police force. They believe the police force would be in much better shape than it currently is if the IPCMC had been implemented.

However, as underscored by the series of unstoppable assassinations, it is quite clear that Najib and his government have lost the battle against crime.

It is also moot whether the IPCMC's rejection stemmed from links between the top cops, politicians and the underworld or was foiled due to the ruling Umno party's wish to curry favor with police members so as to maintain its political control over the country.

What is inescapable now is that Najib and team are not able to formulate solutions despite the current dire situation.

Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has called for a concerted bi-partisan effort. Again, the suggestion has been snubbed by the Najib administration, which is now calling for a revival of draconian detention laws such as the Emergency Ordinance and the Internal Security Act.

EO, ISA only made the police lazy and flabby

But as critics have pointed out, whether new or revived, detention laws cannot curb the spike in violent crime and would only overflow the country's detention centres.

Critics also said Najib and his ministers must confront the fact that one of the core reasons for the inability of Malaysia's security forces to combat crime is the low quality of the policing work due to decades of being pampered by politicians wishing to manipulate the force for their vested political interests.

"Before it was repealed, EO was rampantly used by the executive to detain suspects whom they could not prove wrong in the court. It was at the whim and fancy of the executive to detain or release a suspect even if there were not a shred of evidence," said Lih Kang.

"This has led to utterly poor policing because the police do not need to justify their arrests with proof in the court of justice."

Including the above-reported 2 attacks, there are now a total of 33 shooting incidents since April 12, based on a tabulation by the Star newspaper:

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