In Johor, lorry attendant gets jail, whipping for rape, physical sexual assault of teenager3/15/2024 The Sessions Court here today sentenced a lorry attendant to a total of five years in prison and three strokes of the cane for physical sexual assault and rape of a teenage girl last month.
Judge Abu Bakar Manat handed down the sentence on Muhammad Syazwan Akmal Mohd Hanafadil, 27, after he pleaded guilty to the two charges against the victim who was then 15 years old. Muhammad Syazwan Akmal was sentenced to two years in prison and one stroke of the cane for physical sexual assault and three years in jail and two strokes of the cane for the rape charge. However, he only has to spend three years in prison and three lashes after the court ordered the jail sentences to be served concurrently from the date of his arrest, which was last March 8. He was charged with committing physical sexual assault on the girl in a room at a hotel in Jalan Kampung Tengah, Jalan Sungai Abong, Muar, at about 9am last February 20. On the second count, he was charged with raping the girl in a hotel room in Jalan Kampung Tengah, Jalan Sungai Abong, Muar at about 8am last February 23. The charges were framed under Section 14 (a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act and Section 376 (1) of the Penal Code, respectively. Deputy public prosecutor Danial Munir prosecuted, while the accused was unrepresented. Police have detained one of the two foreign men wanted since yesterday for allegedly splashing petrol and setting a foreign woman on fire at the Kampung Cheras Baru playground here last Saturday.
Cheras district police chief, ACP Zam Halim Jamaluddin, said that the 36-year-old suspect was arrested at a residence in Ampang here today. “The suspect, who works as a painter, has been remanded from today until March 20,” he said briefly via a WhatsApp message. Earlier, Zam Halim said that police received a report of the incident last Sunday and that they are currently conducting further investigations to locate another suspect who remains at large. An elderly woman died while her husband suffered from breathing difficulties in a fire involving two houses in USJ4, Selangor, early this morning.
Subang Fire and Rescue Station commander Shamsul Abidin said they received an emergency call at 1.15am regarding a fire involving terraced houses, which were about 60 per cent engulfed in flames, along with a vehicle. He said five fire engines from Subang and Puchong Fire and Rescue Stations were dispatched to the scene. “The married couple involved are locals in their 70s. The woman was successfully rescued by the firefighters but was confirmed dead by healthcare personnel,” he said in a statement today. Shamsul said the fire was brought under control at around 1.40am. A five-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital here when an iron rod pierced his chest and neck after falling near Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Tandek in Kampung Tandek, here yesterday.
It was learned that the boy was walking with his mother to a grocery shop when he fell down around 6pm. The mother immediately took her son to the hospital but doctors were unable to remove the iron rod. Kota Marudu fire and rescue station chief Mohd Hasbi Hajat said they received a call from the hospital requesting for assistance at 6.31pm. A team rushed to the hospital and removed the iron rod from the boy. “Fire and rescue personnel cut the iron rod using special equipment. “The boy’s condition was not known at that time as he was sedated when the operation was being carried out,” said Hasbi, adding that the operation ended at 7.09pm. It is learned that the boy is in stable condition. Police arrested six individuals including two Thai couples in separate raids last Wednesday suspected of being involved in drug smuggling and trafficking syndicates from a neighbouring country.
Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the seizures involved 90.4 kilogrammes (kg) of ganja and 1.5 litres (left) of ketum liquid valued at RM281,000. “The modus operandi of the syndicates is to bring in the supply using drug mules (transporters) comprising two local men and later two Thai couples will enter the country using social visit pass as tourists in private vehicles. “The drugs are placed in a homestay rented earlier before trafficking them around the Klang Valley. From interrogation, they were believed to have carried out the activity twice before being apprehended in their third attempt,” he said in a media conference at the Sungai Buloh police headquarters here today. He said in the first arrest, the police caught two drug mules by the roadside in the Subang Jaya along with a Ford Ranger and 40 compressed lumps of suspected ganja weighing 10.4 kg. “As a result of the interrogation, police raided a homestay in Ampang Jaya and seized 50 compressed lumps of suspected ganja weighing an estimated 50.3kg. “Following the first arrest, the police arrested two Thai men and two women believed to be the main masterminds of this syndicate at a homestay in Balakong, Kajang along with 1.5L of ketum liquid,” he said. He said all local suspects have past criminal records involving drugs and crime, while two foreign male suspects were found to be positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine through urine screening. “Action was also taken under the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988 where the police also seized a Toyota Alphard worth RM120,000 and six pieces of jewellery worth RM33,000. “All the suspects aged between 26 and 32 years old were remanded for seven days and the case was investigated undero Section 39B of the same act,” he said. Earlier, Hussein witnessed the handing over of duty of the Sungai Buloh district police chief between ACP Shafa’aton Abu Bakar who was promoted as Perak contingent headquarters management head and her successor Supt Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor at Sungai Buloh police headquarters. A salesman pleaded not guilty at the Sessions Court here today to cheating a septuagenarian into buying a Mustang and Mercedes E250 Coupe three years ago.
G.K. Jaya Sharma, 47, was accused of deceiving food trader Mohd Robiei Wong Abdullah, 72, into believing that he could provide the two cars, leading the victim to make a payment of RM122,000. The offence was allegedly committed at a premises in Jalan Sungai Penchala 12, Kampung Sungai Penchala here on March 11, 2021. The charge was framed under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which is punishable by imprisonment of up to 10 years, whipping and a fine, upon conviction. Judge Azrul Darus allowed bail at RM20,000 with one surety and set April 23 for mention. Deputy Public Prosecutor Muhammad Amir Hannif prosecuted while lawyer B. Sarathbala represented the accused. In the same court, e-hailing rider Muhammad Hafiz Jamil, 39, claimed trial on offering non-existent investment at a premise in Solaris Mont Kiara 2, Jalan Solaris here on December 26, 2019. He was charged under Section 120B (1) of the Penal Code, which provides imprisonment for up to 10 years, whipping and liable to fine, if found guilty. The court allowed bail at RM8,000 with one surety and set April 18 for the mention. Fish bombing: Perak police hand over investigations to state Forestry, Fisheries Departments3/14/2024 The State Forestry and Fisheries Departments have taken over the investigations into the alleged use of explosives by a group of men in fishing activities in Hulu Perak, as reported on social media.
Gerik District Police chief of Gerik, Supt Zulkifli Mahmood, said investigations and subsequent actions regarding the incident will be conducted jointly by both agencies and to date, the police have not received any reports concerning the incident. He said the police together with a team of forest rangers from Hulu Perak visited the area last Monday. “The area located at the confluence of Kuala Sungai Mangga and Sungai Senga, within the Temenggor Forest Reserve in Hulu Perak was where fish bombing activities are believed to have taken place,” he said in a statement today. Zulkifli advised the public not to enter the forest reserve without getting a permit from the Forestry Department and cautioned against participating in illegal fishing activities as this goes against the law under the National Forestry Act 1984 (Amendment 1985) and the Fisheries Act 1992. “Those with information about the incident can contact the Gerik District Police Headquarters at 05-7912222,” he said. Four individuals, including a civil servant suspected of acting as middlemen for the syndicate to bribe public servants to smuggle tobacco, cigarettes and alcohol into the country, were remanded today to assist in the investigation by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
The suspects were among eight individuals detained on Monday during a special operation by the MACC anti-money laundering division, the Inland Revenue Board and Bank Negara Malaysia. Four suspects were remanded yesterday involving the same case. According to an MACC source, the suspects, aged between 30 and 50, were detained at about 4pm yesterday when they were called to provide their statements. Magistrate Irza Zulaikha Rohanuddin allowed the suspects to be remanded for three days until Friday (March 15) at the Putrajaya Magistrates’ Court. “The suspects allegedly acted as the syndicate’s middlemen to pay bribes to civil servants at an enforcement agency to facilitate the smuggling activities,” the source said, adding that the syndicate would bank in the bribe money to the suspects’ accounts, which they would transfer to the accounts of the civil servants involved. Meanwhile, MACC’s Anti Money Laundering and Asset Forfeiture Division director, Datuk Mohamad Zamri Zainul Abidin, confirmed the remand order against the four suspects, adding that the case is being investigated under Section 17(b) of the MACC Act 2009. Police detained 17 undocumented migrants and rescued two teenagers believed to be victims of labour and exploited at a factory processing electrical components in Teluk Panglima Garang, Kuala Langat, Selangor.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Division’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act (Atipsom) 2007 Unit D3’s principal assistant director SAC Soffian Santong said the two teenagers from Myanmar, aged 17, were rescued by a police team that raided the factory at 12.45pm today. According to Soffian, the 17 undocumented migrants detained were from China, Myanmar and Bangladesh. “Initial investigations revealed that the factory did not have a business has been operating for about 18 months and paid the workers RM1,200 to RM1,300 a month. “Their movements are also controlled and the workers need to work six days a week from 8am to 9pm. They are not allowed to leave the premises,” he said in a statement today. Soffian added that the two teenagers and undocumented migrants would be detained at the Kuala Langat police headquarters for investigations. The case will be investigated under Section 14 of the Atipsom Act 2007, Section 6(1) of the Immigration Act 1959/63, Section 55B of the Immigration Act 1959/63 and Section 39(B) of the Immigration Regulations 1963. The Court of Appeal here today upheld the death sentence of six men convicted of murdering Deputy Public Prosecutor Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais nine years ago.
They are a former pathologist, Colonel Dr R. Kunaseegaran, 61; money lender, S. Ravi Chandran, 53; and four unemployed, R. Dinishwaran, 32; AK Thinesh Kumar, 31; M. Vishwanath, 34; and S. Nimalan, 31. A three-judge panel consisting of Datuk Hadhariah Syed Ismail, Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim and Datuk Azmi Ariffin unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by the six men to set aside the decision of the High Court on July 10, 2020, which convicted and sentenced them to death for the murder. In the court's decision, Judge Hadhariah said after examining all the grounds of judgment by the High Court judge and the evidence presented in court, the Court of Appeal found that the High Court judge did not err in terms of law and facts. “The conviction imposed (against the six men) by the High Court was correct,” she said. Judge Hadhariah said the murder was carefully planned and the condition of the body when it was found showed the cruelty of all the accused. “If killing the victim was not enough, the deceased's car was also burned and his personal belongings were disposed of. “This murder incident is categorised as extraordinary from an ordinary murder incident. Therefore, in our opinion, the punishment that commensurates the offence committed is hang to death,” said Judge Hadhariah. She also said that when Morais’ body was found, it was fully clothed (but) without shoes and the hands tied behind his back with a tie. “There are seven pressure marks or compression on the chest, shoulders and back of the body, which is placed in a sack in a fetal position. The sack is tied with iron wire and then put into the drum. Then cement is poured into the drum barrel which is then dumped into a swamp area,” she said. She said forensic experts testified that the cause of Morais' death was due to suffocation. The judge also said there was a common intention among all the accused to kill Morais because Ravi Chandran, Dinishwaran, Thinesh Kumar, Vishwanath and Nimalan were together during the deliberate collision between the Triton car and the deceased's car. Judge Hadhariah said Kunaseegaran was also involved based on the fact that he only smiled and advised G. Gunasekaran to keep calm and not interfere in the affairs of the other accused when Gunasekaran told him about the blood flowing from the drum barrel. “Kunaseegaran also showed a picture of the deceased’s burning car in his mobile phone to Gunasekaran and Kunaseegaran also said that he would bear the legal fees of the other accused because all the problems stemmed from him,” she said. Judge Hadhariah said Kunaseegaran had a motive to kill Morais and the other accused were his agents. Gunasekaran was initially accused of murdering Morais but the charge was later withdrawn after he pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court to the charge of disposing of Morais' body and was sentenced to two years in prison for the offence. The prosecution then called Gunasekaran as a prosecution witness in the trial against all the accused. On July 10, 2020, the High Court sentenced the six men to death after finding them guilty of killing Morais. They were charged with killing Morais, 55, at a location along Jalan Dutamas Raya Sentul and Jalan USJ 1/6D, Subang Jaya between 7am and 8pm on September 4, 2015. The deceased was reported missing on the date in question and was last seen leaving the condominium in a Proton Perdana car from Menara Duta, Kuala Lumpur, to his office at the Attorney General's Chambers in Putrajaya. His body was found in a drum filled with concrete at Persiaran Subang Mewah, Subang Jaya, on September 16 of the same year. |
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