(The Star. 23.01.2008)
KUANTAN: It was a dream come true for a 34-year-old man to perform the umrah in Mecca after winning a prize in a contest organised by a Malay daily.
However, his joy was short-lived after he discovered he had been conned of RM3,100 – the sum purported to be used for lodging and food while staying there.
According to state commercial crimes chief Supt Zaini Jass, the victim from Triang in Bera only knew he had been duped when the organiser called him to collect his prize at the daily’s office in Kuala Lumpur and discovered it was a free trip.
“The victim claimed he received a letter on Dec 28 from the daily informing him he was the winner and the prize was an umrah package worth RM4,500.
“However, the victim received a second letter the next day, instructing him to deposit RM3,100 supposedly for food and lodging in Mecca.
“The letter contained a bank account number and telephone number and said the money was to be deposited before Jan 8.
“The cash was banked into the account on Jan 4 and Jan 7,” he told reporters recently.
Supt Zaini said the victim lodged a report at Triang police station on the day he realised he had been duped.
He added that police believed the letters were forged.
“Investigations will look into whether anyone from the organiser’s side was involved,” he added.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Six-year-old abducted by man ‘looking for his cat’
(The Star. 09.01.2008)
KUALA LUMPUR: A six-year-old girl was abducted by a man who used the same modus operandi as the Kampung Baru molester.
The abductor wore a black jacket, rode a black motorcycle and convinced his young victim to follow him on the pretext of looking for his missing cat.
The girl was, however, not sexually assaulted unlike a previous victim who was battered to the extent of having a brinjal forced into her private parts.
The six-year-old was in shock when found wandering at Wangsa Maju some two hours after she was abducted at 5pm on Monday.
The man had first approached the girl and convinced her to follow him by telling her that he would take her to see some cats and birds.
Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Mazlan Mansor said that the girl was playing alone near her flats in Kampung Sepakat, in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya, when approached by the man.
A passer-by who found the girl brought her to the Wangsa Maju police station before she was referred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
A medical examination showed that she was not sexually assaulted.
The victim’s mother, a cleaner, was shocked to find her daughter missing after she returned home from work.
She lodged a report at the Petaling Jaya police station at 1am yesterday.
In the first abduction on June 27, a six-year-old girl was persuaded by a stranger to follow him to catch cats. He later allegedly shoved a brinjal into her private parts.
On July 2, five-year-old Suci Rahmadhani was taken by a motorcyclist at 3.30pm while playing in front of her father’s grocery store in Jalan Raja Bot. She was found by a passer-by 14 hours later in Kampung Baru, covered in bruises and with blood on her legs.
KUALA LUMPUR: A six-year-old girl was abducted by a man who used the same modus operandi as the Kampung Baru molester.
The abductor wore a black jacket, rode a black motorcycle and convinced his young victim to follow him on the pretext of looking for his missing cat.
The girl was, however, not sexually assaulted unlike a previous victim who was battered to the extent of having a brinjal forced into her private parts.
The six-year-old was in shock when found wandering at Wangsa Maju some two hours after she was abducted at 5pm on Monday.
The man had first approached the girl and convinced her to follow him by telling her that he would take her to see some cats and birds.
Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Mazlan Mansor said that the girl was playing alone near her flats in Kampung Sepakat, in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya, when approached by the man.
A passer-by who found the girl brought her to the Wangsa Maju police station before she was referred to Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
A medical examination showed that she was not sexually assaulted.
The victim’s mother, a cleaner, was shocked to find her daughter missing after she returned home from work.
She lodged a report at the Petaling Jaya police station at 1am yesterday.
In the first abduction on June 27, a six-year-old girl was persuaded by a stranger to follow him to catch cats. He later allegedly shoved a brinjal into her private parts.
On July 2, five-year-old Suci Rahmadhani was taken by a motorcyclist at 3.30pm while playing in front of her father’s grocery store in Jalan Raja Bot. She was found by a passer-by 14 hours later in Kampung Baru, covered in bruises and with blood on her legs.
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