Six held over murder of man

IPOH: The police have detained six people in connection with the murder-cum-robbery involving a security van in Taiping and recovered RM571,100 of the RM1.2mil that was lost after the incident.

State Police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said police found the money when they raided houses in Kulim, Kedah, and George Town, Penang, on Friday.

“We believe the money seized may be from the robbery,” he said yesterday. He added that the police were still locating the remainder.

DCP Mohd Shukri said a 47-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman were also detained during the raid.

He said police later arrested two other men and two women at a petrol station in Seberang Jaya in Penang.

Of the six people, one was believed to be directly involved with the case while the others were believed to be accomplices.

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Unemployed man gets death for murder of father-in-law

JOHOR BARU: Despite being sentenced to death for murdering his father-in-law, an unemployed man walked out of the court with a wide grin on his face.

Mohd Azuwa Talib, 25, even asked the court policemen if he should flash a peace sign to photographers.

Mohd Azuwa told his family members in the courtroom not cry because the decision was expected.

"The only penalty is death so do not worry about it and do not cry," he said before exiting the court with a wide grin on his face.

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Roti canai seller killed in drive-by shooting

MARANG: A roti canai seller was killed in a drive-by shooting while playing checkers with a friend outside his shophouse.

On Sunday night, three men in a Perodua Viva stopped by the shop at Kampung Bukit Cempedak and asked for Pok Mat.

When Mat Keya Jusoh, 54, fondly known as Pok Mat, identified himself, one of the men fired two shots which hit the victim’s chest. They then fled the scene.

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Two bouncers killed in brawl

KUALA LUMPUR: Two bouncers were shot dead during a brawl outside an entertainment club along Jalan Dooraisamy here.

In the 4.30am incident yesterday, Mohd Akmal Gemain and Mohd Nor Firdaus Rashid, both 21, barred six men from entering the nightclub as it was closing for the day.

However, the men insisted on entering the club, resulting in a fistfight with the bouncers.

During the brawl, one of the men took out a pistol and fired at the two bouncers, hitting one of them in the head and the other in the chest.

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Foreign student confesses to two murders

SHAH ALAM: A foreign student arrested in connection with the death of a real estate agent early this month has confessed he is also involved in the murder of a printing company owner here about two weeks earlier.

Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Mohd Adnan Abdullah said the student claimed that he killed printing company owner Cheng Kok Seng, 31, and later murdered real estate agent Tang Yong Chin.

Cheng, who was due to get married on July 21, was reported missing on June 20 and his decomposed body was found near a stream in Ara Damansara a week later.

It was also here that Tang’s body was found, a week after the father of two went missing on July 5.

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Relative held over death of television station employee

Syaleza Jaffar

PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a close relative of a television station employee, who was found hanged from the bedroom fan of her apartment on Saturday.

The case that had been classified as sudden death has now been reclassified as murder.

Syaleza Jafar, 31, was found by her husband hanged from the bedroom fan at their apartment in Damansara Damai.

The post-mortem however, revealed discrepancies on the wounds on her neck and police forensic teams revisited the apartment on Sunday.

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Woman who killed herself may be a murder victim

PETALING JAYA: An apparent suicide of a woman took a twist when the post-mortem revealed that she may have been murdered.

The 31-year-old television station employee, Sharizat Jafar, was found by her husband hanging from the bedroom fan at their apartment in Damansara Damai at about 9pm on Saturday.

Her body was sent to the Sungai Buloh Hospital.

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