Malaysia Crime Watch

1 November 2011
Putrajaya

Two boys aged 7 and 8 years were found to have been stealing valuables from government staff quarters in Putrajaya for a period of six months. They skipped school and broke into 26 apartments stealing cash, shoes, mobile phones, caps, a gaming console and a watch.

Police said the boys attended the same school and live in the same place as the victims’ apartments in Section 8. It is learnt that they would find keys hidden in the residents’ shoes and pots near their entrances. Some residents did not even lock their homes, thinking it was safe in Putrajaya.

The boys even used the stolen cash to buy shoes and a radio-controlled car.

Their thieving spree came to an end when the father of their friend reported the matter on 27 October. However, none of the victims came forward to lodge police reports against the boys.

The police instead informed the boys’ parents and school, as well as referring the case to the Welfare Department.

Star Online, The – Kid burglars nabbed in Putrajaya
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/11/1/nation/9810824&sec=nation>

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24 October 2011
Kulim

Three teenage boys aged 10 to 11 are believed to have raped and sodomised a 7-year-old girl at a secluded hut on 13 October in Bandar Baru.

The girl was playing near her house when the boys invited her to a hut about 2km away. Once there, she was forced to strip naked, after which she was raped and sodomised by them.

Later, one of the boys bragged about the incident in school. A teacher was informed about it and reported to the victim’s 33-year-old mother.

A medical report has confirmed that the girl was indeed sexually assaulted. The 36-year-old father of the victim, a lorry driver, has lodged a police report against the three boys.

Police have detained the boys and had their statements taken before they posted bail.

Star Online, The – Four youngsters rape and sodomise seven-year-old girl
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/10/24/nation/9759316&sec=nation>

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18 October 2011
Kuala Lumpur

21 Ugandan women aged between 18 and 42 years were found to be forced into prostitution here and in China by a major sex slave syndicate and was busted by police on Friday.

The women were locked up in four apartment units in Mentari Court, Bandar Sunway, from where they worked as prostitutes for 10 hours daily for the past three months. They were believed to have been lured from Kampala with job offers to work in hotels or as maids, or to study in colleges here. The syndicate even offered the women free travel documents and flights.

Customers paid RM300 for their services and if the women refused they would be beaten and raped by the syndicate members.

It is believed that the syndicate placed a debt bondage of US$7000 one each of the victims. Although many of them had already worked enough to pay off the debts, the syndicate members would lie to them about the debts to prevent them from leaving.

One of the Ugandan women reported her ordeal to an embassy officer who went undercover as a customer and met the 20-year-old. Later, police monitored the apartment for two weeks before they launched the raid at 10:30am and arrested two female suspects in their 40s.

The victims were transferred to a welfare home and are expected to be deported later pending completion of investigations.

Star Online, The – Sex slaves freed
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/10/18/nation/9718776&sec=nation>

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