JB RAPE & ROB TERROR
100,000 residents to petition for peace
Girl, 14, one of 14 rounded up by police
June 17, 2007
JOHOR police have arrested 14people suspected to be involved in the
recent spate of rape robberies in the state.
(Left)Johor's Chinese Association holding signs saying the crimes
should be stopped and peace be returned. -- Pictures: CHINA
PRESS
They include 13 men and a 14-year-old girl, reported Bernama.
Among the arrested are those believed to be responsible for
Monday's case, where a 19-year-old girl was gang-raped by three
knife-wielding robbers after she and her 22-year-old boyfriend were
car-jacked in Gelang Petah, near the Second Link.
The boyfriend was also slashed in the legs.
The horrific crime has prompted Johor's Chinese Association and
several clans to come together to organise a 'gathering of
100,000', which has been scheduled for this afternoon.
They plan to gather 100,000 signatures for a petition which they
plan to submit to the Johor police. The groups are calling for an
end to such crimes and for safety to be brought back to streets,
reported Sin Chew Daily.
The violent and cruel crimes are an open challenge by the attackers
to the police and residents, said a group spokesman.
Johor police chief Datuk Hussin Ismail said the arrested suspects
were rounded up in a series of raids around various parts of the
state yesterday morning by a special squad.
The first arrest was made when three suspects were spotted
travelling in a stolen Honda Accord.
(Above) Shahabudin SK Mohamed Ariff is allegedly behind the
gang-rape.
They were nabbed in Taman Mas, Kulai, at about 1.30am
yesterday.
This led the police to a Skudai hotel, where five men and the girl
were arrested.
The girl and six of the men tested positive for drugs.
The police chief added that six of those arrested had previous
records for rape, robbery, theft, rioting, assault and drug
offences.
Johor police added that they have not ruled out the possibility
that the same gang was involved in other gang rapes, abductions,
carjackings and robberies at petrol stations in the state.
On Thursday, police identified Shahabudin SK Mohamed Ariff, 27, a
former member of the Sagol Gang as allegedly being behind the
gang-rape of the 19-year-old victim.
The gang, which was crippled by police in 2003, had also been
involved in robbery-and-rape cases in Johor.
State officials have assured residents and foreign
investors that there are plans to beef up the Johor police force,
reported The Star. ( They have been saying this for the
PAST 40 years!!! hahaha!! They think Singaporeans are soooo dumb to
invest?!? Throw me $$ to go live in JB and I will throw more $$ at
them!! )
