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24 May 2012 RAWANG: Seven policemen on crime prevention patrols were arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly robbing three Nepali workers at an industrial estate here.

The policemen who are in their 20's and 30's are constables, lance corporals and corporals. It is learnt that the policemen who are members of the General Operations Force based in Kuantan were brought in as reinforcement for crime prevention in Selangor. 

On Saturday at about 4am, the policemen broke up into two groups before carrying out crime prevention patrols at the Sungai Tua industrial estate. It is also learnt that a team of four policemen had approached a group of six Nepali workers who were returning home after work before demanding to see their passports.

Sources said one of the cops then searched the Nepalis before allegedly pocketing about RM300 he found on them and a handphone. He also allegedly warned the Nepalis that he will return in a week and meet them outside their workplace for more money.

The following day, the workers who were accompanied by a senior staff member of the company they work for lodged a police report at the Rawang police station. Following the report, a police team initiated investigations and raided a hotel in Selayang where the policemen were housed.

Yesterday, a policemen was remanded for a week to facilitate the probe into the case while his six collegues were released after interogations. The six personnel were placed under the close supervision of their superiors pending disciplinary action.The case has been classified as robbery.

Selangor police CID chief SAC II Mohd Adnan Abdullah confirmed the case. However, he declined to comment on it claiming he did not have full details of the case.

Source: www.thesundaily.my

Seven cops held over robbery
24 May 2012

RAWANG: Seven policemen, including five from the General Operations Force (GOF), were arrested for allegedly robbing a group of Nepalese migrant workers on Saturday.The suspects were arrested in two separate raids at the Rawang police station and at a hotel in Gombak on Monday and the following day following a report lodged by the victims.

Gombak police chief Assistant Commissioner Rahim Abdullah said the GOF officers and two policemen from the Rawang station were alleged to have been patrolling when they saw the group of Nepalese workers coming out of a factory in Jalan Arang, Rawang, at 4am.

"The policemen conducted a search on the victims. "Simultaneously, one of the GOF officers also did a search and was alleged to have taken RM330 cash and a handphone from one of the victims. "The GOF officer was also alleged to have pointed a gun at the head of one of the foreigners after the latter said that he did not do anything wrong," he said.

Rahim added, following the report, police had immediately instructed the victims to identify the suspects at the district police headquarters yesterday.

The victims identified a 32-year-old suspect, who is a member of the GOF Seventh Battalion based in Kuantan. The suspect is being remanded for a week while the six others were released on police bail.

Source: www.nst.com.my"/Tranungkite Online