news on 02.06.2007
BUTTERWORTH: An angry mob set fire to a trailer following a road accident which killed a motorcyclist in Jalan Assumption.About 30 people rushed to the scene upon seeing the accident at 2.40am on Saturday, forcing the trailer driver to abandon his vehicle.
In the accident, G. Ranganathan, 23, from Batu Lanchang died while pillion rider, V. Surenthiran, 23, from Greenland Heights sustained injuries. North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said said several people from the group set fire to the trailer and blocked firemen from putting out the fire.
He said the crowd gave in after state exco P.K. Subbaiyah intervened.
“The area where the accident happened was congested with people waiting to see a chariot procession.
“Both the accident victims were rushed to the Seberang Jaya Hospital where Ranganathan died upon admission," he said.
ACP Wan Abdullah said firemen only managed to save the back portion of the trailer. He said the suspects involved in burning the trailer had nothing to do with the chariot procession. Subbaiyah was leading the procession with Sungai Puyu assemblyman Phee Boon Poh. The driver has been detained pending investigations but police are looking for the suspects involved in the arson.
ACP Wan Abdullah urged those with information to call the district CID division at 04-5762222 or the nearest police station
Mummy, tough guys can hurt too
MIRI: A burly man with dragon tattoos all over his body caused a stir when he broke down and cried at the police station here, then called his mother. The man, in his 30s, had been arrested for allegedly assaulting a youth outside a supermarket in Taman Tunku.
Fifteen minutes after being questioned by police at the front desk, the man was sobbing. He kept telling the investigating officer “dia pukul saya dulu” (he beat me first.) The man called his mother who arrived with his sister 10 minutes later and was released on police bail.
As they left in a hurry, the man was still wiping his tears as a crowd of on-lookers at the station stared in amusement.
The mother of the victim who suffered a cut in his head said they were shopping at the supermarket when the dragon-tattooed man appeared and attacked her son.
"I shouted for help. He (the man) made a call using his handphone and soon five cars came.
“I saw many men coming out of the cars, some of them with parangs (machetes).
"My son and I ran into the supermarket. We then heard the sound of police sirens and ran towards the police,” the mother told The Star at the police station.
Police have recovered a metre-long steel bar.
SC lauded for blocking access to web scam sites
PETALING JAYA: The financial community has welcomed the Securities Commission’s (SC) decision to block access to illegal investment schemes operated by some 60 websites after it received 720 complaints and queries.
They are urging the SC to be more alert as such illegal sites could re-emerge as other websites.
Financial adviser Billy Toh, who is also a certified financial planner for unit trusts, said: “I am surprised the SC had to wait for 720 complaints to act. It should have acted much earlier because the complainants are only the tip of the iceberg, as the vast majority who were cheated may not have complained.”
“Now the SC has to be more alert to check if the illegal investment websites emerge under another website. The SC has to employ experts on investment websites to monitor and block fly-by-night websites,” he added.
He said the SC said had done a good job of publicising licensed and illegal websites.
“This will allow licensed companies to operate and the spoilt apples to be weeded out.”
The SC’s exercise to block the websites will begin on June 11.
The commission, in a statement on Thursday, advised investors in such schemes to withdraw their investments and terminate their accounts immediately.
Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Pardip Kumar urged faster action in such cases in future.
“We must appreciate the fact that SC has acted finally, but it has to move faster as the website scams could start at another website address.
“The scams haves been around for some years and the SC should constantly monitor illegal operators,” he said.
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