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- Woman escapes kidnap bid in Bangsar
- Top 50 bidders picked for final stage of contest
- Gangsters fish at schools
| Woman escapes kidnap bid in Bangsar Posted: PETALING JAYA: Walking along a main road in Bangsar during broad daylight, the last thing Tina (name changed) expected was to be grabbed from behind with a knife held to her neck. The traumatised 28-year-old legal adviser said she was approaching the junction of the Jalan Maarof traffic lights near the Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq Mosque when she was attacked at 6pm last Friday. "I could feel the knife although I couldn't see it under my collar. I fought him off with both hands while screaming at him," she said, adding that her attacker, who looked foreign, had been in a grey Toyota Vios. Her case, described as an attempted kidnapping, was posted on the Malaysian Crime Awareness Campaign Facebook page and was shared 531 times as of 6pm yesterday. She said her attacker had not attempted to grab her handphone or handbag and he and his accomplice had made an illegal U-turn and sped off towards the city centre after the failed kidnapping attempt. Shockingly, Tina said no one had really tried to help her although several cars stopped at the red light. A couple in a black Toyota Alphard finally came to her assistance and took her to the Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, as well as calling a policeman to record her statement there. They told her they had made a U-turn after spotting the incident from the other side of the road. "When I asked the police to check for CCTV footage of the car, I was informed the CCTV was under the jurisdiction of the Kuala Lumpur City Hall and that it wasn't working," she said, adding that her case was now being followed up by a CID officer. Malaysian Crime Awareness Campaign founder Mark, who only wants to be known by his first name, said there were more than 40,000 followers on the page. The 39-year-old businessman said his team would verify the crime incidents they heard about, including checking for police reports and speaking with the source of the stories, before sharing it on the page. |
| Top 50 bidders picked for final stage of contest Posted: PETALING JAYA: Tabulation for the highest bidders for prizes under the final fourth series of The Star's Bid & Win promotion has been completed. The highest bidders for each prize will soon be contacted by the promotion management agency and they will be required to answer a question related to the contest. If their answers are correct, they will then be given two days to submit the correct amount of original Star Points. Present for the tabulation process were Star Publications (M) Bhd internal audit executive Cynthia Ann Marion, Nasim Sdn Bhd marketing and communications executive Leong Ee Mun and Alliance Bank group internal audit vice-president Tan Sze Mei. They later signed off a list verifying the top 50 bidders for prizes in the series. These names will then be verified against the human resources data of The Star, Alliance Bank, the Naza Group and other agencies involved. Based on the number of bids received for this series, the popular prizes were the iPad Mini 64GB 4G, the Samsung Galaxy S4, Xbox 360 Slim 4GB, the iMAC 21.5" 2.7GHz and the Merdeka grand prize of two Peugeot 408 Turbo cars. The Star's Bid & Win promotion is held in conjunction with the 56th Merdeka celebrations. For this final fourth series, the total number of special prizes were also increased from the usual 10 to 56 – to commemorate the nation's 56th year of independence – while all Alliance Bank deposit account holders were entitled to a bonus 10,000 Star Points. Alliance Bank and Naza Group of Companies' subsidiary Nasim are the partners of the promotion. |
| Posted: PETALING JAYA: Despite gangs preying on students in their "recruitment drive", it is fortunate that not all of those who are approached succumb to their overtures. One student, Raj*, said he had been asked numerous times since he was in Form Two but he managed to refuse gang members every time. "After school ended, one or two former students would be waiting outside the compound, scouting for those who could be 'useful'," he said. Due to his physical size, Raj said gang members had told him he would be an asset to them. "I politely told them I had to concentrate on my studies and make my parents proud," he said. However, he said some of his friends fell into the circle and subsequently their studies suffered. Another student, Gerald*, who is now pursuing a college diploma, said he was threatened by gang members who tried to force him to join them during his school days. "They said that they would protect me from Malay and Chinese gangs if I paid them protection money," said Gerald, adding that they also wanted him to help them recruit others. When he turned down their requests, the gang members made threats about harming his family. "I wasn't afraid because of my father (who was a policeman). I felt protected all the time," he said. One teacher from Ipoh was aware of the situation but she said the authorities could not do anything as these activities happened outside of the school compound and after school hours. "Some students are good at keeping a low profile in school so that they do not become the target of a disciplinary query," she said. She said there was no telling who would be targeted by the gangs. "The main factor is home influence. Students who have a solid family foundation, a good religious background and are focused are able to reject the gangs," she said. She claimed that many students these days lacked parental supervision and were easily influenced by their peers. However, there can be no escaping the gangs sometimes. The teacher spoke of one student who was happy to be part of a gang as he could make money easily. She had spoken to him and asked him to leave the gang. "He told me that his father was part of the gang and that he could never quit," she said. (*Names have been changed to protect their identity.) |
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