Orang asli woman a robbery gang queenpin in Kajang

The Star, Thursday September 18, 2014

by nadirah h. rodzi

PETALING JAYA: An orang asli woman allegedly masterminded recent robberies in Kajang using teenagers.

The 24-year-old woman purportedly recruited three school dropouts aged 13, 14 and 16 and became their “mentor”.

It is learnt that the group had been active for the past several months.

In the latest incident last Thursday, the four robbed a Nepalese man, in his 40s, at Plaza Metro Kajang.

Kajang OCPD Asst Comm Ab Rashid Ab Wahab said the man was forced to give up his handphone and RM140 after being threatened with a knife.

“At first, the foreigner refused to hand over his belongings but the woman passed a knife to her 16-year-old accomplice to threaten him,” he said.

ACP Ab Rashid added that a patrol car was nearby and the four were nabbed at the scene.

Checks are continuing and police have thus far identified one other case involving the group in Kajang.

“The teenagers would randomly approach victims and rob them. The youngest is from Negri Sembilan while the other two are from Kajang,” he said.

The four have been in remand since Thursday to help in investigations.

The case is being investigated under 395/397 of the Penal Code for armed gang robbery.

In an unrelated case, five masked men armed with parang escaped with jewellery and cash amounting to RM120,000 from a doctor’s house in Section 16, Bandar Baru Bangi, last Thursday.

ACP Ab Rashid said the men broke into the house through the main door at about 10pm.

“They told the doctor’s wife and their nine-year-old daughter to follow them upstairs where they forced the woman to open two safes. The jewellery and cash were in one of them,” he added.

The doctor was not at home.

ACP Ab Rashid said two men, aged 27 and 30, were arrested in Kajang at about 11pm the following day.

“We are still tracking down the other suspects,” he said.