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| Tuesday, April 04, 2006 |
| Singapore transit point for cars stolen from Malaysia |
TheStar
JOHOR BARU: Singapore is a regular transit point for vehicles stolen in Malaysia and shipped out to other countries.
State CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Datuk Abdul Rahim Jaafar said the stolen cars would first be brought here, and then driven into Singapore.
“There, the vehicles will be loaded into containers and shipped out,” he said.
He told a press conference yesterday that the majority of the 1,394 vehicles stolen in Johor last year were from Malaysia, while Singapore-registered vehicles accounted for only 3.7% of the number.
Singaporean media recently reported that vehicles from the republic were often targets of thieves.
“The percentage of Singaporean vehicles that are stolen is very low,” he said, adding that only three were stolen in the first two months of this year.
He added that the local police worked closely with their Singaporean counterparts to cut down car thefts.
“We recently nabbed seven people, including a Road Transport Department officer, and recovered four stolen vehicles,” he said.
He also refuted reports that shopping complexes were hot spots for car thieves.
Pelangi Bhd property management division general manager Jenny Chan said that her shopping complex placed high priority on customer safety.
“We only had two cases in the last 10 years and none involved Singaporeans,” she said.
Johor Baru Chinese Chamber of Commerce deputy president Datuk Soh Poh Sheng said that the articles were intended to sabotage the state’s economy.
State Tourism and Environ-ment Committee chairman Freddie Long expressed similar sentiments, saying that the author of the article was out to destroy the good name of Johor. |
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