Actions took, robbers nabbed, peace finally.....I think.

Setapak terrors nabbed

By LOURDES CHARLES and ANDREW SAGAYAM

KUALA LUMPUR: After two weeks of painstaking investigations, police have arrested the snatch thieves who are believed to have killed Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman (KTAR) student Lee Kean Yip and injured another.

In a massive operation conducted by the Wangsa Maju and Setapak police, officers raided a budget hotel in Jalan Pahang here at 4.30pm yesterday and captured four members of the gang, including the two who allegedly killed 18-year-old Kean Yip and seriously wounded Phang Kar Wei, 23.

The police fired a shot at one of the suspects who tried to attack the raiding party, injuring him in the groin. A fifth suspect managed to escape, and police have launched a manhunt for him.

Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Rodzi Ismail said the police learnt that the suspects, aged between 22 and 27, had checked into the budget hotel on Tuesday at 3.30pm and 7pm.

“We staked out the hotel and observed their movements and a 17-man police party later stormed the room,” he said.

“The suspects tried to attack us with iron rods and parangs but were overpowered by our men.”

Police seized several parangs, iron rods, alan keys, screwdrivers and spanners from the suspects, who were high on drugs. A urine test showed positive results for syabu and ganja.

With the arrest of the suspects – who all had previous convictions, and one having been detained in Simpang Renggam under the Emergency Ordinance in 2002 for robbery – police believe they have solved the killing of Kean Yip.

ACP Mohd Rodzi said initial investigations revealed that the suspects were involved in several robberies and other crimes in the Sentul district and elsewhere in the city.

It is learnt that two of the four motorcycles seized from them were reported stolen from Dang Wangi and Sentul earlier this year.

Wangsa Maju MP and Federal Territories Ministry parliamentary secretary Yew Teong Look said the public are indebted to the police for their hard work in tracking down the criminals.

“The cops have slogged through the past two weeks on the case. On behalf of the public, I would like to thank them for this great effort,” Yew said when met at the Setapak police station yesterday.

On July 29, two men on a motorcycle stabbed and slashed Kean Yip in Wangsa Maju as he was walking back to his hostel.

Minutes after the attack, Kean Yip’s fellow college student Kar Wei was attacked, but he survived.

The Star Aug 10, 2006

Finally, the polices took action, and the robbers are nabbed. Sometimes, I wonder, do we have to wait until "small matters" become "BIG matters" to take action? Why can't people just make an effort to prevent at the first place? Isn't things easier that way? I tought teachers taught us, "Prevention is better than cure", for good reason. Or is it just for us to make our essays look nicer, and to get better chance to score an A? *sighs* Just me thinking too much I guess.