theSun | THURSDAY JULY 16 2009
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Disabled man
nabbed
over nude photos
Press Digest
by Kong See Hoh
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
A CHINESE woman flew in from
Guangzhou to lodge a police report
against her former “internet lover”
after he circulated raunchy pictures
of her in cyberspace.
Police have arrested a wheel-
chair-bound man in Bahau, Negri
Sembilan on Tuesday following a
report lodged at the Jempol police
station on the same day.
Police recorded a statement from
the man and seized a computer CPU
from him.
According reports in the Chinese
press yesterday, the woman, identi-
fied only as Ah Yen, a 33-year-old
widow and a mother of a seven-year-
old girl, met the man, identified only
as Phang in the reports, in an internet
chatroom about six months ago.
They developed a relationship
and she flew in to meet him during
MCA to send warning
letters to party leaders
MCA is to serve warning letters
on several party leaders who have
uttered remarks deemed detrimen-
tal to the party’s image, Sin Chew
Daily reported yesterday, quoting a
source.
The source said deputy president
Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek will be
among those who will receive
warnings from the party disciplinary
board. Others include Penang deputy
liaison chief Datuk Lau Chek Tuan,
Negri Sembilan Wanita chief Datuk
Paduka Lee Pit Chern and Pulai MCA
division chief Low Teh Hian.
Lee said she had not received any
letter from the board but is ready to
face any disciplinary action.
Lee caused a stir earlier this year
Assets of drug dealers
frozen by the millions
by Charles Ramendran
newsdesk@thesundaily.com
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized
more than RM400,000 and assets
worth millions belonging to drug
syndicates over the past 21 years.
Federal police narcotics depart-
ment revealed that drug syndicates
have laundered their ill-gotten gains
to acquire houses, land, luxury cars
and to start legitimate businesses.
However, since 1988 with the
enactment of the Dangerous Drugs
(Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988, it
has been a breeze for the police in
seizing and freezing such assets by
invoking the law.
Federal narcotics director SAC
Datuk Ismail Yatim said yesterday
the act has been a very effective
weapon for crippling the expansion
Ex-secretary gets three years for CBT, cheating
KUALA LUMPUR: A former secretary of the Defence Ministry’s civil
servants club was jailed three years by the sessions court here yes-
terday, when he was found guilty on three charges of criminal breach
of trust (CBT) involving RM57,224 and cheating.
Noral Huda Puspa B. Hasnor, 51, was also fined RM6,000 for com-
mitting the CBT involving 10 cheques. – Bernama
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the Chinese New Year.
Ah Yen admitted that she was
taken aback at the sight of her
internet lover – a frail man in his
30s confined to a wheelchair and
carrying a urine collection bag
– although he had told her he was
handicapped.
Nevertheless, she stayed in
Malaysia for a month and spent
time taking care of him, and even
accompanied him to Genting High-
lands, she said.
But their relationship did not
work out and when she finally called
it quits in April, he started circulating
pictures with her face superimposed
on nude images.
She decided to lodged a police
report when he started to circulate
her daughter’s pictures on the
internet as well and threatened to
burn the nude pictures onto VCDs
for distribution in Guangzhou.
It was learnt that the man has
removed the raunchy pictures from
the internet following a report on the
case carried by China Press.
for her remark about Hainanese for
which she later apologised.
She also took a swipe at party
president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat,
likening him to Superman who wears
his underpants on the outside, and
implying that he was washing dirty
linen in the public.
Low, meanwhile, declined to
comment, saying he was not at
liberty to talk.
Asked to confirm talk of up to
seven party leaders likely to be rep-
rimanded for breach of the party’s
code of ethics, MCA disciplinary
board deputy chief Datuk Jimmy
Low Boon Hong said he was not
aware of any disciplinary letter to AF8M34X
be sent out to anyone.
of drug syndicates.
He said police made their biggest
single haul under the act in May this
year with the seizure of about 900kg
of syabu worth some RM254 million,
and the arrest of three suspects in
Rompin, Pahang.
Ismail said the property forfeiture
unit of the narcotics department
had managed to trace 24 houses
and shophouses and land worth
more than RM18 million belonging
to syndicate members.
Their bank accounts and other Nicholas Teo
assets amounting to about RM5
million were also frozen.
He said since January this year
about RM40 million of such assets
have been seized compared with
previous years where between
RM20 million and RM38 million was
seized annually.
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