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Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Malay Mail
‘No need for concern': IGP says KL safe, Brickfields and Cheras shootings were targeted, tied to internal disputes
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Malaysia's capital city is very much safe despite two separate shooting cases in Brickfields and Cheras recently, the country's top policeman said today. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said both incidents were not random public shootings, but believed to have been triggered by disputes between the victims and the gunmen, with specific motives involved, Bernama reported today. 'As stated by Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa, the incidents involved targeted individuals and arose from conflicts that originated outside the capital area,' he was quoted as saying. 'There is no need for public concern, as security around Kuala Lumpur remains under control.' Razarudin added that following the incidents, the Kuala Lumpur police have intensified patrols and operations to ensure continued public order. The first shooting incident occurred last Friday at a restaurant on Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfields. The second incident took place late last night on Jalan Loke Yew in Cheras. Rusdi reportedly said that the cases are believed to be connected to smuggling activities in Sibu, Sarawak.
Malay Mail
2 days ago
- Malay Mail
IGP: Public safety in KL not at risk, shooting incidents were targeted
KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Police have reportedly said that the public do not need to worry about the security in Kuala Lumpur despite two separate shooting incidents in the capital city recently. According to Bernama, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said both incidents were not random shootings and are believed to have been triggered by disputes between the suspects and victims, with specific motives involved. 'As stated by Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa, the incidents involved targeted individuals and arose from conflicts that originated outside the capital area,' he was quoted as saying. 'There is no need for public concern, as security around Kuala Lumpur remains under control.' Razarudin reportedly added that following the incidents, the Kuala Lumpur police have intensified patrols and operations to ensure continued public order. The first shooting incident occurred last Friday at a restaurant on Jalan Tun Sambanthan in Brickfields. Meanwhile, the second incident took place late last night on Jalan Loke Yew in Cheras. Rusdi reportedly said that the cases are believed to be connected to smuggling activities in Sibu, Sarawak.
CNA
3 days ago
- CNA
KL still safe, recent fatal shootings linked to criminal disputes elsewhere: Police chief
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian capital is still safe despite two fatal shootings in Kuala Lumpur over four days, said the city's police chief Rusdi Isa. He assured the public that the recent shootings in Cheras and Brickfields should not be used as evidence to suggest unsafe conditions in Kuala Lumpur. 'These shooting cases are all the result of problems that occurred outside the Kuala Lumpur contingent, and were brought here,' Rusdi said in a statement on Tuesday (Jun 17) afternoon, as cited in local news platform Berita Harian. He added that the motives for both cases involved internal feuds between the suspects and the victims and that the two cases are also unlikely to be related. The police chief said that the Cheras case is believed to involve criminal business from Sarawak, while the Brickfields case is reported to be related to a gang feud in neighbouring Selangor state, just outside the capital city. 'In the shooting case in Cheras … the two victims had just arrived from Sibu, Sarawak, and came to (Kuala Lumpur) on personal business,' he said. He added that both the victims had criminal records and were suspected to be involved in smuggling activities in Sarawak as well as a murder. Rusdi said that there is a possibility that the victims were shadowed by criminal rivals or disgruntled individuals who were biding their time before the opportunity arose for the attack. In an earlier statement on Tuesday, Kuala Lumpur police also confirmed that the Cheras shooting had occurred outside the Viva Home mall, along Jalan Loke Yew. Rusdi said that the Brickfields case held similarities with the case in Cheras. 'This case involves (criminal) problems in Selangor, and … the enemies were also looking for an opportune moment to shoot the victim dead while he was at a restaurant on Jalan Tun Sambanthan.' Although the cases involved external states outside of the jurisdiction of Kuala Lumpur, Rusdi reaffirmed the Kuala Lumpur police's commitment to continue collaborating with the Criminal Investigation Department and the Royal Malaysia Police to apprehend the perpetrators of both cases and bring them to justice. He also urged the public to continue to share any information to help combat criminal activity and 'any conduct that could harm public safety and order'. 'Your safety and public order are always our top priorities as Kuala Lumpur Police," he said in the statement, as quoted by Berita Harian. The Kuala Lumpur police will mobilise all elements to identify the suspects involved in the Cheras case, and both the Cheras and Brickfields cases are currently still being investigated under Section 302 of the penal code for murder, he added. At around 12.15am on Tuesday, a group of assailants wearing ski masks gunned down two men outside the Viva Home shopping mall in Cheras before fleeing in a Perodua Alza car. The victims, both in their 40s, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body and were pronounced dead at the scene. Police have classified the shooting as murder. Just four days before, an attack in Brickfields left one dead and two injured, as two gunmen attacked a group of seven diners at a restaurant on Jalan Tun Sambanthan. Concerns of public safety have grown following these two cases of fatal shootings occurring in public areas. In a report by the New Straits Times, criminologist Shahul Hamid Abd Rahim said that these criminals have grown increasingly bold when it came to their attacks, showing a blatant disregard for time and place. "I do not rule out the possibility that these incidents are linked to disputes, drug trafficking activities, or gang-related revenge,' he said. But he pointed out that the issue lies in the ease of obtaining unlicensed firearms, whether via smuggling from neighbouring countries or through mutual buying and selling from other criminals who had previously owned the guns.
Free Malaysia Today
3 days ago
- Free Malaysia Today
KL still safe, cops say after 2 shootings in 4 days
KL police chief Rusdi Isa said there was no reason for people in the capital city to be worried about their safety. PETALING JAYA : Police today sought to reassure those living and working in Kuala Lumpur that the city is safe despite two shootings in the span of four days. KL police chief Rusdi Isa said the two shootings – in Brickfields and Cheras – were believed to involve criminal disputes originating in Sarawak and Selangor. He said those in KL did not have to be worried about their safety, Berita Harian reported. 'I'd like to emphasise that these shootings stemmed from issues beyond the KL police contingent's purview. 'For example, in the Cheras shooting, both victims had criminal records and had just arrived here from Sibu, Sarawak, for personal matters,' he said. He said there was the possibility that both victims were being tailed by parties who held grudges against them and were simply looking for the right time to shoot them. Rusdi added that preliminary investigations revealed that the victims were likely involved in smuggling activities in Sarawak. Regarding the Brickfields shooting on Friday, which resulted in one dead and two injured, the KL police chief said it was believed to be linked to a feud between criminals in Selangor. '(The shooters) were looking for the right time to kill the victim. In fact, we found that the victim had also visited the same restaurant after being released from remand in Selangor,' he said. At 12.15am today, two men were shot dead in front of the lobby of a shopping complex on Jalan Loke Yew in Cheras. According to a witness, a group of men wearing helmets suddenly ran towards the victims and fired several shots at them. Last Friday, at about 10.50pm, three local men, aged between 30 and 50, were eating with friends at a restaurant in Brickfields when two men on a motorcycle shot at them.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Malaysia's second fatal shooting in 4 days sparks fears of gang menace
A manhunt was under way in Malaysia on Tuesday after masked gunmen shot dead two people outside a Kuala Lumpur shopping centre. The gangland-style shooting, coming just days after a similar incident, has fuelled fears of the organised crime menace in the city. Advertisement Gun violence is relatively rare in the country, where possession of unlicensed firearms carries the death penalty. But a recent string of apparently targeted attacks, including a daylight assassination in Johor earlier this year, has reignited concerns over underworld rivalries playing out on the country's streets. Masked men ambushed the victims as they were walking to their car outside the Viva Home shopping centre in Cheras area of the capital just after midnight on Tuesday. The assailants were wearing black ski masks and motorcycle helmets, witnesses said, and ran towards the men, opened fire and then fled in a car. Both victims, believed to be in their forties, were pronounced dead at the scene, the Kuala Lumpur police said, without naming them. Advertisement Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad, deputy commissioner of the Kuala Lumpur police, said the case has been classified as murder. 'So far, the police are conducting further investigations to identify the suspects and the motive behind the incident,' he added.
