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newswithout borders7theSun | TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10 2009
Bystander among threekilled in shootingby Charles Ramendran
KUALA LUMPUR: A 30-year-old bystander who was havinghis meal at a restaurant wasamong three men who were shot dead mafia-style by a gang of men at Taman Beringin, Jinjangyesterday.
Another man who was alsowounded in the 6.30pm incident,which was believed to be linkeda turf war between two rival druggangs, has been warded at theSelayang Hospital. He is reportedto be in critical condition.
Kuala Lumpur police CIDchief SAC II Ku Chin Wah saida group of three men were hav-ing a drink at the restaurant onJalan Niah 1 and the bystanderwas seated at another table next to them when the shooting hap-
pened.He said witnesses told police a
black Proton Wira with five menin it pulled over before two gun-men and another assailant armedwith a sword stepped out.
He said the gunmen and theiraccomplice went straight for thethree men before gunshots rangout.
Operators of food stallsseveral metres away from therestaurant said they saw the vic-tims bolting from the scene withthe assailants pursuing them forabout 100m, firing gunshots.
A foodstall owner who de-clined to be named said whenone of the fleeing men fell, agunman pointed his handgun at him and fired several shots. Theassailants fled in their getawaycar after gunning down the men.
The bystander and the three
men were taken to the SelayangHospital by members of thepublic.
The bystander and two of theother men were pronounceddead on arrival while the thirdman was warded.
Ku said police believe theattackers were after the group of three men over illegal drug ac-tivities and the bystander couldhave been mistakenly shot orwas hit by a stray bullet.
He withheld the identities of the dead and wounded men but said they are aged between 21and 33.
Police found a dagger at thespot where one of the dead mencollapsed.
Ku urged witnesses of theincident and those with informa-tion to call the KL police hotlineat 03-2115 9999.
Economy tops list of concerns, survey revealsPETALING JAYA: The biggest con-cerns of the Peninsular Malaysiavoters are economic, ethnic andgovernance-related issues, anopinion poll carried out by theMerdeka Centre for OpinionResearch revealed.
A total of 1,018 respond-ents were interviewed in the“4th Quarter 2008 PeninsularMalaysia Voter Opinion Survey”conducted between Dec 26 lastyear and Jan 2, before the KualaTerengganu by-election.
“Economic concerns” were themost quoted response with 22%citing “unfavourable economicconditions”, 17% “rising cost of living” and 4% “unemployment”.
“Ethnic relations” were thesecond most quoted responsewith 9% expressing worry about“racial inequality”, 6% about“worsening ethnic relations”,and 2% about “lack of unityamong Malaysians”.
Governance-related concernswere the third most quotedresponse with 9% citing “corrup-tion” and 1% “ineffective/uncon-cerned government”.
Only 43% of the total numberof respondents expressed confi-dence in the effectiveness of thenew Malaysian Anti-CorruptionCommission (MACC) in fightingcorruption. (The survey wasconducted before the recentreports of arrests made by thecommission.)
The results showed that46% of the respondents weresatisfied with the performance
of Prime Minister Datuk SeriAbdullah Ahmad Badawi.
In response to a questionon whether they agreed thatDeputy Prime Minister DatukSeri Najib Abdul Razak wouldmake a good prime minister, 41%of respondents agreed.
The positive response forboth national leaders was mark-edly higher among the Malayrespondents than Chinese andIndian Malaysians.
Among the Malay voters, Ab-dullah polled 54% and Najib 57%positive response, respectively.
The survey also looked atpublic perceptions of the MCAsubsequent to its party elec-tions.
Thirty-nine per cent of therespondents, comprising allethnicities, expected the party“to pressure the government totreat Malaysians fairly, irrespec-tive of race” and 19% wantedthe party to “resolve economicproblems like the recession”.
The respondents – all regis-tered voters – were interviewedvia telephone and selected atrandom.
The Merdeka Centre for Opin-ion Research was established in2001 as an independent organi-sation focused on public opinionresearch and socio-economicanalysis.
Its members comprise socialscientists and professionalswith qualifications in econom-ics, communications, marketingand law.
NILAI:The Royal Malaysia Customsfound syabu, weighing about 30kgand which value is estimated atRM6 million, at a quiet beach area inPulau Ketam, Selangor, yesterday.
Its Assistant Director-General(Enforcement) Datuk Md Hashim
Pardi said the drug was found at12.40pm following informationfrom the Perlis Customs.
“However, there was no ar-rest,” he told a press conference yesterday.
Prior to that, Md Hashim said,
customs official seized ketamine,worth RM700,000, and detainedtwo Indian nationals at the KLInternational Airport.
The drug, weighing 20 kg, wasin small saffron tin containers, headded. – Bernama
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