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Five held after police find cannabis trees at condominiums

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 02:32 PM PST

KOTA KINABALU: Five people, including a French woman, will face the death penalty after police found 36 cannabis trees and 500g of processed weed at two luxurious condominiums at Signal Hill here last month.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said the raid at the two luxurious condominiums, which were converted into cannabis cultivation nurseries on Jan 29, saw police uncover 36 cannabis trees, 500g of packed processed weed and paraphernalia used in the tree planting and weed processing.

Hamza described the case, which involved the planting of cannabis trees within a condominium, as the first such case in Malaysia.

In the first raid at 11.30am, police raided a condominium and detained the French woman, in her 30s, and a local man aged 25.

"Twenty-nine trees were seized where 10 had been cut and believed to be processed.

"Following their arrest, police raided another unit at 1.10pm with a housemaid in it," he told reporters at a press conference at the city police headquarters in Karamunsing on Saturday.

Hamza said police found seven trees, in which two were cut, and several packets containing processed cannabis.

In the second raid, police also arrested two local men aged 20 who entered the premises. Both suspects admitted to being the occupants of the unit, said Hamza.

The men and the French woman later tested positive for Tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive compound in cannabis, he said, adding that the foreign woman holds a valid passport and had been staying in the country for more than a year.

"We believe the trees have been planted for almost four months already and they are 1.2 metres high.

"We are investigating where and how they got the seeds or plants. We have sent a sample to the Chemistry Department for further action," said Hamza.

He added that police had classified the plants as 'Grade A' based on the way they were planted and the fertilisers used in the planting.

All the five suspects were inter-related and would be investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act which carries the death penalty, if convicted.

They were also being investigated under Section 6B for planting cannabis trees that carries a maximum fine of RM20,000 or maximum five years' jail.

Also present at the press conference were Sabah Narcotics Department head Superintendent Abdul Rahim Dolmat and deputy city police chief Superintendent M. Chandra.

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34 foreign women held at entertainment outlets

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 02:31 PM PST

KOTA KINABALU: Thirty-four foreign workers were detained by police for misusing their social visit pass at two entertainment outlets here on Jan 30.

Among those apprehended were 12 women from China, 24 women from neighbouring countries and two local men believed to be managers of the entertainment outlets.

The operation, dubbed Ops Cantas/Ops Noda, was a joint operation with the Crime Investigation Department (D7) from Bukit Aman, Sabah police contingent and the city police contingent and was carried out around midnight on Jan 30.

A total of 111 people were inspected during the operations for numerous offences and police arrested the 34 foreign women for misusing their social visit pass.

Of those people who were rounded up for inspection, eight women and two men were also held for drug offences after their urine tested positive.

The foreign women would be handed to the Immigration Department for further action while the 10 people would be investigated under Section 15 (1) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952.

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Fires kill boy, 18 families made homeless

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 02:19 PM PST

Posted on February 3, 2014, Monday

KOTA KINABALU: A five-year-old boy was burned to death in Tenom while 18 families were made homeless in a fire at Kampung Likas here during the Chinese New Year holiday.

The charred remains of Mohd Imel Abdullah was found inside his family's house at Kampung Mensasou in Tenom by firefighters at 12.18pm on Feb 1.

Fire and Rescue Services Department public relations officer Senior Assistant Superintendent Mohd Affendy Ramin said the department received a distress call at 11.47am and a fire engine from the Tenom  station rushed to the scene within minutes.

Firefighters found the victim's body as they were scouring the scene.

"We immediately informed the police of the discovery and the victim's body was taken to hospital for a post-mortem," he said.

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Minister wants action against seputeh mp over cny video

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 02:00 PM PST

KOTA KINABALU: Seputeh member of parliament Teresa Kok has come under fire for her recent video conveying Chinese New Year greetings, but which was instead, laced with political satire and innuendos.

While expressing regret over her action, Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the video titled 'Onderful Malaysia' also featured a guest who mocked Lahad Datu folks on luring tourists to the country, in conjunction with Visit Malaysia Year 2014.

"The feelings of the community in Sabah, especially Lahad Datu, is very deep (following the intrusion into Kampung Tanduo by terrorists from southern Philippines last year).

"I really hope action will be taken on this matter. Security of the country is very important," he told reporters when met at the Chinese New Year open house organised by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) here yesterday.

Mohd Shafie said that incident, which saw the killing of some members of the Malaysian security forces from Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia by the terrorists, was not a matter to be belittled and joked about .

In the 11.39-minute video uploaded on YouTube, one of the guests identified only as 'Master Yan Yan' also ridiculed the Lahad Datu incident when suggesting that Malaysians would get a bonus show of 'kidnapping and open fire' if they travelled to Sabah. — Bernama

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