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Thursday September 23, 2010
Taxi driver turned robber arrested
KUALA LUMPUR: A taxi driver who robbed and stripped naked his two Cambodian women passengers has been detained by the police. Police are looking for a friend of the taxi driver, believed to be involved in the robbery, Selangor police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar said.
In the incident yesterday, the two women boarded the taxi driven by the suspect at the Bukit Jalil bus terminal to go to Bukit Tinggi in Klang. The women had just arrived from Johor Baru and were planning to return to their country after working as tailors for two years.
“Instead of taking them to Klang, the suspect drove to an oil palm estate in Felda Gedangsa, Hulu Selangor, before robbing them and stripping them naked,” DCP Khalid said in his Facebook as reported by Bernama. The suspect then drove away, leaving the two women stranded.
Hulu Selangor district police chief Supt Norel Azmi Affandi Yahya said the suspect took the victims’ passports, suitcases, RM900, US$6,000 (RM13,800) as well as some jewelleries. “The victims were returning to Cambodia and their visas expire tomorrow. They were assisted by the public who took them to lodge a report,” he said.
