Beware of fraudulent SMS and telephone calls requesting confirmation on credit card transactions

Bank Negara Malaysia would like to caution members of the public to be vigilant when receiving any calls or SMS claiming that it is from Bank Negara Malaysia or any commercial banks. The facts are:
*There is no department called "Unit Kad Kredit Palsu" in Bank Negara Malaysia
*8659-XXXX is not a Bank Negara Malaysia telephone line
*Bank Negara Malaysia will NEVER request for personal banking information through SMS or telephone calls.

Based on recent complaints received by Bank Negara Malaysia , there has been an increase in incidents of fraudsters making such calls and sending SMS to unknowing members of the public in order to fraudulently obtain their personal banking information, with the aim of siphoning monies from one's account. From Bank Negara Malaysia 's investigations, the modus operandi of the scam is as follows:
*Victim receives SMS or telephone call: Requesting victim to confirm a credit card transaction for the purchase of goods or services purportedly charged to the victim's credit card.
When victim calls the telephone number provided in the SMS, the fraudsters identify themselves as agents of a commercial bank, and again, ask the victim to confirm whether the credit card transaction had taken place. When victim informs the fraudster that he has no such credit card or transaction, the fraudster will start to sound concerned and will advise victim to lodge a report with Bank Negara Malaysia 's "Unit Kad Kredit Palsu", or with the commercial bank's "credit card management department". The fraudster will provide the victim with the telephone number for the "Unit Kad Kredit Palsu".
When victim calls the telephone number provided, they are greeted by a automated voice message which identifies the company as Bank Negara Malaysia, and the call will then be answered by someone claiming to be a Bank Negara Malaysia officer. This officer will request for information relating to the victim's banking and credit card accounts under the pretense of lodging a complaint on behalf of the victim.
The fraudsters now have sufficient information to illegally transfer funds out of the victim's bank account. Members of the public are reminded not to disclose their personal banking information to any unknown party without verification.

For further information, enquiries or complaints, members of the public may contact or visit: BNMTELELINK (Customer Contact Centre) Tel: 1-300-88-5465 Fax: (03)2174 1515 Email: http://aa.mc533.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bnmtelelink@bnm.gov.my

BNMLINK (Walk-in Customer Service Centre) Block D, Bank Negara Malaysia Jalan Dato' Onn 50480 Kuala Lumpur (Business hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm)

ABMConnect (Hotline to Association of Banks in Malaysia ) Tel: 1-300-88-9980

Live footage of robbery at Taman Maluri

A live robbery happening in Taman Maluri caught on the victim's home CCTV on 16.03.2009.

Please do take extra precaution as nowadays crime is on the rise. Be more alert of your surroundings and be safe.

Above is a very nice 'pondok polis' situated in Tabuan Jaya. It really is nice, neat and new isn't it. Phone lines are available and even equipped with an air-cond. Far cry from the old days when the 'pondok' was just a run down shack looking like it will collapse anytime.

But there is something missing if you look closely. Found what is missing yet???

If you guessed the police personnel that is missing then you are right. What bloody good is a 'pondok polis' without policemen?!!! I'm sure the 'pondok' must have costs us taxpayers tens of thousands to build and I'm sure it was not build for the sole purpose of being a structure to beautify the landscape of Tabuan Jaya.

Crime in Tabuan area is pretty high and most residence will agree to this statement. I myself live in Tabuan Jaya and my house have been broken into 3 times in the last 2 years and my car stolen once right in front of my house!!! Irony of it all is that my house is only 3 to 4 lanes away from this 'pondok polis'.

I'm sure many others have suffered from the same fate. With just a gentle tap on the head of our area representative or MP from all those that have suffered from these ordeals, it'll probably cause he or she to suffer from a concussion!!! So those who are familiar and knows the said government officials, please do give them a hard kick in the butt first then inquire from them why is the Tabuan Jaya 'polis pondok' void of policemen?!!

Malaysia - The best example of power abuse

If any countries' leaders, politicians and authorities needs lessons on misuse and abuse of power, they should come to Malaysia. At worst for a slow damp brained learner it'll probably only take a month before they can proudly graduate from here with a Masters Degree in Mismanagement of Power.

We've all come to know about our country's leaders, ministers, politicians and police abusing their powers to gain benefits for themselves. Now not wanting to be left out are the prison guards.

Brutality and sexual harrassments by the Kajang prison guards has caused as many as 92 Acehnese inmates go on hunger strike to demonstrate against such atrocities against them. When rumours first surfaced on the hunger strike the prison officials even tried to deny it. The Coordinator of Peace and Justice for Aceh when inquired about the reports was told of no such thing by the prison officials in their attempt to cover up their misdeeds.

Now that the Indonesian embassy has been notified of such atrocities and hopefully with the assistances of the Malaysian Government they can bring to justice those inhumane prison guards and officials that abuse their powers to satisfy their feitish and sexual lusts.

Shocking statistics!!!

A quarter of the 10 million chidren in Malaysia are believed to be victims of sexual abuse but of these 2.5 nillion only 3,000 cases a year are reported to the authorities!!!

Such shocking stats this is. Malaysia should look into rape not only in minors but in adult cases too and implement stronger laws and punishment against those found guilty of this heinous crime.

Parliament should pass into law that all convicted rapist should be castrate so they can never commit it ever again and it maybe a small incomparable justice for the victims who for a lifetime will have to live through the trauma but instead lawmakers only interested in passing laws banning 'yoga' and Valentine's Day.

Know why in Malaysia there is no need for a circus troupe, because we have our Parliament!!!

Murders and more murders in Malaysia

Crime in Malaysia especially murder cases has been on the rise. This once very safe country is now no better than the US where murder is a daily norm.

Alarming is the age of the victims and the murderers. They are all so young. Most recent is a 17 year old girl in Alor Setar was murdered then her body was thrown into the dumpster. Her arms, legs and her hair was found partly charred as her assailants attempted to burn her body. Autopsy showed that she was murdered by a blow to her head with a blunt object.

Hot air Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar the Minister in the Home Ministry should be held to question on the rise in such serious crimes. If he can't come up with effective counter measures then this bald bloody fool should be sacked along with the Commissioner of Police. Obviously they aren't doing their jobs at all and are just plain incompetent.

Jika anda dirompak dan dipaksa keluar wang ATM

Sekiranya anda dirompak dan dipaksa untuk mengeluarkan wang akaun anda daripada mesin ATM, anda boleh meminta bantuan cara senyap dengan memasukkan no. Pin anda di mesin ATM secara terbalik. Sebagai contoh jika no Pin anda adalah 123456, jadi anda harus memasukkan nombor 654321. Mesin ATM akan mengenalpasti nombor tersebut adalah nombor yg diterbalikkan drpd nombor yg sebenarnya melalui kad anda yg masukkan ke dalam mesin tersebut.

Mesin ATM akan tetap mengeluarkan wang tunai seperti biasa, tapi apa yg kita tidak ketahui, pihak Bank dengan segera akan menghantar pihak berkuasa (Polis) kepada anda. Perkara ini pernah disiarkan di TV baru-baru ini dan ianya menyatakan kaedah ini jarang digunakan disebabkan ramai orang tidak mengetahui akan kewujudan sistem yg seumpama ini.

English translation :

If ever you are being forced to withdraw money from your ATM, you can silently ask for help. All you have to do is to enter your pin number but just reverse the sequence. For example, if your pin number is 123456 then you just enter 654321 and the ATM machine will recognise this distress call.

Money will still be withdrawn for your safety but the robber/robbers does not know that the bank has notified the proper authorities and aid is just momentarily away. A very smart system incoporated in all ATMs but seldom used because most of the public doesn't know it exist. So spread the word of it to your family and friends.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 10)

The Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) asked the police to explain their actions in arresting 59 members of the Marginalised People's Network (JERIT) who took part in a cycling campaign earlier this month.

Suhakam felt it was improper for the police operation which resulted in the detention of 28 teenagers. Datuk N. Siva Subramaniam, the commissioner for Suhakam, said JERIT and its members had every right to take part in the cycling campaign as the issues they were fighting for are current national issues which many parties had been championing for over the years.

The issues that JERIT was voicing concerns about are minimal wages, the abolishment of the Internal Security Act, adequate housing for the poor, price controls, a halt to privatising basic amenities and for the restoration of local council elections.

The police then had threatened to take action against the campaign organisers for using minors and parents for allowing their children to take part in it. The participation of the minors should not have been a problem as they all had written consent from their parents. What right have the police in determining what can and cannot for other people's children to take part in especially when it was a permitted and peaceful campaign. No laws were broken so what jurisdiction does the police have. Bloody blatant abuse of power is what it is.

After an overnight detention in the Rawang police station, some minors complained of intimidations by the police and a few were still traumatised from the experience. Suhakam is now waiting for the response from the police before deciding whether to launch a full public inquiry and pursue this matter further.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 9)

Sungai Siput MP Dr D. Jeyakumar will write to Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah to explain matters about the recent bicycle campaign organised by Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas (JERIT).

He was responding to Selangor Police Chief Deputy Commissioner Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar's remark that the Sultan had expressed regret that there were irresponsible parties exploiting children in their campaigns.

Pretty audacious from the Selangor Police Chief saying that children were exploited to gain political mileage when the police themselves do not regard these children as minors. The police detained these children overnight from 7pm to 1pm in the next in a dark room like criminals when the cyclists was in Rawang.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 8)

Almost 100 cyclist from a people's rights network coasted into the Parliament compound yesterday. The cyclist from the Oppressed People's Network or better known by their Malay acronym JERIT (Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas) were allowed to enter the Parliament in groups of 20 at a time to hand over the memorandum for better laws to safe guard the public.

It was a nice gesture that some MPs took time off their busy schedule to escort these activists as they make their way into the Parliament House. All the MPs were from the Opposition. Goes to show what the BN MPs stance is on human rights issue.

The only untowardly incident that happened on that day was the arrest of a 39 year old cyclist who hurled abusive words at policemen who had initially denied them access. Kuala Lumpur City Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Ku Chin Wah said that the cyclist was detained to have his statement recorded and was later released.

Not bad for a group of harmless cyclist. Ever since they started their journey, they have managed to get the attention of every states high ranking police officer to make press statements. These cyclist are getting more attention from the police than the rising crime rate is.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 7)

Police issued a warning to the Marginalised People's Network (JERIT) who are planning to cycle to the Parliament to hand over a memorandum.

Kuala Lumpur City Police Chief Datuk Abu Samah Mat said that the cyclist will be arrested if they do not heed the warning. His reason given is that cycling in a big group without a permit is considered an illegal gathering.

With the oppressive and racist BN government led by UMNO in power, gone were the good old days when cycling was just cycling. Even yoga is no more an exercise.

A statement was also released by father of a JERIT cyclist who was arrested and detained in Rawang. The very unhappy father said that the police did not allow him to see his son. He also said that those who were detained in Rawang were mostly children and they were detained from 7pm until 1pm the next day. The detainees were also understood to be kept in a dark room.

For goodness sake treat the children well la. Is there no more decency in the police force these days. They are only children making a peaceful stand for the rights of marginalised people and they are not terrorist or criminals. Utterly embarrassing what our police force has become. What happened to their proud motto of 'to serve and to protect'???

Oh yeah, wait, they are serving and protecting still but just not the public but UMNO!!!

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 6)

Is there a bet going on among the police force on how many JERIT cyclist they can round up???

Yesterday the Bangi police detained 37 and today the Rawang police detained 59 cyclist with 1 MP, 1 assemblyman and 28 minors among them. The MP mention is Dr D. Jeyakumar who was detained previously already and the assemblyman for Rawang, Gan Pei Nie.

Beware cycling enthusiast, when indulging in your hobby, make sure you not wearing red and cycling in a group or face police interrogation and detention.....

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 5)

Police today summon 37 cyclist who took part in the recent "Cycle for Change" campaign organised by JERIT to have their statements recorded at the Bangi Police Station.

For real la, can't this police just leave these peaceful activists alone. The police should busy themselves with the spiking crime in the country instead of continuingly harrassing these innocent people who have done no crime.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 4)

Jerit handed a memorandum to the Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar's office without much trouble in this leg of their journey heading towards the Parliament.

JERIT coordinator S. Arutchelvan said Negeri Sembilan was very supportive and welcomed the cycling human rights group. He also said that the police there were also very understanding and did not give them any trouble.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 3)

Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin said that members taking part in the JERIT "Cycle for change" campaign should have a rose in hand to be given to any police officers they might encounter at road blocks.

Nice gesture suggested but if not mistaken, police in Malaysia not very keen on flowers, they love money though!!!

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 2)

Police in Ipoh today detained 50 members of the Oppressed People Network (JERIT) who were riding bicycles from Kuala Kangsar on their way to the city.

The group aged between 13 and 16 clad in red T-shirts were detained for questioning, had their statements recorded and ICs checked by the police but was later released unconditionally. The road block was said to be set up just to intercept these peaceful cycling children.

Oi!!! Apa la, you police got nothing else better to do or criminals to catch ka???

No wonder crime rate is so high in Malaysia now, all the police are busy setting up road blocks to check cycling children's ICs.

Abusive Polis Di Raja UMNO vs. cycling Human Rights Group - JERIT (Part 1)

The Malaysian police once again showed how abusive they can be with their power. This time arresting members and supporters of the human rights group JERIT. Even YB Dr Jeyakumar, the MP for Sungai Siput was not spared.

JERIT was organising the 'Cycle for Change' campaign when they were disrupted by the police and brutally manhandled. A female JERIT coordinator was even said to have been punched in the face and her breasts grabbed.

If there is any need to scuffle with these peaceful human rights activist on bicycles, I'm sure the police could refrain themselves from using accessive force especially on the women to avoid such issue arrising of being accused of molesting. Of course this molesting could have been accidental as there is always two side to a coin but the police have no one to blame for their continued ignorance in always putting themselves in such a spot of bother.

Let see what the police have to say for themselves on this issue in the next coming few days shall we. Stay tuned for Part 2, till then, STRIKE 1 to Polis Di Raja UMNO.....BOO!!!

Despite rampant murder, rape and robbery, IGP still claims Malaysian streets are safe

Police have given their assurance that Malaysia is still a safe place despite the rise in domestic crime and instability in the region.

Inspector -General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan did not deny that crime rate is high but insists Malaysia is still a safe place. He said this after delivering a key note address entitled "Instilling Confidence in the Royal Malaysia Police" at the opening of the 5th Forum on Crime and Policing at Universiti Sains Malaysia as reported in the New Straits Times.

He was quoted to have said that domestic crime even though is on the rise, it is still at a manageable level and the police are more than capable of handling it.

Ironically is on that very same newspaper publishing his statement, can be seen reports of murders, rapes, sodomys and robberies. The most disturbing of the reports got to be that a gang of six went on a rampage in Taman Sentosa, Klang, killing two and leaving five seriously injured in separate attacks.

The parang-weilding gangsters, believed to be high on drugs, randomly picked their victims then attacking and robbing them. This same gang is also suspected to be involved in the sodomy and murder of a Thai national in Sungai Buloh recently.

Since it was reported that all the killings were in separate attacks then how come no arrest or even suspects yet that has been identified by the police??? How many times and how many more innocent lives have to bve taken before the police have a vague idea of the criminals??? Is this what the IGP meant by saying that the police force are still capable of coping and managing the crime rate??? If it is so then dread the day we must when the IGP finally says that the crime rate is un-manageable and the police are incapacitated.

To give some credit back, Malaysia actually still is relatively safe compared to many of its neighbours. Malaysians generally are very peaceful and civilised people except for a few rotten eggs. The police as the IGP puts it, "crime rate still manageable", should step up measures to bring it down. Every year so far, annual crime rate has been going north instead of the direction of south and that is alarming.

Tan Sri Musa also said that the police force crime solving rate is up to 40% but the problem here is not about how much crime they solve but how much crime there is. What Malaysians want is for the streets to be safe again and low crime rate not high solving percentage. As the police like to preach that prevention is the best method then they should start putting into practice rather than just talking about it.

Joke of day.....

State police chief Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar warned organisers attempting to hold a gathering at the Batu Caves temple. He added that the police will not hesitate to take action as no permit has been issued for the gathering.

No need to say la, we know police will not hesitate to use brutality against harmless citizens. Also there is no need to mention of any gathering that has no permit cause we all olly well know that any political get together that is even a slight bit anti government will never be legalised.

Human rights and freedom of speech that they claim exist in Malaysia is nothing but a joke.....

Singer-guitarist Paula Khoo detained!!!

Singer-guitarist Paula Khoo was detained bt the police for taking part in the "Abolish ISA" vigil in Penang recently. Paula was at the vigil as an emcee for the peaceful candle lit event.

The vigil was said to have lasted for a bout 30 minutes only as riot police arrived and oredered the crowd to disperse immediately. Paula was said to be in the midst of singing the song "Sing a song for freedom" before she was interrupted by the call to disperse. Not wanting any trouble the crowd did as ordered and peacefully went of.

It was then as the crowd was walking away from the venue that the police moved in and detained Paula. Police said that Paula was detained only for questioning and will be released later in the evening as she will not be formally charged.

For heaven's sake la, why don't you police make yourself useful and go catch real criminals. Crime in Malaysia is on the rise and all you lard arsed police are concerned about is a group of harmless, peaceful people armed with candles singing songs...WTF!!!