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The gruesome mystery of the 1 head, 3 headless bodies and numerous body parts, and another head..
Police: Myanmar SLAUGHTER HOUSE discovered! In Bukit Mertajam, Penang.
Penang Murders: State Police Chief says that they were NOT slow to respond.
The Mystery of the murdered Myanmarese. 23 in Penang so far!
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Malay Mail Online
Cops link latest Myanmar murder to human trafficking ring
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 14 — A Myanmar man who was found beaten to death in Kubang Semang, Seberang Perai Tengah (SPT) near here yesterday, might have been linked to a human trafficking syndicate.
Penang CID chief, SAC Mazlan Kesah said following the discovery of the body of construction worker Abul Kassim Abdul Shukur, 40, the police rescued 17 Myanmar men who were found confined to a house in Kulim, Kedah.
He said initial investigations revealed the 17 were victims of human trafficking and smuggling of illegal immigrants, adding that two Myanmese and a Bangladeshi who watched over the house were detained to facilitate investigations.
The trio were aged between 18 and 24.
“We believe Abul Kassim was murdered as there was unhappiness in the sharing of profits from the human trafficking deal.
“Five local men aged between 26 and 34, have been detained in connection with the Myanmar’s murder.
“Our investigations into the murder led us to the involvement of Myanmese in human trafficking. We are leaving the case (human trafficking) to the Kedah police to handle,” Mazlan told a press conference here today.
Yesterday, the police found Abul Kassim’s body in a bush at an oil palm plantation in Jalan Ara Kuda SPT near here.
Mayat lelaki ditemui berbungkus dlm semak dekat kilang kayu di Bukit Mertajam, 8.30 pagi tadi http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/23537
Siasatan mendapati tempat kejadian adalah kawasan semak samun bersebelahan ladang kelapa sawit serta jauh dari jalan besar serta pandangan orang ramai.
http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/23537
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Star
Wednesday January 14, 2015 MYT 3:33:55 PM
Nine Myanmar nationals charge with murder in Penang
Some of the 9 Myanmese suspects leaving Bukit Mertajam in Penang.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: Nine Myanmar nationals have been charged in a magistrate’s court on Wednesday over the slaying of their countrymen in Penang.
Bilal Mohamad Ghulam, 28, Mohamad Rafik, 28, Habibullah, 20, Mohd Rafi Shafie, 27, Yassin, 23, Hussain Swaley, 44, Soe Maung Maung, 27, Ali, 33, and Hafiz Ahmad, 28, as members of an illegal assembly, are accused of causing the death of Myo Aung and another unidentified Myanmar national at a house in Cherok To’ Kun, Alma here between 8pm and 9.30pm on Nov 23, 2014.
All nodded as the charge was read to them in Bahasa Malaysia.
Mohamad Rafik, Bilal and Hafiz were then hauled to the Sessions Court here where they faced another two charges of murdering another three of their countrymen.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/01/14/Court-Myanmar-Murder/
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Cops hunt 4 more Myanmar suspects in brutal serial murders
Cops hunt 4 more Myanmar suspects in brutal serial murders in Penang http://shar.es/1bnrIJ
GEORGE TOWN – Police here are hunting for four more Myanmar nationals in relation to the series of brutal murder cases involving their countrymen in the last quarter of 2014.
Penang police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi said the suspects have been identified and were being traced.
“They may have left Penang but our investigations revealed that they are still in the country.
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WILL THE MYANMARESE MURDERS SPREAD BEYOND PENANG AS PENANG POLICE CONTINUE THEIR MANHUNT FOR SUSPECTS?
One Myanmarese with his throat slit has just been found in KL!
In October, a Myanmarese was found with throat slit in Ipoh. (http://www.thesundaily.my/news/12078840)
Star
Sunday December 28, 2014 MYT 8:12:56 AM
Foreigner found slain
KUALA LUMPUR: A Myanmar national was found dead with his throat slit at the carpark of the Ampang Lookout Point near here.
Ampang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Khairuldin Saad said the body of the man was found at the carpark at about 10.30am yesterday by a passerby who was there to collect scrap metal.
ACP Khairuldin said the victim was believed to have been murdered at the scene within the last 24 hours.
“Based on his documents, the victim is a Myanmar national in his early 30s,” he said when contacted.
“The victim, who was wearing a blue checkered shirt with jeans and slippers, was covered in blood with his throat slashed,” he added.
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IS IT STARTING AGAIN? ARE THOSE THE BODIES OF MYANMARESE?
A THIRD BODY DISCOVERED!
Star
Friday December 26, 2014 MYT 12:21:57 PM
Decomposed body found in Sg Kulim
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The decomposed body of a man has been found in Sungai Kulim in Guar Perahu, near here.
A police forensics squad rushed to the scene after being alerted by the public Friday morning.
Police believe the man, who had no identification, was a foreigner.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/26/Decomposed-body-Sg-Kulim/
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RT @STForeignDesk: Body of man with right wrist severed found in #Penang church cemetery http://bit.ly/1wp6NQn
…BUKIT MERTAJAM: The bodies of two men, believed to be foreigners, were found at two separate locations in Jalan Sungai Lembu, Machang Bubok, Thursday.
Penang Deputy CID chief ACP P.R Gunarajan said in the first incident, the decomposing body of a man without his right hand (severed) was found at 10.57am by members of the public.
“The victim, in his 30s, is believed to have been murdered three or four days ago since the body was in a decomposing stage,” he told reporters when met at the site.
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He said the second body was found on the same road about 3km from where the first body was found at 1.30pm but police believe both cases have no connection since the second body had no injury marks.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/25/Crime-two-bodies-found/
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Bukit Mertajam, Penang: Police, on the hunt for 3 killers on the run, arrested 155 illegal foreign workers.
警方全面向緬甸外勞屠殺同鄉案宣戰… http://bit.ly/1DXyjOQ
追緝3涉案者 檳逮105緬勞查屠殺案
即時新聞
2014-12-21 15:52
（大山腳訊）檳州警方全面向緬甸外勞屠殺同鄉案宣戰，在週六晚的聯合行動中逮捕155名非法外勞，包括105名緬甸外勞助查。
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Malaysia to screen potential Myanmar migrant workers following Penang murders
#Malaysia to screen potential #Myanmar migrant workers following Penang murders http://bit.ly/138ftDq
..KUALA LUMPUR (The Star/Asia News Network) – Myanmar nationals wishing to visit or work in Malaysia will be screened to find out if they have a criminal record, said Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Ahmad Zahid said only those without any criminal record would be permitted to enter the country following a spate of murders involving Myanmar suspects in Penang.
“I have discussed this matter with the Myanmar Labour Minister. The recent murders are a concern for both countries,” he told a press conference after launching a seminar for Bukit Aman department directors and police chiefs on Monday.
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Ahmad Zahid said the ministry was working with the Myanmar Embassy in Malaysia to monitor Myanmar nationals in the country.
“We are also checking those with UNHCR (United Nations High Commisssioner for Refugees) cards to ensure that they are not involved in any criminal activity,” he said.
Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar, who attended the event, said 12 Myanmar nationals were still being detained in connection with the murders in Penang.
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Malay Mail Online
Myanmar Murders: Self-imposed curfew in Penang for fear of serial killers
Penang police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi (right) shows pictures of men the police are looking for to assist investigations into the Myanmar murder cases. — Picture by Opalyn Mok
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 14 — Myanmar nationals in the southern part of Penang island are observing a self-imposed curfew to ensure their safety in the wake of some 20 murders involving their countrymen by two gangs of serial executioners.
The killings began early this year but the surge in violence in recent months and the disclosure by police this week that more assassins were on the loose have struck terror among the foreigners.
Even though police have mounted a manhunt for the killers and pledged they were in control of the situation, many families have not had relative calm.
Many of those who work in factories and construction sites have stopped going out late in the evening, but if they must, they go in groups.
“We usually go to the nearest supermarket to stock up on our sundries and head straight home,” said Maung Myint, 33, who works in a furniture factory in Bayan Lepas.
Myint, who lives with five friends including two Vietnamese workers in a rented flat in Bayan Baru, said he felt terrified after being told of how their own people killed each other.
He said he and his roommates had stopped going out after work ever since.
“It has become unsafe for us to go around on our bicycles in the evening now,” said Myint, who came to Penang to work three years ago.
Naw Sawbwa, who hails from the Shan community, has also stopped going out after sunset.
“Our employer has cautioned us not to loiter around town in the evening. If at all we need to go out, it has to be in a group,” said the 23-year-old food handler at a coffeeshop in Relau.
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Penang police revealed that a new group of Myanmar killers had been detected in the state.
The disclosure came soon after the discovery of another foreigner’s body with his throat slit in front of a Buddhist temple in Relau on Monday.
Penang police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi said the new gang, whose members had yet to be identified, was believed to be operating from the island.
He said police got the breakthrough after interrogating Myanmar nationals who had been arrested earlier.
Police are now looking for three Myanmar nationals to assist in investigations.
They have been identified as Mohd Yahyar Khan Rafie, 24, whose last known address is Taman Tun Sardon; Lokman, who is in his 20s and the third known only as “Gemuk”.
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PENANG, BLOODY PEARL OF THE ORIENT?
There have been 51 murders in the state involving 33 foreigners over the past 11 months.
Update: 8 December 2014: add one more murder of a foreigner. Total murders:52. Total foreigners: 34.
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The Mystery of the murdered Myanmarese. 23 in Penang so far!
The gruesome mystery of the 1 head, 3 headless bodies and numerous body parts, and another head..
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ANOTHER BODY FOUND. A FOREIGNER. MYANMARESE? MURDERED, TOO?
Decomposed body found wrapped in sarong
By PREDEEP NAMBIAR – 10 December 2014 @ 10:12 PM
BUTTERWORTH: A decomposed body of a foreign man wrapped in a sarong was found in the bushes near an estate in Tasek Gelugor here earlier.
In the 5.30pm find, a passer-by spotted a body along Jalan Bukit Tok Alang Jarak, after a putrid odour spread around the vicinity.
A police forensic team on site said initial investigations showed that the man could have died four days ago and was murdered elsewhere.
The team declined to say if there were any wounds on the body.
http://www.nst.com.my/node/61220
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Police had earlier denied that the murders of Myanmar nationals in Penang over the past 11 months were because of communal clashes.
On Thursday, however, State police chief Datuk Abdul Rahim Hanafi said, “We can tell from the way the victims died … it was revenge they brought here from their country. The assailants did not use firearms in their killings. They used machetes to chop their victims into pieces.”
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Star
GEORGE TOWN: Barely a week after a house believed to be the scene of murders involving Myanmar nationals was discovered in Bukit Mertajam, another foreigner was found dead with his throat slit in Relau here.
The man, who also had slash and stab wounds on his ear, hand, abdomen and back, was found in front of a shrine near Metropolitan Park.
A schoolteacher walking to the carpark stumbled across the body at about 10am yesterday. She then alerted the police.
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Just as the police announced new leads in the murders of Myanmarese, here is another throat-slit case. Myanmarese? High probability.
RT @STForeignDesk: Another man found murdered in #Penang http://bit.ly/1InVFNm
Plainclothes police carrying remains believed to be that of a Myanmar national earlier in 2014 in Penang, Malaysia. In yet another case on Penang island, a man believed to be a foreigner was found with his throat slit and several stab wounds on his body in front of a shrine near a park. — PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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Myanmar News Blog
The latest news about Myanmar in English Language
After communal killings in Penang, Myanmar nationals fear for safety
After communal killings in Penang, Myanmar nationals fear for safety
Taman Pelangi near Bukit Mertajam serves as a ‘hostel’ for Myanmar workers. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
GEORGE TOWN, Sept 19 — A growing number of Myanmar nationals in Penang are living in fear following the murder of 20 of their countrymen believed to be related to communal clashes between Muslims and Buddhists.
Zaw Latt, a Buddhist from the province of Mahoi, said he feared for his safety, especially at night.
The 28-year-old worker at a printing company at the Prai Industrial Estate said: “My friends told me about the recent double-murder in Kampung Jawa, Bukit Mertajam. I am afraid to leave my hostel alone at night.”
He said he was praying for the safety of the several thousand Myanmar nationals living in Penang.
“I hope my government will do something to resolve the problem as no one should feel unsafe when they are in a foreign land,” he said.
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右臂文著一條龍的疑是外勞男子（30余歲），疑遭兩名通緝犯與同黨以巴冷刀割喉及猛砍背、胸及手部致死，臥屍在檳島湖內人民公園一拿督公廟前，今早被發現后，公眾電召警方前往現場調查。http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/583097
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这具浮尸于周三早上9时，被渔民发现。据悉，该名渔夫以一绳子将尸体绑起，然后再联络友人协助，召来水警将遗体拖返调查。由于警方在死者身上没寻获证件，暂无法证实死者身份，鉴证组会通过死者指纹来证实其身份。
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根据资料显示，槟州今年发生了大约50宗谋杀案，其中31宗涉及外籍人士，而其中18人为缅甸国籍。
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警方初步怀疑，周四下午在新邦安拔大发园路头大土沟发现一个糖袋装的身体及被切断双脚的尸块，是与本周一在大山脚发现的无耳头颅案有关联。
另外，警方也在威省与吉南交界河岸惊现两具浮尸，一名死者为赤裸男子，另一名则身份不详。
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