Ambank KILLER nabbed in JB

Woke up to another good news delivered by the Inspector General of Police himself. The ruthless security guard who shot dead a female bank officer in cold blood and escaped with about RM450,000 from an Ambank branch in USJ Subang has been detained. 

It is good that this cold blooded murderer has been caught alive as we, as much as the authorities, are eager to know how he managed to fool so many people before committing the heinous crime on Oct 23.  

I'm sure the Home Ministry will be as eager, if not more, to get to the root cause of a 'security agency' scandal that is slowly unfolding after the Ambank murder/robbery. 

We hear so many stories of how security licenses are used/abused by those who once helped us uphold the law. No one knows how many criminals are masquerading as security guards (some armed) as there seems to be a big hole in the system. 

A thorough review of the hundreds of security licenses would not be too much to ask for from the Home Ministry, I guess.

There are 751 security firms licensed to operate in the country employing some 226,000 guards but what is shocking is a revelation by the Security Services
Association of Malaysia (SSAM) that at least 30,000 of the guards are illegals!

The question that begs asking is: "Does the country have too many such firms for the authorities, in this case, the handful of staff in the particular section of the Home
Ministry to cope with policing them?"

And why are armed illegal immigrants manning sensitive places like banks? - Azman Ujang

REVOKED or just a show cause?

Kawalan Prima licence revoked but operating as usual 

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — The security company whose licence was revoked a day after its guard shot and killed an AmBank officer a week ago, is still operating as usual.

The Malay Mail visited the bank branch in USJ Sentral 2 in Subang Jaya yesterday and saw a guard from Kawalan Prima Sdn Bhd on duty.

This was despite Home Ministry senior deputy secretary-general Datuk Alwi Ibrahim’s announcement that Kawalan Prima’s licence had been revoked.

An AmBank spokesman said that Kawalan Prima was still authorised to provide services as the firm was only given a show-cause letter from the Home Ministry. - 

The above is part of a MalayMail report  that poses more questions than answers into the circumstances leading to the recent brutal murder of an Ambank officer, by an armed guard engaged to protect the bank employees. 

The Home Ministry's announcement of the revocation of the operating license of the security company, a decision which was re-affirmed by the Home Minister himself, is certainly a wise 'no nonsense' decision in the best interest of the public. 

But as pointed out in my earlier postings, the general public tend to trust statement (esp that coming from politicians) less. Action speaks louder than words!

If the above MalayMail report is to be taken as the truth then there is something really wrong (or corrupted) in the implementation of directives in the Home Ministry. 

Why is it that Kawalan Prima appears to be above the Home Ministry/Home MInister and the law? 

As I said earlier, the level of trust is very low. When you say one thing to the Press and then there is no follow through. When people discover that you were just paying lip service, everything falls through the hole of distrust. 

STRICT: Firms not up to par will have their licences revoked

PUTRAJAYA: THE Home Ministry will conduct a massive operation nationwide to vet the identities of  private security guards and check whether their employers  are complying  with regulations.

This comes in the wake of the death of an AmBank employee in Subang Jaya on Wednesday. The victim was shot dead by a guard said to have been hired without proper security checks.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the exercise was necessary to ensure that security firms complied with licensing requirements and that every guard hired was qualified.

"I have ordered the review on all security firms to see if they had complied with the requirements for the licences they had applied for. They will be graded accordingly."

Zahid said firms that failed to comply with the requirements or found to have misused their firearms licence would have their licences revoked.

"The security firms will be graded A, B or C for their level of compliance. The firms that are not up to par will have their licences revoked." - NST

Warnings and feel good statements could be necessary but I'm sure action could speak louder. 

Why is it that it appears as though the Home Ministry is powerless to act against a security company that armed an illegal immigrant with a firearm?

The illegal immigrant with fake ID killed a mother of two with the firearm supplied by the security company.... and the Home Ministry just gives the irresponsible security company a showcause letter (as per the MM report)?

Who owns the 'KILLER GUARD' security company?

UPDATED! @1855hrs

It has been brought to our attention that Home Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi has revealed the company as Kawalan Prima Sdn.Bhd and has re-assured that the operating license was revoked today after a five-day grace period for appeal. 

We shall await the next course of action from the Royal Malaysian Police, the Home Ministry and the Attorney General's Chambers. 

Well done and thank you Datuk Seri Home Minister!

Home Ministry must expose the culprits or risk being ridiculed

 Anonymous said...

this is a very serious offence due negligence of the security company which employed this bastard cold blooded murderer.

it is time the authority charge the company's directors and charge them under the penal code if it applies.

its just too much for a husband to lose a wife and children to lose a mother due to greed and negligence of such company directors.

Friday, October 25, 2013 10:04:00 PM

 

 Anonymous said...

It is a tragedy waiting to happen. The Home Ministry has been closing one eye on Security companies.

Non-Malaysians SHOULD NEVER be allowed to be hired as security guards. They are walking around sensitive and high risk locations with walkie talkies in hand, speaking in Bangla, Nepali and other languages that the Managers do not understand.

Totally agree that the owners of the Security company must go to jail for such negligence!
Security guards must be made mandatory to be ex-servicemen. Their salaries must be reasonable to attract the right level of personnel

Saturday, October 26, 2013 12:01:00 AM

 

 MrAngry said...

The name of the company is K****** P**** Sdn. Bhd.

KDN CLAIM the license was revoked - the company is still operating. The company license was NOT revoked. It may be the statement by KDN can be construed for not telling the truth or the little napoleons at lower level refuse to enforce the revocation.

Proof can be seen, go and judge for yourself. For this weekend, you can see them managing KLCC. Go and look at the badges on the guard. Go walk around the banks on Monday and I garuntee, they are still running the show - including AmBank.

It's sad that those involved do not give a damn about the woman's life. Business as usual.

Saturday, October 26, 2013 7:18:00 PM

 

 Anonymous said...

if the security company is truly owned by M***** Hamid, i strongly doubt any thing more than a slap on the wrist will be taken against her company.

"sri hartamas"

Saturday, October 26, 2013 7:25:00 PM

 

Above are some of the damning comment on my previous posting urging the Government i.e. the Home Ministry to come down hard on irresponsible companies providing security services in our country. 

As stated earlier, the Home Ministry announced that the operating license of the company involved in the 'killer guard' incident at Ambank USJ Subang Jaya has been revoked. 

Based on the comments above, discussions on Twitter and views of ordinary Malaysians, we could sum up that there is a serious lack of trust. 

Generally people think the culprits, in this case the irresponsible owners/operators of the security company that employed the 'killer guard', will be let off with just a 'slap on the wrist'. 

People think the company was still operating despite the Home Ministry's 'revocation' because the company is owned by powerful, well-connected people. Some say the owner is an Umno politician.    

To put all this wild allegations and rumours to rest, and to prove that the Government of Malaysia is not run by corrupt little napoleons, I humbly call upon the Home Ministry to be transparent in this latest issue. 

The Home Ministry must make the name of the company public. 

The Home Ministry must make sure that the company does not operate as usual despite the revocation of their operating license (if the license has indeed been revoked).

The Home Ministry must initiate legal action against the company for 'arming an illegal immigrant with firearms'. FYI the illegal immigrant, who was given a firearm by this rogue company, killed an innocent young mother of two kids . 

The Home Ministry must come clean on this one. I trust the 'no nonsense' Home Minister to put such nonsense to rest. 

The issue at hand is about the security company employing an illegal immigrant and arming him with a firearm. 

It is not about the 'killer guard's fake identity card. The fake IC would not have been an issue if the company had adhered to the strict rules and regulations in employing security guards.

We don't need smoke screens. Expose, blacklist and charge the culprits. TQ

Send them to JAIL!

Police are certainly hot on the trail of the Ambank engaged security guard who was involved in the cold-blooded murder of bank officer Norazita in USJ Subang. 

Police have detained three family members of the ARMED security guard who escaped with about RM450,000 from the bank. Those detained are All foreigners from a neighbouring country. I believe they are from Indonesia. 

Initially the suspect was identified as Ardi Bin Hamzah from Tawau, Sabah.

It appears now that the suspect is not from Sabah. He is not a Malaysian. Police say he had used forged identification papers. 

But is it so easy for a foreign criminal to fool the authorities and the security company which not only employed but also armed him with a pump gun? 

Thumbs up to the Home Ministry for revoking the firm's operating license. The Home Ministry/police must now conduct a thorough investigation to ascertain how the foreigner managed to land a job and obtain a pump gun.

Revoking the operating license is certainly not sufficient. We cannot afford to stop there. 

Those who own/operate or run the company must be sent to jail. The punishment must serve as an example to others. It must be a deterrent. 

The Government must come down hard on such irresponsible business people or else we will see a repeat of this gross stupidity.

... or was it sheer greed?  

I also think that the victim's husband and children, and Ambank should file a multi-million legal suit against the security company. 

Teach the culprits a lesson and show the kids who lost their mother at such a young age that there is this thing called justice.

WANTED CRIMINAL!

Police: 3 family members of suspect who shot bank officer detained

By Nuradilla Noorazam | news@nst.com.my 

SHAH ALAM: Selangor Police have apprehended three individuals believed to be family members of the security guard involved in the Ambank shooting who are still on the loose.

One of the three individual is a women believed to be the suspect's wife while the other two are men in their 20's.

Selangor police chief Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan said that both male were working as security guards for different security firms.

"We managed to retrieve RM20, 000 of the RM450,000 cash robbed from the bank at one of the security guard's working place.

"They are now in police custody and taken under Immigration law for not having valid travel documents," he said at Selangor police headquarters.

Mohd Shukri said police investigations revealed that the suspect, known as 'Ardi Hamza' was not a Malaysian citizen.

"We are currently investigating whether the suspect have any prior criminal records in his home country.

"At the same time we are working together with the International Police (Interpol) to ensure that the suspect would not be able to leave the country.

"We have also stationed our men at ports and borders across the country as catching him is our main priority now.

"However we believe  that the suspect is still in Selangor and armed with a gun," he said.

Mohd Shukri also urged the public who might have information on the whereabouts of the suspect to immediately inform the police.

On Wednesday at 6.18pm, bank officer Norazita Abu Talib, 37, was shot on the head with a pump gun by the bank's security guard when she opened the bank's strong room with another female officer.

The victim has been working with the bank for 16 years.

Selangor police chief, Datuk Mohd Shukri Dahlan shows a photo of the suspect wanted over murder of bank officer. -- NSTP/Osman Adnan

p/s Wonder how many more criminals are roaming our streets masquerading as security guards, waiting for the opportunity to pounce on.... I wonder where they wander.