Friday September 12, 2008
Family selling firearms smuggled from Thailand
HARIAN METRO front-paged the report of a family believed to have been actively running a firearms business, selling M16 rifles smuggled from Thailand.
According to police records, the family, including the father, son and daughter-in-law, had criminal records which included drug abuse and firearms offences.
The 54-year-old head of the family is said to have 15 criminal cases against him in the country and is now in jail in Songkhla, southern Thailand, for firearms offences and human trafficking.
On Aug 29, Perlis police obtained information from their south Thailand counterparts and raided the man’s house in Kampung Utan Aji where they discovered an M16 rifle with 41 bullets.
The man’s wife, 41, was detained on suspicion of firearms possession.
Perlis police chief Datuk Ghazali Mohd Amin said the M16 rifle and live bullets were found by a team from the state police contingent headquarters serious crimes division in a Volvo parked in the compound at 7.30pm.
“The man is currently serving a two-year prison sentence Ghazali said.
“We are communicating with our Thai counterparts to get more information on how the rifle and bullets were brought into the country,” he added.
Police are also on the lookout for the son and his wife to assist in investigations.
Those with information can call the police at 04-9082276.
> AKADEMI Fantasia 6 host AC Mizal was given 14 days by the Syariah High Court to submit an early notice of objection to his ex-wife’s application for the court to issue him a show-cause notice, reported Berita Harian.
The show-cause notice is for the singer-cum-actor and TV host to give reasons to the court as to why he should not go to prison or be fined for failing to pay RM50,000 in child support for his two sons since 2004.
Judge Saarani Ismail gave him until Sept 24 to submit his notice of objection and fixed Oct 21 to decide on the application by ex-wife Shafnie Zainuddin, 33.
The couple were married in 1995 and have two sons, aged 12 and nine.
The couple were divorced in 2001.
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