Retired Sarawak top cop goes from chasing crooks to indulging in painting passion 21 Jul 2021 / 08:07 H.
FOR four decades, Datuk Mohd Yusoff Jaafar was a law enforcer, a job that required a strong hand in the face of sometimes brutal criminals.
Today, his fingers are used for a more delicate task – handling a brush.
In fact, the former Sarawak police commissioner’s first passion was art, a love he had to set aside in pursuit of lawbreakers.
With time to spare in his retirement, coupled with the need to stay home given the current lockdown to curb Covid-19, Yusoff is now indulging in his renewed love affair.
SEREMBAN: Police have arrested four suspects, including a woman and a teenager, for alleged involvement in a phone scam and cheating a 57-year-old technician of RM470,000.
Negri Sembilan commercial crime investigation department (CCID) chief Supt Aibee Ab Gani said the suspects were arrested in separate raids in Penang on Monday (July 12) and early Tuesday (July 13). The suspects were arrested at three separate locations. Three are from Penang and one from Sabah, he said, adding that the suspects are between 16 and 31 years of age.
Supt Aibee also said the police would be applying for their remand later.
In the case, the 57-year-old technician from Nilai near here lodged a report on July 9 alleging that he had been cheated of RM470,000 by individuals posing as police and Inland Revenue Board personnel.
SEREMBAN: A 57-year-old technician from Nilai near here has been conned of RM470,000 by scammers posing as Inland Revenue Board officers.
Negri Sembilan commercial crime investigation department chief Supt Aibee Ab Ghani said the victim was at work on July 7 when he received a call from a man who identified himself as a tax officer. The caller told the victim he was listed as the joint holder of a company bank account in Alor Star and had tax arrears totalling RM17,600. The victim was also told that the other joint account holder had been detained, he said.
Supt Aibee said the victim was then connected to two scammers posing as a policeman and a senior officer from Alor Star.
A scale model of Velionne Racing s car next to the award.
CARS in sleek designs speeding down a racetrack had students from across the globe on the edge of their seats recently. It wasn’t a Formula One (F1) world championship that they were witnessing, but it offered just as much thrill, if not more, for the 280 competitors at the F1 in Schools World Finals 2020(21).
After months of preparation, the 43 teams from 18 countries came together virtually over five days early this month to prove their mettle in the global science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) challenge hosted in the United Kingdom.
ALOR SETAR: Six suspects, including three policemen have been arrested for allegedly stealing a safe containing about RM400,000 from the office of a logistics company here.
Kedah police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the six were arrested after the company owner lodged a report over the incident, which occurred at about 1.30am on Wednesday (June 23).
He said the six suspects, aged from 21 to 50, were arrested the same day, adding that two more suspects remain at large. The six have been remanded until July 1 under Section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code. All raids related to the case were carried out around Alor Setar, said Comm Kamarul Zaman.