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Yahoo Newsroom - The scene where Mei was attacked was a path along the AYE. Where the leaves spill onto the path is where the scuffle occurred. (Photo courtesy of Mei)


She was returning home on Monday at 9:30pm from dinner with her friends, and as usual, took the path from the bus stop to the rear entrance of her condominium.

This was the same path she has taken multiple times a week in the four years her family has lived there.

That day was different from others though — mere steps away from the gate, 25-year-old Mei (not her real name) was suddenly attacked by a passing cyclist. She said he knocked her to the ground, straddled her hips and punched her head and face repeatedly while trying to stifle her screams.

Mei, a freelance graphic designer, believes she was the victim of a rape attempt. Because her attacker is still at large, her family has requested that her real name not be published to prevent him from tracking them down.

Mei said she wants to share her experience with Yahoo Singapore to warn women that the threat of a physical attack is real, and can happen here in Singapore. In fact, it happened on a short path located right beside the brightly-lit Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), that connects a bus stop and one of two back gates of her condominium.

The man, she says, looked to be aged between his late 20s and early 30s. He was about 1.75m tall, dark-skinned and muscular, and had a sharp nose. He was clean shaven, had short, dark hair and was wearing a pale-coloured T-shirt and jeans or dark pants. He also did not smell of alcohol at all.

"In other words, he looked fairly generic,” she said. “His clothes were clean, he was not at all ragged. I wasn’t scared of him (when we first passed each other),” She said she wasn't dressed provocatively either — in a long-sleeved black pullover with jeans.

He was cycling towards her after she alighted from a taxi by the road, and they made eye contact briefly as he passed. Mei walked on until she noticed an extra shadow apart from her own, and as she was turning around to see who it was, she received a punch on the right side of her head.

As she went down, he pounced on her, pinning her to the ground, plastering his hand over her nose and mouth as he repeatedly slammed her head into the ground with his other hand so she could not breathe.

As she screamed and thrashed around, biting the man’s hands and fingers three times as he struggled to flip her facedown, the one thing she knew was that she must keep fighting him.

“All I could do was just be really, really aggressive… to show him that he can’t win me, he can’t beat me. I’m going to keep fighting and I’m not going to let him have whatever he wants,” she said.

She is still thankful that the man was unable to get to her clothes — two people who happened to live in the same condominium appeared on the path, and the sight of them drove the man away on foot, leaving his white bicycle parked in the middle of the path.

“At some point I think he was getting desperate because he scratched me across my chest,” she said, adding that on the two or three occasions he successfully flipped her face down he would grope her breasts, almost in slow-motion. She struggled to turn herself back over each time, however, even scratching his face whenever she got the chance to.

He spoke just once, shouting, “Shut up, b***h!” as he tried to stifle her screams. His words surprised her, though, as she noted that his accent sounded local.

At the same time, Mei said she was conscious of the fact that the man was trying to drag her into thick bushes nearby. Knowing she would for certain be hidden well there, she strained to move toward the highway instead, where she had a chance of being more visible.

“It was pretty violent. I honestly thought I was going to die; he had his hand on me so long I couldn’t breathe, and I was so tired (from the struggle),” she said. “I just kept thinking about my family… the small little things; I just wanted life to go back to normal. Those things helped me fight this jerk off."

After he ran off, she rushed up to the two passersby, who escorted her and carried the man’s Aleoca brand bicycle into the condominium grounds. She made calls to her family and the police, who came and took statements from her.

She was then brought to the National University Hospital, where she was tested for signs of concussions or internal bleeding, and forensic investigators collected her fingernails and swabbed her face and mouth.

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Mei's right side of her face was swollen, while she sustained more scratches on her shoulder. (Photos courtesy …

She came away from the scuffle with the right side of her face swollen and red, large bumps on both sides of her head, abrasions on her hands and elbows, bleeding from the lip and more scratches behind her left shoulder, which she discovered only after returning home from the hospital.

Be more careful

Mei attributes her “success” in fighting off her attacker to the accounts of girls who were similarly attacked in the past and shared online.

“I felt like the more I read these things, the less it seemed strange when it actually happened (to me),” she said. “I was able to actually think about scratching his face or yelling, or trying to play dead… and I had decided (when I read those accounts) that I don’t want to end up like the dead victims; I want to end up like those success stories, and I want to tell people about it.”

She also stresses she is not ashamed about what happened to her — apart from remaining focused on ensuring that justice is served on her attacker, she wants women to be aware of the things they can do if the same should happen to them. “Things like constantly struggling, bending his finger backwards, biting, yelling or scratching flesh off their faces if possible, or at least getting at their skin, or playing dead when you get too tired,” she shared, adding that she read these things on Facebook, Reddit and other sites where these accounts were shared.

“I didn’t know I could get attacked at 9:30pm outside my condo, I think many women don’t know that. And I think they should start knowing that, because even though the pathway was very safe, and I’ve walked there at 2am before, this can happen," she said.
One of her two older brothers said their family planned to take the case up to their Member of Parliament S Iswaran, in the hopes of getting lights and a security camera placed on the path.
“There’s a lot of focus on HDB estates but much less on condominiums; that’s why you have these unlit pathways,” he added.
Police on Tuesday evening confirmed Mei’s report, and have classified it as an outrage of modesty. Investigations are ongoing.
 

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(努沙再也9日讯)

华裔男女途经油站遭匪徒相中,4匪挥刀砍伤男子,再抢走装有3000令吉现金的背包乘车逃去,案发现场鲜血四溅!

努沙再也警区主任诺哈欣表示,此案是于昨晚(8日)10时,在位于努沙再也区顺利花园的蜆壳油站发生。

他指出,40多岁的男事主与一名女友人事前于附近的超级市场购买物品,之后便准备徒步回家。

「2人一走到油站时,一名匪徒便突然从停放在油站的车中持刀跃出,直接砍向男事主的右手臂,而另外3名匪徒则一同抢走事主的背包,之后马上共乘匪车快速逃离现场。」

取电眼画面调查

他表示,该辆匪车早已停在车站长达5个小时,同时,警方也相信这帮匪徒一直都坐在车內,找寻劫夺目標。

「我们也在调查为何受害者当时带著那么多现金,同时也已索取油站內的闭路电视画面,等待確认匪徒身份。」

他透露,男事主被砍伤后有许多公眾第一时间帮忙止血,同时通知警方。虽然流了很多血,但伤者意识清醒。

据悉,伤者的女友人没有在这起事件中受到伤害。
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(努沙再也9日讯)

华裔男女途经油站遭匪徒相中,4匪挥刀砍伤男子,再抢走装有3000令吉现金的背包乘车逃去,案发现场鲜血四溅!

努沙再也警区主任诺哈欣表示,此案是于昨晚(8日)10时,在位于努沙再也区顺利花园的蜆壳油站发生。

他指出,40多岁的男事主与一名女友人事前于附近的超级市场购买物品,之后便准备徒步回家。

「2人一走到油站时,一名匪徒便突然从停放在油站的车中持刀跃出,直接砍向男事主的右手臂,而另外3名匪徒则一同抢走事主的背包,之后马上共乘匪车快速逃离现场。」

取电眼画面调查

他表示,该辆匪车早已停在车站长达5个小时,同时,警方也相信这帮匪徒一直都坐在车內,找寻劫夺目標。

「我们也在调查为何受害者当时带著那么多现金,同时也已索取油站內的闭路电视画面,等待確认匪徒身份。」

他透露,男事主被砍伤后有许多公眾第一时间帮忙止血,同时通知警方。虽然流了很多血,但伤者意识清醒。

据悉,伤者的女友人没有在这起事件中受到伤害。
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Link for English report http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/04/10/Man-slashed-and-robbed-of-RM3000/
 

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(努沙再也9日讯)

华裔男女途经油站遭匪徒相中,4匪挥刀砍伤男子,再抢走装有3000令吉现金的背包乘车逃去,案发现场鲜血四溅!

努沙再也警区主任诺哈欣表示,此案是于昨晚(8日)10时,在位于努沙再也区顺利花园的蜆壳油站发生。

他指出,40多岁的男事主与一名女友人事前于附近的超级市场购买物品,之后便准备徒步回家。

「2人一走到油站时,一名匪徒便突然从停放在油站的车中持刀跃出,直接砍向男事主的右手臂,而另外3名匪徒则一同抢走事主的背包,之后马上共乘匪车快速逃离现场。」

取电眼画面调查

他表示,该辆匪车早已停在车站长达5个小时,同时,警方也相信这帮匪徒一直都坐在车內,找寻劫夺目標。

「我们也在调查为何受害者当时带著那么多现金,同时也已索取油站內的闭路电视画面,等待確认匪徒身份。」

他透露,男事主被砍伤后有许多公眾第一时间帮忙止血,同时通知警方。虽然流了很多血,但伤者意识清醒。

据悉,伤者的女友人没有在这起事件中受到伤害。
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Likely someone tipped off e robbers.
 

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I used to pump petrol at this Shell after 12am for about 3 years almost nightly about a 8 years ago. So far no problem. Looks like the robbers must be organised and full-timers to wait 5 hours to earn a few thousand bucks to share among themselves.

Likely someone tipped off e robbers.
 

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Completion of $39.5m Johor police HQ delayed
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Saturday, May 03, 2014

JOHOR BARU - The completion of the new RM103 million (S$39.5million) state police headquarters has been delayed after the troubled contractor failed to finish the project on time and is now terminated.

The project, which consists of administrative blocks, a multi-storey carpark and staff quarters, had already been delayed for 10 months as the construction, which started in 2010, was supposed to have been completed in July last year.

It is learnt that the contractor was facing problems and all the workers were directed to clear their workers' colony several weeks ago.

"They just told us that they did not have any money. I was not even compensated," said an Indonesian worker, who claimed that he was supposed to be paid RM60 per day.

He added that the company, which employed dozens of Bangladeshis and Indonesians, also failed to pay their salaries for at least two months before its contract was terminated abruptly.

"We were closely watched by security guards when we removed our belongings from the kongsi," said the worker who declined to be named.

Meanwhile, State Public Works, Rural and Regional Development Committee chairman Datuk Hasni Mohammad, when contacted, confirmed that the project was delayed and that the Public Works Department (JKR) had terminated the contractor.

The project, he said, would now be re-tendered to a new contractor.

Hasni added that he was puzzled over the company's inability to finish the job despite the extensions given.

"So far 56 per cent of the project has been completed.

"We also tried to help by appointing another contractor to rescue the project but that did not work out," he said, adding that such errant contractors would be blacklisted.

He added that JKR was assessing the amount that they could recoup from the company, which would also be made to pay the new contractor for the excess charges incurred to complete the project.

http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/completion-395m-johor-police-hq-delayed
 

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Interesting to note how things are done at JB. 3 years+ and only 56% completed. No one in the Police noticed?
 

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Obviously the contract worth millions was awarded by those in the police force to their own cronies. A few millions into their pockets already.

Interesting to note how things are done at JB. 3 years+ and only 56% completed. No one in the Police noticed?
 

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(新山3日訊)武吉阿曼的“打擊有組織罪案特遣部隊”(STAFOC)今晚在新山購物廣物外殲滅3名印裔匪徒,活擒8名黨徒,並至少起獲4把手槍!

 警察總長丹斯里卡立于今晚發推文贊揚STAFOC這項成果,瓦解這個印裔匪黨。

 卡立說,警方針對在新山地不佬永旺廣場外警匪駁火案,展開追捕行動。截至晚上12時,警方共起獲4把槍,並在柔州逮捕8名嫌犯。

現場傳出十餘槍聲

 現場消息指出,警方在今晚10時許到在新山一間廣場外展開追匪行動,一輛警方巡邏車在宏藝花園哈莫尼24路紅綠燈附近,突然驅前截停相信一輛是匪徒駕駛的白色豐田vios轎車。

 消息說,警方與匪徒都發生駁火,現場民眾聽聞十餘聲槍響,見到有兩名疑似匪徒倒在車外。

 此外,有民眾石見到兩三名匪徒逃去附近的一間遊樂場,全副武裝的警方立即封鎖遊樂場,找尋匪蹤。

 新山南警區主任蘇萊曼已趕到現場指揮調查工作,警方已拉起逾百公尺封鎖線,阻止民眾靠近。

 早前,不少民眾見到身穿類似飛虎隊的武裝警員,持槍在現場駐守,並阻止民眾拍照。

 截至4日凌晨12時30分,警方已將兩名匪徒抬上黑車,送往醫院解剖,警方仍在現場調查。

 不過,警方消息告訴本報,只有兩名匪徒被殲滅,與警察總長所發佈的殲3匪有出入,据知他們涉及拉慶錢幣兌換中心的搶劫案,死者和落網者有多項案底。
 

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(新山3日訊)武吉阿曼的“打擊有組織罪案特遣部隊”(STAFOC)今晚在新山購物廣物外殲滅3名印裔匪徒,活擒8名黨徒,並至少起獲4把手槍!

 警察總長丹斯里卡立于今晚發推文贊揚STAFOC這項成果,瓦解這個印裔匪黨。

 卡立說,警方針對在新山地不佬永旺廣場外警匪駁火案,展開追捕行動。截至晚上12時,警方共起獲4把槍,並在柔州逮捕8名嫌犯。

現場傳出十餘槍聲

 現場消息指出,警方在今晚10時許到在新山一間廣場外展開追匪行動,一輛警方巡邏車在宏藝花園哈莫尼24路紅綠燈附近,突然驅前截停相信一輛是匪徒駕駛的白色豐田vios轎車。

 消息說,警方與匪徒都發生駁火,現場民眾聽聞十餘聲槍響,見到有兩名疑似匪徒倒在車外。

 此外,有民眾石見到兩三名匪徒逃去附近的一間遊樂場,全副武裝的警方立即封鎖遊樂場,找尋匪蹤。

 新山南警區主任蘇萊曼已趕到現場指揮調查工作,警方已拉起逾百公尺封鎖線,阻止民眾靠近。

 早前,不少民眾見到身穿類似飛虎隊的武裝警員,持槍在現場駐守,並阻止民眾拍照。

 截至4日凌晨12時30分,警方已將兩名匪徒抬上黑車,送往醫院解剖,警方仍在現場調查。

 不過,警方消息告訴本報,只有兩名匪徒被殲滅,與警察總長所發佈的殲3匪有出入,据知他們涉及拉慶錢幣兌換中心的搶劫案,死者和落網者有多項案底。

I don't read chinese, so the following is my crude attempt to interpret the above using google translate:

(Johor Bahru 3 hearing) Bukit Aman's "Combating Organized Crime Task Force" (STAFOC) tonight annihilated in Johor Bahru Shopping extensive material outside the three Indian robbers, catch them alive eight gang members and seized at least four pistols! Police Chief Dansilika hair stand tonight Tweets praised STAFOC this achievement, the collapse of the Indian gangs. Khalid said the police case against gangster exchange of fire outside the mountain is not new guys Aeon Plaza, launched a manhunt. As of 0:00, the police seized four guns, and arrested eight suspects in Johor. Live more than ten gunshots heard Sources at the scene that the police tonight
 

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I believe this is the same case as reported in the Star:

JOHOR BARU: Two suspected criminals were shot dead by the police following an attempt to rob a shopping mall near Tebrau here.*

Deputy-Inspector General of Police Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin said police spotted a vehicle at Taman Desa Tebrau here on Saturday at about 10.15pm.*

"The suspects in the vehicle then fired several shots towards the police where we had to return fire.

"Two suspects died while the other one is critically injured and is receiving treatment," he said at a press conference at the state police headquarters here on Sunday.

Bakri added that following the shootout, police detained eight other gang members around here within 24 hours.

"The group is believed to have been active for the past two years and targeted money changers in Johor and Pahang," he said.
 

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JOHOR BARU: Two suspected criminals were shot dead by the police following an attempt to rob a shopping mall near Tebrau here.

Deputy-Inspector General of Police Datuk Seri Bakri Zinin said police spotted a vehicle at Taman Desa Tebrau here on Saturday at about 10.15pm.

"The suspects in the vehicle then fired several shots towards the police where we had to return fire.

"Two suspects died while the other one is critically injured and is receiving treatment," he said at a press conference at the state police headquarters here on Sunday.

Bakri added that following the shootout, police detained eight other gang members around here within 24 hours.

"The group is believed to have been active for the past two years and targeted money changers in Johor and Pahang," he said.
 

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I believe this is a notorious gang responsible for many robberies and money changer robberies, include the one money changer kena robbed of S$1 million at the Causeway and the culprits managed to U-turn back into Malaysia.. and the audacious robbery of a money changer of S$1 million near the 2nd link just before Singapore.. Also the 5am robbery cum kidnap of a lady outside Jusco Bukit Indah 2 years ago
 

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My goodness. That's terrible. Kudos to the security guard that tried to keep a lid on things but it's pretty dangerous. Hopefully that the police will be able to catch the hooligans.

Insane.
 
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