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Johor Baru police form special team to investigate kidnapping
AsiaOne Monday, Jul 02, 2012
The Johor Baru police have formed a special team to investigate the kidnapping of a Singapore family on Sunday morning.
According to a Malaysian news site, head of Investigations of the Johor Police Department Amer Awal said the authorities are working on several leads.
The kidnapping incident had happened on Sunday morning just after midnight.
37-year-old Rita Zahara had stopped about 40m away from some fruit stalls to buy fruits.
Her sister, children and maid stayed in the car with locked doors. Two men armed with a gun and a knife then appeared suddenly and demanded that the car occupants open the door. They drove off with the car.
After turning around and realising that the car was missing, Ms Rita Zahara called her sister.
One of the men picked up the phone and demanded all the money she had. They also threatened to kill her family if she went to the police.
For the next four hours, Ms Rita Zahara kept calm and negotiated with the kidnappers. She also worked with the Malaysian and Singaporean authorities to save her family.
Later, the kidnappers decided to give up on waiting for the ransom and released the family by the roadside.
They drove off with the car, a Nissan Sunny, and all the valuables in it. The Straits Times said the car and valuables were worth a total of $100,000.
Singapore family returns home safely after kidnapping in Johor
Ms Rita Zahara Binte Mohamed Nazeer (right), 37, talks to the media while her daughter, 11, looks on.
AsiaOne Sunday, Jul 01, 2012 A SINGAPOREAN family is now safely back home after a kidnapping incident this morning in Johor.
37-year-old Rita Zahara, her sister, two children and maid were returning home slightly after midnight from a family reunion at her eldest sister's house near Larkin, Johor, when Ms Rita Zahara stopped about 40m away from some fruit stalls to buy fruits.
Her sister, children and maid stayed in the car with locked doors. Two men armed with a gun and a knife then appeared suddenly and demanded that the car occupants open the door. They drove off with the car.
Ms Rita Zahara told The Straits Times that she parked her car further away from the stalls as she did not want to obstruct traffic.
After turning around and realising that the car was missing, Ms Rita Zahara called her sister.
One of the men picked up the phone and demanded all the money she had. They also threatened to kill her family if she went to the police.
For the next four hours, Ms Rita Zahara kept calm and negotiated with the kidnappers. She also worked with the Malaysian and Singaporean authorities to save her family. Later, the kidnappers decided to give up on waiting for the ransom and released the family by the roadside.
They drove off with the car, a Nissan Sunny, and all the valuables in it. The Straits Times said the car and valuables were worth a total of $100,000.
Town people then helped the family contact the police. The family was reunited at about 4.45am.
Madam Rita Zahara stopped to buy some fruits on her way home when two men drove her car away with her family still inside.
By Desiree Tresa Gasper
The Star/Asia News Network
Tuesday, Jul 03, 2012
JOHOR BARU- Police are looking for a man involved in the attempted kidnapping of a Singaporean family early Sunday morning.
Johor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Amer Awal said the suspect, believed to be armed, had driven off with the family's Nissan Sunny after hijacking the car while the driver was buying fruits along Jalan Susur Larkin at around 12.45am on July 1.
Rita Zahara, 37, a former television journalist in Singapore, got down from the vehicle, leaving her 19-year-old sister, her two children aged 11 and six and her maid in the car.
Moments later, the kidnapper knocked on the window.
When one of the passengers unlocked the vehicle, the man jumped into the driver's seat, threatened them with an object that looked like a pistol and drove off with them inside.
When Rita realised that her car was missing, she called her sister's mobile phone but it was the kidnapper who answered, demanding for money in return for her family.
The negotiations went on for a few hours and the suspect finally released the group and drove off with the car and valuables worth a total of S$80,000 (RM200,000).
SAC Amer said the passengers, who were left at a residential area in Ulu Tiram, were helped by some residents there.
"None of them were hurt during the incident and the family has returned to Singapore," he said, adding that police were on the lookout for the suspect and the stolen car with a Singaporean registration plate.
"We urge anyone with information to contact the Johor police hotline at 07-221 2999," he said.
Checks by The Star on Rita's official Facebook page showed many posts from well-wishers and friends urging her to stay strong and to be thankful that nothing happened to her family.
Rita also posted that the group were safely back home in Singapore.
"It was a terrible ordeal. A nightmare for any mum to have her kids and loved ones kidnapped and held at gun-point.
"I cannot say anything more. I'm too tired now. Just thank you for your well wishes," she wrote.
