Car-jacking gangs busted

Car-jacking gangs busted

KUALA LUMPUR (DPA): Malaysian police have busted three car-
jacking gangs which stole expensive foreign cars and smuggled
them abroad including to Thailand, Singapore and Australia, a
news report said on Thursday.

The gangs were linked to more than 400 car-jackings throughout
the country in the past year, the New Straits Times daily said.

So far, 11 gang members have been arrested and about 20 cars,
including brands such as Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Honda and the
Malaysian-made Proton Perdana, have been recovered.

The daily said the gangs opted to car-jack because the
expensive vehicles were equipped with sophisticated antitheft
systems.

Victims would be stalked and then confronted by gang members,
who usually staged accidents at traffic lights or intersections
before seizing the car. Recently, a Singaporean woman was
abducted and murdered after her car was stolen by five men who
rammed into the vehicle.