CARJACKERS find it so lucrative that they are willing to resort to violence and put their lives on the line.

The two latest cases revealed that these people can be very dangerous.

On Thursday, a luxury vehicle theft syndicate known to have stolen at least 30 cars in less than four months was smashed with the arrest of four people in Sunway, Petaling Jaya.

But this was not before three of them rammed the car they were in into a mobile police patrol unit several times at Jalan PJS 10/11 in a bid to escape on Monday night.

But police managed to arrest them after firing warning shots.

And yesterday, a carjacker was gunned down when he tried to shoot his way out of a police dragnet.

The culprit, identified as Chen Khien Hou, 30, opened fire when he was cornered in Jalan Persiaran Barat in Petaling Jaya at 12.30am.

He was in a Toyota Camry and fired two shots at the pursuing police team, Bernama reported.

The police returned fire killing Chen who had six previous records for drugs and armed robbery.

A .38 revolver, three small containers of “‘syabu” and four car chainlocks were found in Chen’s car.

Selangor CID chief Datuk Hasnan Hassan said police had been monitoring Chen for a few hours following the discovery of stolen vehicles hidden at a condominium in Taman Desa.

Police are tracking down the rest of the syndicate members.
The road tax stickers that were found in Monday's incident

The road tax stickers that were found in Monday's incident

In Monday’s incident, police personnel who seized the carjackers’ car, found a tool box containing a machine to produce keys, 22 fake number plates, 13 road tax stickers, eight car windscreens, a drill and a parang.

“The drill is used to deactivate the alarm system of the targeted vehicles. Several luxury car emblems were also seized from the trio,” Petaling Jaya district police chief Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said.

“Police are checking if the stolen cars were sold to neighbouring countries,” he added.

The syndicate is known as the Camry Moo Gang.

Published Oct 16, 2009

Three of the thieves were nabbed on Monday night after they rammed a mobile police patrol unit several times at Jalan PJS 10/11 in a bid to escape.

Petaling Jaya district police chief Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohamed said, at 11.30pm, two police personnel on rounds spotted three men behaving suspiciously in a Toyota Camry.

On checking, the policemen found that the Camry had been reported stolen in Subang earlier this month.

The driver sped off when ordered to stop. However, his bid to evade the police proved futile when he came to a dead end.

“The driver then rammed the police car several times. Despite repeated warnings he refused to stop,” ACP Arjunaidi said.

This prompted a policeman to fire two shots at the car. Two suspects were caught on the spot while the third, who tried to flee on foot, was captured a while later.

ACP Arjunaidi said, in the Camry, police found a machine to produce keys, 22 fake number plates, 13 road tax stickers, eight car windscreens, a drill and a parang (machete).

“The drill is used to deactivate the alarm system of targeted vehicles. Several luxury car emblems were also seized from the trio,” he added.

ACP Arjunaidi said follow up investigations led to the arrest of a fourth member of the gang at his home in the city centre the next day.

“We believe there are more people linked to the syndicate and police are checking if the stolen cars were disposed of in neighbouring countries,” he added.

Sos: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...1214&sec=nation

that night i reported my car was stolen and i met that sarjan, he told me about how those datuk 'settle' their stolen car case with him(the sarjan) and all, he said he even with $$, he will investigate every case and all evenly and all....seems like he want $$ with me la...