> Guard foils UOB bank robbery bid @ City Plaza

A BANK security guard, confronted by a robbery suspect who warned him not to be ‘a hero’, did just the opposite.

Certis Cisco guard Rosli Mohamad Sa’ad decided to act swiftly and wrestled him to the ground during the robbery attempt at the UOB branch at City Plaza in Geylang Road on Monday.

Five other bank staff sprang to his help and pinned down the man with a dark complexion.

The police were called and soon the suspect was arrested.

The drama began at 3.15 pm when the suspect walked up to a bank teller and handed him a note, warning ‘Don’t be a hero’.

It is not known what the man was demanding.

The teller quickly took the note to the back office and alerted his manager.

Cisco guard Rosli, noting that the man was behaving suspiciously, decided to act.

He went up to the man, who then threatened him that he had ‘only three minutes left’.

That was when Mr Roslie decided he must act quickly.

> 15yo gang rape by 10 youths

BUKIT MERTAJAM: A 15-year-old girl was gang-raped by 10 youths whom she had befriended while on a date with her boyfriend.

Her 17-year-old boyfriend had taken her out for dinner at a shopping complex on Sunday where they were joined by nine of his friends.

At about 10pm, the boyfriend took the girl to his rented room at Kampung Aston and raped her.

His friends came to the room and they took turns to rape the girl.

The victim, from Permatang Pa-uh, stayed on with her boyfriend after the incident and only went home on Wednesday morning.

She related the incident to her family who took her to the police station to lodge a report.

Police picked up four youths aged between 16 and 17 at their respective houses in Kubang Semang on Thursday.

Central Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Dr Mohd Shah Hussin Shah said four suspects, including the boyfriend, were being remanded pending investigations.

The other six friends are still at large.

The victim has been sent to the Seberang Jaya Hospital for a medical examination.

> Tuition teacher in molest claim

Speaking up: Soon getting details from the boy who alleged that his tuition teacher molested and performed oral sex on him for nearly a year in Johor Baru Friday.

JOHOR BARU: A Year Three pupil has complained against his tuition teacher for molesting and performing oral sex on him for nearly a year.

The boy, who was too young to realise he was being sexually violated, only told his classmates at the tuition centre about the acts recently.

His parents found out about it when a classmate telephoned them.

“The classmate told my husband that our son was asked to take off his clothes by the tuition teacher.

“He realised the seriousness of the case and informed me,’’ said the victim’s 32-year-old mother, who only wanted to be known as Fong.

She lodged a police report on Sunday.

Fong said her son started tuition at the centre in Year One.

The tuition teacher, in his 30s, would send the boy and the classmate home after tuition whenever Fong was not free to pick her son up.

“According to my son, the teacher brought him back to the tuition centre after dropping off the classmate since January.

“Then he would order my son to undress and molest him,’’ said Fong.

At a press conference arranged by Johor MCA public services and complaints bureau assistant chief Rodney Soon, the boy said he was scared to tell his parents of the incidents.

He said the teacher had threatened to cane him if he told anyone.

Fong warned other parents to be careful to prevent their children from becoming victims of sex fiends.

Johor acting CID chief Asst Comm Che Yusoff Che Ngah said police detained the tuition teacher on Tuesday.