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Canadian consultant attacked by Mat Rempit

SEREMBAN: A 43-year-old Canadian consultant on a job assignment here escaped serious injury when a group of Mat Rempit attacked him along Jalan Rasah on Saturday night.

Manjit Sokhal from Montreal, who comes here to work at a branch office three to four times annually, was driving his four-wheel drive at about 11pm with three friends from India when a car suddenly pulled up in front.

Some 40 Mat Rempit on motorcycles then surrounded his vehicle.

“When I wound down my window to inquire, one of them punched me. He also hit my face with a helmet,” said Manjit Singh, adding that he was injured in his left eye and mouth.

Manjit Singh said the Mat Rempit then went on to damage his vehicle’s rear lights, wipers and number plates.

“It was the most harrowing experience. I was assaulted for no reason,” he said.

Manjit Singh said the motorcyclists warned him to be careful as he was a foreigner.

Manjit Singh claimed that he was not aware what prompted the attack but felt it could be due to his slow speed of 40kph.

He lodged a report at the Seremban Two police station the same night, and also met Rahang assemblyman Datuk Yip Chee Kiong.

Yip urged the police to haul up those responsible, adding that the country’s image was at stake.

The Star, 22/10/07

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/22/nation/19237846&sec=nation

Mat Rempit ride into new careers

Home CCTV catches robbery

By AIZAT SHARIF

TERRIFYING photos that you rarely see.

These bone-chilling pictures show a daring, murderous attack in progress.

The brazen assault, carried out with lighting speed and split-second timing, was captured in horrific detail by the family’s CCTV cameras and raises concerns about neighbourhood security.

The 78-second clip posted on the video-sharing website YouTube showed the attack in all its alarming clarity.

In the incident at Taman Maluri, Cheras, six men, ominously clad in black, rode in on three motorcycles. They stopped in front of the house belonging to 37-year-old clerk Candy Teoh and her
husband Lim Gim Leong, 40, just as the couple’s friend, Alvin Chua, 39, pulled up in front of the house for a visit.

As Chua got out of his Nissan Cefiro and walked to the front gate, he noticed one of the six men getting off his motorcycle. He had a machete in his hand.

That’s when Chua ducked and took off running towards his friend’s house. The assailant was close on his heels, swinging at him and just barely missing.

Just seconds earlier, Teoh had driven in and parked her Toyota Altis in the porch after doing some grocery shopping.

Her husband was at work at the time. The couple’s Indonesian maid was in the middle of closing the wrought-iron gates when she saw Chua being chased by a parangwielding man. She panicked,
fumbled for the lock and then ran for her life, with Chua close behind.

In his haste, Chua lost his footing and fell to the ground.

Meanwhile, Teoh, terrified and fearing for her life, sat frozen in the car as the assailants took control of the situation.

The 78-second footage showed two men entering the compound, taking valuables from Chua. The others on two bikes cordoned off and secured the area. They could be seen in the background,
positioning their bikes to enable them to make a quick getaway.

At least two men inside the compound were armed with machetes. They all had their crash helmets on.

One of the men who had entered the compound then saw Teoh, cowering inside her Altis.

“He told my wife to open the door and threatened to smash the windows if she refused. After my wife did as she was told, he pointed the machete at her and demanded for her money,” said Lim.

After grabbing the loot, the men sped off on their bikes, heading off in one direction. Teoh was clearly still traumatised by the incident that happened on March 16 at 2.57pm and refused to talk
to Malay Mail.

Lim said his wife lost her handbag, RM30 and other items such as her handphone, her MyKad and credit cards.

Chua lost his wallet , which contained RM300, his handphone, credit card and MyKad.

A report was lodged at the Cheras police station.

Malay Mail, March 27, 2009

Selangor police to come down hard on Mat Rempit

PETALING JAYA: Selangor police will come down hard on Mat Rempit, and police personnel who fail to act on public complaints against the menace will face disciplinary action.

State Deputy Police Chief Sen Asst Comm I Datuk Jamshah Mustapa said police have been closely monitoring the problem and would continue to conduct operations throughout the state.

He said all district police chiefs in Selangor had been directed to increase their operations to crackdown on the Mat Rempit.

“We will not tolerate any such activities especially when they start committing crimes like robberies, snatch thefts and assaults.

“Members of the public who have information as to where Mat Rempit are hanging out or gathering should contact the nearest police station immediately,’’ he said.

SAC Jamshah assured the public that police would act on their reports immediately failing which stern action would be taken against the errant police personnel concerned.

Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohd said in over 1,000 operations conducted in the district between January 2008 and March this year, police arrested 72 mat rempit, resulting in fewer crimes committed by them.

So far this year, only two cases involving Mat Rempit crimes were reported in the district, involving a 38-year-old Filipino who was attacked by 15 mat rempit with a metal pipe, causing her to almost lose consciousness.

The same group were also believed to have punched a woman before robbing her of her handbag.

The Star, 15/03/09

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/15/nation/3484723&sec=nation

Parliament in Brief: Why Mat Rempit are idolised

FREEDOM, money, women and the sense of heroism are among the reasons why Mat Rempit are idolised by the young, Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Wee Jeck Seng told the House yesterday.

"Our study shows that 84.1 per cent become Mat Rempit to fill their spare time, 37 per cent because of friends and 27 per cent because of the great feeling they have after a race," he said replying to a question by Loke Siew Fook (DAP-Rasah) on the programmes taken by the ministry to solve Mat Rempit problems which have become a public nuisance.

He said Mat Rempit, aged between 18 to 25 were now being rehabilitated by the ministry through various programmes.

The New Straits Times, 18/03/09

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/2507829/Article/index_html



Scene from Remp-it

Heartless attack on Filipina by group of Mat Rempit

By STEVEN DANIEL

PETALING JAYA: Marilou C. Pingol has been targeted by robbers thrice in the past five months, leaving her traumatised and terrified.

Her latest encounter was with a group of 15 Mat Rempit in Kelana Jaya on Tuesday morning.

Not content with hitting her twice on the head with a metal pipe, causing her to almost lose consciousness, her heartless attackers then held on to her hands and dragged her about 2m along the rough road.

The 38-year-old Filipino, a market researcher who commutes daily on the LRT to her workplace in Kuala Lumpur, recalled the horrible incident while recuperating at her aunt’s home in Jalan SS5C, Kelana Jaya, yesterday.

“I was walking to the nearby Kelana Jaya LRT station at around 6am on Tuesday with my cousin when a group of 15 people on 10 motorcycles suddenly pulled up in front of us near SS4C and demanded that I hand over my handbag.

“Five of them pulled my cousin a short distance away and threatened him with three parangs, while the remaining Mat Rempit circled me,” said Marilou, who has lived and worked in Malaysia for 10 years.

She pleaded with the Mat Rempit not to harm them and said they could take her handbag but asked to be allowed to keep her passport.

They agreed but as she was searching her handbag, one of them hit her twice on the head with a metal pipe, leaving her dizzy and semi-conscious.

She added that her attackers then rode off but stopped five metres away and turned back.

“Two pillion riders grabbed my hands and dragged me on the road for about two metres, shredding my pants around the knees and buttocks,” she said.

Her cousin, Ronald Rocutar, 38, could only watch helplessly in horror as she screamed in pain.

Unable to get transport to rush her to hospital, Ronald called his nephew and they carried the bloodied Marilou to the nearby Kelana Jaya police station to lodge a report before taking her to a nearby dental clinic where her aunt works as a nurse to dress the wounds.

“I am now terrified to walk to the LRT station, even though the road is lit and with another person accompanying me. The criminals are becoming more daring and heartless,” said Marilou, who has deep abrasions on her knees and can’t walk for the time being.

She added that in November last year, her handbag was almost snatched right in front of her house and, on Dec 31, she was forced to hand over her handbag at knife-point.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/12/nation/3461382&sec=nation

Minah rempit tak bermaruah: Aksi lucah melampau

Oleh ZAINUDDIN ZAIN dan ASMIZAN MOHD SAMIRAN
metahad@hmetro.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Minah rempit kini semakin berani meletakkan diri mereka di dalam carta sampah masyarakat berikutan penyebaran beberapa klip video kumpulan itu di internet dalam keadaan memalukan.

Jika sebelum ini banyak kumpulan mat rempit merakam aksi berani mati, kini minah rempit pula bertindak lebih dahsyat apabila secara sukarela membiarkan aksi jijik mereka dirakam dan kemudian dimuat turun di internet, termasuk laman web antarabangsa.

Kebanyakan klip video itu boleh didapati di laman web YouTube dengan menaip perkataan Minah Rempit. Laman web itu kemudian memaparkan 63 transaksi atau klip video berkaitan kumpulan berkenaan.

Bagaimanapun, Metro Ahad yang melayari laman web itu hanya mendapati lapan daripada klip video berkenaan memaparkan aksi melampau minah rempit, dengan tiga menunjukkan aksi kelucahan melampau yang memalukan.

Klip video terbaru minah rempit yang dimuat turun ke laman web YouTube seminggu lalu adalah paling berani bertajuk Drunken Minah Rempit Show Off (DMRSO) memaparkan seorang minah rempit membuka baju dan menunjukkan payu daranya ketika membonceng motosikal ditunggang seorang mat rempit.

Dalam klip video selama 46 saat itu, minah rempit bertopi keledar itu turut menunjukkan isyarat lucah kepada penunggang dan pembonceng motosikal yang mengekori untuk merakam aksinya.

Walaupun baru seminggu dimuat turun dalam YouTube, klip video itu mencapai lebih 6,000 hits atau ditonton 6,000 kali oleh mereka yang melayari laman web itu.

Ini perkembangan terbaru yang bukan saja memperlekehkan kewibawaan penguatkuasaan undang-undang, tetapi juga mencemarkan imej negara, terutama klip video itu dimuatkan turun ke laman web antarabangsa, sekali gus boleh ditonton di seluruh dunia.

Selain DMRSO, klip video yang turut mendapat sambutan hangat di internet bertajuk Mat N Minah Rempit memaparkan aksi minah rempit berdiri lalu membuka baju dan menunjukkan payu daranya dalam aksi mengghairahkan. Di belakang minah rempit terbabit ialah seorang mat rempit memakai topi keledar.

Klip video lain bertajuk Awek Rempit Kena Raba pula menunjukkan seorang mat rempit meraba dan memasukkan tangannya ke dalam coli seorang minah rempit di warung sambil diperhatikan beberapa rakan mereka.

Sebelum ini, klip video bertajuk Awek Kedah Merempit (AKM) yang menunjukkan seorang minah rempit secara selamba tanpa rasa takut berdiri di belakang motosikal ditunggang secara wheelie oleh seorang mat rempit mendapat sambutan hangat di laman web berkenaan berikutan ia dikatakan aksi paling hebat pernah dilakukan minah rempit.

Begitupun, di dalam YouTube ada beberapa klip video yang sama dengan AKM tetapi mempunyai tajuk lain seperti Remix Mat Minah Rempit Mengganas, Minah Rempit dan Awek Kedah.

Aksi lain minah rempit di laman web YouTube ialah klip video bertajuk Minah Bertudung Pacak menunjukkan dua gadis bertudung cuba melakukan aksi wheelie. Satu lagi klip video sama pula menggunakan tajuk Apa Le Nak Jadi.

Klip video bertajuk Minah Rempit U pula menunjukkan sekumpulan minah rempit yang tidak memakai topi keledar menunggang lima motosikal di kawasan jalan utama, manakala Awek Tenggek membabitkan aksi minah rempit membonceng motosikal sambil menaikkan punggungnya untuk menarik perhatian mat rempit lain.

Klip video terakhir ialah Rempit yang menunjukkan minah rempit di atas motosikal pada siang hari menonton sekumpulan mat rempit menunjukkan pelbagai aksi berbahaya.

Semua klip video itu turut disebarkan menerusi telefon bimbit dan e-mel.

Timbalan Menteri Keselamatan Dalam Negeri, Datuk Fu Ah Kiow, berang dengan apa yang berlaku dan menyifatkannya sebagai usaha menduga kesabaran Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM).

Beliau dipetik sebagai berkata, kehadiran klip video yang mudah diakses melalui internet dan telefon bimbit itu akan menimbulkan masalah apabila ada pihak, terutama remaja cetek akal, ghairah meniru aksi berkenaan.

Penyebaran klip video terbaru itu menunjukkan kumpulan rempit, termasuk minah rempit, semakin ganas dan sanggup melakukan apa saja untuk menarik perhatian masyarakat, seolah-olah perbuatan mereka sesuatu yang glamor.

Aksi ganas minah rempit terbaru ialah pada 18 Ogos lalu apabila seorang remaja perempuan berusia belasan tahun menendang motosikal anggota Skuad 42 Polis Trafik Kuala Lumpur untuk menyelamatkan teman lelakinya ketika cuba ditangkap dalam operasi mencegah mat rempit di Bandar Tun Razak, di sini.

Berikutan itu, Ketua Trafik Pasukan Bukit Aman, Senior Asisten Komisioner II Hamza Taib, mengumumkan Skuad 42 yang diwujudkan khas untuk membanteras lumba haram yang kini hanya beroperasi di ibu kota akan diperluaskan ke negeri lain, terutama Pulau Pinang, Perak, Johor dan Selangor.

Bukan mudah untuk menangkap dan menggempur kegiatan lumba haram kerana mereka licik dan berani. Sebab itu perancangan lebih teratur dan fokus perlu dilaksanakan, termasuk melakukan penyamaran, katanya.

Beliau berkata, sejak 2005 hingga Julai tahun ini, seramai 1,557 pelumba haram ditangkap mengikut Sekyen 42 Akta Pengangkutan Jalan 1987, dengan Melayu seramai 1,436 orang, Cina (51), India (63) dan kaum lain (tujuh).

>Tidak boleh berfikir secara rasional

KUALA LUMPUR: Kanak-kanak seawal usia enam hingga tujuh tahun pun ada perasaan malu dan tidak sanggup membiarkan alat sulit mereka dilihat orang lain.

Apa yang mereka (minah rempit) lakukan memberi gambaran ada yang tidak kena dengan perkembangan kognitif (kemahiran berfikir secara rasional) mereka, kata Naib Presiden Hal Ehwal Wanita Angkatan Belia Islam Malaysia (Abim), Dr Mastura Badzis.

Beliau mengulas keberanian minah rempit melakukan aksi lucah untuk dirakam, termasuk menunjukkan payu dara yang kini tersebar di internet dan telefon bimbit.

Dr Mastura yang terkejut dengan pendedahan itu menyifatkan pelakuan minah rempit terbabit satu petanda gejala sosial yang sangat buruk dan ketara.

Katanya, pelakuan seperti itu mungkin dapat dielakkan jika ibu bapa minah rempit berkenaan mengambil berat pergerakan anak mereka.

Di mana ibu bapa mereka? Sepatutnya ibu bapa memantau pergerakan anak. Ibu bapa perlu tahu di mana anak mereka dan dengan siapa mereka berkawan. Sekurang-kurangnya tindakan itu mampu menghalang pelakuan seperti itu, katanya.

Dr Mastura berkata, minah rempit yang terbabit dengan pelakuan memalukan itu perlu dibantu supaya tidak terus hanyut dengan dunianya.

Katanya, antara bantuan yang boleh diberi ialah mengalih perhatian mereka kepada perkara positif dan berfaedah yang sesuai dengan jiwa mereka.

Kita tidak tahu mengapa mereka sanggup berbuat begitu. Mungkin bermula daripada tekanan, mahu bebas dan tiada hala tuju.

Disebabkan itu, mereka bercampur dengan mat rempit dan bergelumang dengan maksiat sehingga pada satu tahap tiada perasaan malu, katanya.

Sementara itu, Presiden RD Club Malaysia, Azhanyzam Zakaria, berkata pelakuan minah rempit terbabit mungkin didorong perasaan mahu membuktikan mereka lebih hebat daripada minah rempit lain.

Katanya, tidak hairan, ada yang berani melakukan aksi lucah, kononnya supaya mereka lebih dihormati.

Di kalangan minah rempit memang wujud sentimen seperti itu. Gara-gara mahu dilihat lebih hebat, mereka sanggup melakukan apa saja.

Mereka tiada perasaan malu, malah berbangga dengan perbuatan yang dilakukan, katanya yang aktif bersama ahli kelabnya mendekati mat rempit dan minah rempit untuk memberi kesedaran.

Azhanyzam berkata, ada kemungkinan minah rempit yang sanggup melakukan perbuatan memalukan itu di bawah pengaruh dadah.

Apabila dalam keadaan tidak sedar, mereka tidak menyedari perbuatan mereka. Suruhlah mereka berbuat apa saja, mereka akan melakukannya, katanya.

http://www.hmetro.com.my/Current_News/myMetro/Sunday/BeritaUtama/20070826112516/Article/index_html

Mat rempit kepala angin

Oleh Mohd Azis Ngah
azis@bharian.com.my

Kajian UKM mendapati pelumba motosikal haram antara penyumbang besar kepada indeks jenayah negara

SEKS di atas motosikal. Suatu yang pelik dan agak mustahil, tetapi bagi sesetengah pelumba motosikal haram atau mat rempit, itu perkara biasa bahkan menjadi kebanggaan kerana ia melambangkan kehebatan sesama mereka.

Tindakan liar dan tidak bermoral itu adalah antara pengakuan mat rempit dan minah rempit berdasarkan kajian terbaru yang dijalankan Ketua Program Psikologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Prof Madya Dr Rozimi Ismail.

Kajian akademik pertama mengenai isu mat rempit itu juga mendedahkan peningkatan pembabitan remaja Melayu yang mencapai 95 peratus daripada keseluruhan mat rempit seluruh negara, berbanding kajian kali pertama pada 2002 yang merekodkan 80 peratus.

Dr Rozimi menjalankan kajian mengikut geran penyelidikan UKM secara berperingkat selama enam tahun bermula 2002 hingga 2006 membabitkan tiga tajuk kajian

Kajian pertama bertajuk ‘Mat Rempit dan Hubungan dengan Masalah Sosial (2000 hingga 2002) diikuti kajian kedua bertajuk ‘Faktor Pembabitan Mat Rempit (2003-2004). Seterusnya, kajian terbaru berjudul ‘Pembabitan Mat Rempit dalam Jenayah’ lebih kepada melihat tahap serta jenis jenayah berpunca daripada golongan berkenaan.

Operasi membanteras kegiatan lumba haram.

Hasil kajian mendapati, 97 peratus daripada mereka disifatkan sebagai ‘kepala angin’ atau sanggup melakukan apa saja untuk mencari keseronokan manakala bakinya kira-kira tiga peratus digelar sebagai mat motor iaitu individu yang benar-benar sukakan motosikal.

Kebanyakan mat motor ini pelajar Institusi Pengajian Tinggi (IPT) yang lebih kepada mencari keseronokan ketika masa lapang atau melepaskan tekanan menjelang peperiksaan.

“Ramai antara mat rempit yang mengaku terbabit dalam penyalahgunaan dadah, ini membuktikan golongan itu menjadi antara penyumbang besar kepada indeks jenayah negara.

“Kira-kira 24 peratus daripada mereka mengaku pernah terbabit dalam jenayah, misalnya pecah rumah, curi motosikal, kumpulan samseng, vandalisme dan seks bebas.

“Mereka terlalu muda dan masih belum terlewat untuk membantu golongan ini kembali ke pangkal jalan. Kebanyakan mereka berusia antara 14 hingga 25 tahun dan majoritinya berusia lingkungan 21 ke atas,” katanya.

Usia terlalu muda juga menyebabkan mereka mudah taksub kepada ketua kumpulan terdiri daripada mat rempit senior. Ada antara mereka digelar ‘sifu, abang pendek, abang pendek’.

Tidak menghairankan jika dikaji latar belakang mat rempit, ia menjurus kepada golongan yang datangnya daripada keluarga berpendapatan rendah dan sederhana. Logiknya mereka juga mempunyai tahap pendidikan agak rendah dan ada antaranya tercicir daripada pengajian sekolah.

Apa yang mereka tahu ialah mencari hiburan tetapi dengan cara tersendiri yang jelas membahayakan nyawa sendiri bahkan boleh menjadi igauan ngeri kepada pengguna jalan raya lain.

Kebanyakan mereka penganggur yang tidak mempunyai pendapatan tetap, pekerja kilang (bahagian am), mat despatch (penghantar surat), penjual burger jalanan, pembantu bengkel kenderaan dan pelajar (sekolah dan IPT).

Kajian yang dijalankan dengan kerjasama cawangan Trafik Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) itu juga mendapati, 85 peratus daripada mereka tidak mempunyai lesen memandu atau tamat tempoh sah. Kebanyakan mereka juga sering menggunakan motosikal milik ibu bapa, abang, kawan, syarikat untuk berlumba.

Agak menarik, mat rempit mempunyai sikap setia kawan yang cukup tinggi dan sering mengutamakan kumpulan. Contoh paling mudah ialah jika berlaku kemalangan sama ada ketika operasi atau berlumba, mereka akan melarikan rakan mereka dan motosikal secepat mungkin sebelum dicekup polis.

INFO: Mat Rempit

76 peratus pernah ditahan polis sekurang-kurangnya sekali atau kesalahan sama atau jenayah.

24 peratus daripada mereka akan mat rempit baru (ikutan).

11 peratus daripada mereka adalah pelajar termasuk Institut Pengajian Tinggi (IPT).

Kajian:

pembabitan Mat Rempit dalam Jenayah (560 responden)

Faktor Pembabitan Mat Rempit (100 responden)

Mat Rempit dan Hubungan dengan Masalah Sosial (108 responden)

Kawasan kajian:

Zon Utara (Kedah dan Pulau Pinang)

Zon Tengah (Kuala Lumpur dan Perak)

Zon Pantai Timur (Terengganu dan Kelantan)

Zon Selatan (Johor).

Atara geng mat rempit:

Apache (Kuala Lumpur)

Budak Shell (Kuala Lumpur)

Man Botak (Pantai Timur)

Man Kerinting (Pantai Timur)

Skuter Boys (Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur)

Jenis motosikal paling popular digunakan mat rempit:

Yamaha RXZ

Honda EX5

Yamaha Nuovo

Suzuki 100

Modenas Kriss

Cadangan:

1) Mewujudkan tempat aktiviti sesuai untuk mereka seperti litar lumba secara percuma.

2) Menghantar mat rempit menyertai aktiviti atau program yang mampu mengubah tingkah laku mereka dan wujudkan sikap saling menghargai.

http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/Sunday/Bmdua/20090125084713/Article/

GOMBAK: Suasana di perkarangan Wad Kecemasan Hospital Selayang di sini, kelam-kabut apabila sekumpulan kira-kira 20 Mat Rempit bersenjatakan parang mengamuk dengan mengejar beberapa lelaki tanpa mempedulikan kakitangan dan pengunjung hospital itu, pagi semalam.

Kumpulan Mat Rempit yang meniru lagak filem aksi Hong Kong itu seolah-olah tidak menghiraukan orang ramai yang berada di situ dengan mengejar lelaki buruan mereka menggunakan parang.

Malah, pengunjung yang ketakutan hanya mampu melihat aksi itu kerana tidak berani membantu apabila melihat tindakan Mat Rempit terbabit yang seolah-olah dirasuk hantu.

Lelaki yang dikejar itu bagaimanapun terselamat apabila kejadian itu disedari beberapa anggota polis yang bertugas di hospital berkenaan.

Melihat tindakan kumpulan lelaki terbabit bertindak keterlaluan, anggota polis terpaksa melepaskan dua das tembakan amaran bagi mengawal keadaan menyebabkan kumpulan Mat Rempit terbabit tersentak.

Kumpulan Mat Rempit terbabit sebelum itu bertempur dengan musuh mereka menggunakan senjata tajam dipercayai berpunca daripada perebutan perempuan hingga seorang daripada mereka koma akibat ditetak di kepala di Taman Intan Baiduri, Kepong.

Pertempuran kira-kira jam 2.30 pagi itu menyebabkan seorang lelaki berusia lingkungan 20-an parah ditetak dipercayai menggunakan parang sebelum dia dikejarkan ke Hospital Selayang untuk rawatan.

Bagaimanapun, perkelahian itu berulang sekali lagi di hadapan Wad Kecemasan Hospital Selayang kira-kira jam 8.30 pagi apabila kumpulan Mat Rempit terbabit dikatakan masih tidak puas hati.

Difahamkan, pergaduhan itu berlaku membabitkan dua kumpulan Mat Rempit iaitu dari Taman Wira Damai di sini, dan Taman Intan Baiduri, Kepong, kira-kira tiga kilometer dari hospital itu.

Berikutan situasi kelam-kabut, anggota polis terpaksa melepaskan dua das tembakan amaran ke udara bagi meleraikan pergaduhan antara kedua-dua kumpulan pelumba motosikal haram itu.

Polis terpaksa bertindak demikian apabila 20 anggota kumpulan Mat Rempit terbabit bertindak ganas, malah mengacukan parang ke leher seorang pengawal keselamatan yang cuba meleraikan pergaduhan.

Ketua Polis Daerah Gombak, Asisten Komisioner Mohamad Abdullah, berkata kejadian kira-kira jam 2.30 pagi itu membabitkan Mat Rempit dipercayai daripada kumpulan berlainan.

Menurutnya, dalam pergaduhan itu, seorang lelaki parah akibat ditetak di kepala menggunakan parang dan dikejarkan ke Hospital Selayang untuk rawatan.

“Pergaduhan itu bagaimanapun berlarutan sehingga ke Hospital Selayang,” katanya.

Difahamkan, seorang lelaki berparang cedera terkena senjata tajam yang dibawanya dan menerima rawatan di hospital sama.

Mohamad berkata, susulan kejadian itu, polis menahan 14 Mat Rempit berusia lingkungan 20-an bagi membantu siasatan.

Katanya, siasatan awal mendapati pergaduhan itu disebabkan perebutan seorang perempuan.

“Polis akan mengambil keterangan daripada beberapa saksi dan suspek yang ditahan untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut punca kejadian,” katanya.

Menurutnya, kes itu disiasat mengikut Seksyen 148 Kanun Keseksaan kerana kesalahan merusuh.

Harian Metro, 23 Ogos 2007

Brutalised in Bangsar by Mat Rempits

VIOLENT crime in progress: These pictures tell how 14 Mat Rempit ganged up to beat and rob five women during an early morning fuel stop in Bangsar.

A CCTV surveillance camera captured the attack on the three sisters and two of their cousins at the Shell petrol station in Jalan Bangsar.

Traumatised, they have vowed never to go to a petrol station again after dark.

Twelve young thugs, on six motorcycles, were said to be 'hovering around the station' while a pair on another motorcycle filled up as the women drove in about 3.30am on Saturday.

They were on their way home after a function in Puchong. Sisters Uma Munusamy, 33, Chittra, 32, and Latha, 31, were to drop off cousins Ragas Letchumanan, 28, and Komala, 20, at their Bangsar home when they decided to stop for fuel.

They drove up to a pump at the station. Latha went to the window counter to pay, while Chittra, who was driving, got out to fill up. That was when the Mat Rempit, who had been noisy and boisterous, moved in, as if acting on cue.

One thug attacked Latha, splashing a can of 'Red Bull' energy drink on her face. The sweet-sour liquid stung her eyes, temporarily blinding her as the thug pushed her down, hit her with the drink can and snatched her gold chain and handphone.

Another three dashed to the car to attack the others.

'We were in fear. We thought that we had been splashed with acid, as the liquid they threw on our faces really stung,' said Uma, recalling the attack.

The women screamed for help, but none arrived. The petrol station workers were safe and sound, inside the premises, where the doors had been locked at midnight.

'The workers just stood there, watching,' said Latha. At the car, the Mat Rempit ordered the girls to hand over their valuables and handphones. One of them just couldn't wait. He yanked Uma's gold bracelet off one wrist and at the same time snatched the handphone she held in the other hand. Despite fearing for their lives, the girls put up a fight, trying to

prevent the robbers from getting away with their belongings. The scuffles only led to injuries, but fortunately, minor ones.

Ragas was hit on the head several times, while Chittra sustained injuries on her neck and right arm, besides suffering an injury to the lower lip. She was then beaten up with a soda can.

The whole incident really traumatised us but what was worse was the fact the workers did not even bother to help,' said Uma.

This is one nightmare they do not ever want to experience again. And, for them at least, no more filling up fuel at night, or stopping anywhere either during the wee hours. Their total loss: RM3,000 in cash and valuables.

The five made a report at the Brickfields police station soon after recovering from the shock of the attack. Police said they are investigating, and have yet to identify the culprits.

The women also expressed their frustration over the Mat Rempit menace. 'So much has been said, so much anger and frustration has been expressed over these motorcycle thugs... but yet they seem to be having a free run,' said Chittra.

Their only hope is that justice will be done, that the CCTV images captured by the surveillance camera will lead to arrests and conviction.

Malay Mail 31 June 2008

Apache Sereng Sebar Ideologi

KUALA LUMPUR: Geng Apache Sereng yang menduduki carta teratas kumpulan mat rempit tegar, dikesan cuba menjadikan kumpulan mereka mirip kongsi gelap apabila merancang mengukuhkan kedudukan di seluruh negara, selain menerapkan ciri-ciri ‘ketaksuban’ dan terbabit kegiatan jenayah.

Perkembangan itu dibuktikan menerusi pengakuan bekas pengikut dan remaja yang terlalu taksub dengan kumpulan terbabit sehingga menyebarkan ideologi mereka melalui laman web kenalan antarabangsa seperti myspace.

Lebih membimbangkan, kumpulan Apache Sereng dikatakan turut melebarkan pengaruhnya dengan merekrut ahli membabitkan pelajar sekolah dan setiap ahli dikenakan bayaran tertentu serta kad keahlian.

Seorang pelajar tingkatan tiga yang taksub untuk menjadi ahli kumpulan Apache Sereng, Halim, 15, berkata kerana terlalu fanatik terhadap kumpulan itu, dia sanggup lari dari rumah untuk mendaftar sebagai ahli.

Katanya, di kalangan rakan sekolah, kumpulan itu sering menjadi sebutan dan ramai mahu menyertainya.

“Antara tarikan utama kumpulan itu ialah pengikutnya digeruni dan dihormati kumpulan mat rempit lain. Jika kita buat hal atau ‘diusik’, ahli kumpulan memberi perlindungan dan membalas dendam.

“Kerana terpengaruh, saya sanggup lari dari rumah di Shah Alam ke Sepang selepas diberi ‘lampu hijau’ untuk menyertai kumpulan itu di Sepang. Bagaimanapun, hasrat saya tidak kesampaian apabila dikesan ibu bapa yang terus menghantar saya ke sebuah pusat pemulihan akhlak,” katanya.

Seorang lagi remaja yang mahu dikenali sebagai Zahari, 15, menyifatkan kumpulan itu bukan calang-calang kerana ada ramai ahli dan pengaruh di seluruh negara.

“Ramai menganggap kumpulan itu hanya menerima ahli yang memiliki motosikal, tetapi sejak kebelakangan ini mereka tidak kisah jika ahli tiada motosikal. Yang penting, mereka mahu menambah ahli dan melebarkan pengaruh,” katanya.

Menurut Zahari, dia pernah terbabit dengan jenayah curi motosikal dan beranggapan dengan ‘rekodnya’ itu, dia diberi lebih perhatian dalam kumpulan.

“Saya difahamkan, sesiapa yang ada rekod jenayah, terutama curi motosikal dan mahu menyertai kumpulan itu, laluannya lebih mudah, malah cepat naik.

“Saya difahamkan, ini kerana di kalangan ahli kumpulan itu memang ada yang terbabit dengan kegiatan curi motosikal,” katanya.

Ketua Trafik Pasukan Bukit Aman, Asisten Komisioner Hamza Taib, baru-baru ini dilaporkan berkata, pihaknya mengenal pasti lima kumpulan lumba motosikal haram yang aktif melakukan aktiviti mereka di ibu kota iaitu Geng Apache, Apache Junior, Apache Sereng, Pangkah dan Jamil Maut.

“Kumpulan itu dipercayai turut terbabit dengan kegiatan curi motosikal dan ragut,” katanya.

Ketika diminta mengulas lebih lanjut perkembangan itu, terutama kegiatan jenayah dan pembabitan pelajar sekolah dalam kumpulan Apache Sereng, Ketua Polis Kuala Lumpur, Deputi Komisioner Zulhasnan Najib Baharuddin, menyifatkan keadaan masih terkawal.

“Ia tidak sampai ke tahap seperti digembar-gemburkan mereka. Polis sentiasa memantau bukan saja kumpulan itu (Apache Sereng) tetapi juga kumpulan lain. Setiap minggu polis buat operasi,” katanya ringkas.

Bagaimanapun, seorang bekas ahli kumpulan Apache Sereng yang lebih senior dan hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Ali, 21, mengakui anggota kumpulan haram itu begitu berpengaruh dan sering menimbulkan kekacauan di kalangan orang awam.

Katanya, minum arak, suka menimbulkan huru hara di jalan raya serta mencabar polis dan mengganggu orang ramai adalah perkara ‘wajib’ bagi mereka.

“Ahli terbuka kepada sesiapa, sama ada memiliki lesen atau tidak, tetapi untuk berbuat demikian, kami perlu merujuk di kawasan masing-masing kerana setiap kawasan ada ketua.

“Yuran dikenakan bergantung kepada ketua kawasan, ada yang mengenakan RM10, RM20 atau RM30 seorang dan dengan bayaran itu ahli baru menerima ‘sticker’ (pelekat) kumpulan serta kad ahli yang tertera nama, alamat serta lambang kumpulan.

“Pernah ada remaja yang bukan ahli menampal pelekat kumpulan ini di motosikalnya dipukul kerana sewenang-wenangnya menggunakannya tanpa ‘tauliah’,” katanya.

Menurutnya, selepas menjadi ahli, mereka boleh mengikut aktiviti ahli kumpulan lain seperti ‘meronda-ronda’ sekitar Kuala Lumpur atau berkumpul beramai-ramai di kelab malam.

“Biasanya malam minggu paling mendapat sambutan berbanding hari lain. Lebih menarik lagi, pada malam itu kami membuat huru-hara seperti buat bising, ‘bakar’ (mencabar) polis dan menunggang dalam kumpulan ramai seperti 50 buah motosikal sekali gus,” katanya.

Menurutnya, di samping meronda di jalan raya, mereka suka melakukan aktiviti berbahaya atau mahu ‘tunjuk kuasa’ kepada orang ramai, termasuk kumpulan lain seperti ‘wheelie’, ‘wikang’ dan ‘main corner’.

Sepanjang satu setengah tahun menyertai kumpulan itu, Ali berkata, arak menjadi teman setianya, malah minuman haram itu menjadikannya lebih agresif.

Ali juga mempunyai pengalaman ngeri dalam hidupnya apabila rakan dalam kumpulannya meninggal dunia akibat pergaduhan dengan kumpulan lain.

Dalam pada itu, laman web kenalan antarabangsa seperti ‘myspace’ dan ‘friendster’ menjadi saluran untuk mengagung-agungkan kumpulan itu, sekali gus mampu mempengaruhi pengunjungnya.

Pemerhatian Metro Ahad di laman web itu mendapati, ahli kumpulan terbabit memuat turun logo Apache Sereng berbentuk imej dayak Amerika Syarikat dalam jumlah yang banyak di laman web masing-masing.

Berdasarkan profil ahli kumpulan terbabit, pengaruh mereka juga terbukti semakin meluas apabila tidak hanya tertumpu di Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor, tetapi turut meliputi negeri seperti Johor, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan dan Melaka.

Bagaimanapun, yang mengejutkan, kumpulan terbabit secara terang-terangan mengamalkan konsep ‘ketaksuban’ apabila menerapkan unsur kebencian terhadap kumpulan mat rempit lain.

Lebih biadap, kumpulan terbabit turut mengubahsuai logo Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) apabila meletakkan logo kumpulan mereka dan mengubah perkataan Polis Diraja Malaysia kepada Sereng Diraja Malaysia.

Info Apache Sereng

Aktif di Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Pahang, Negeri Sembilan dan Melaka.

Setiap kawasan ada ketua.

Tarik ahli di kalangan murid sekolah.

Guna laman web untuk tambah ahli.

Ahli dikenakan yuran RM10 hingga RM30.

Ahli baru menerima ‘sticker’ (pelekat) serta kad ahli.

Selain lumba haram, ahli terbabit dalam jenayah curi motosikal dan samun.

Harian Metro 16 September 2007

Senseless love for Mat Rempi

IN the movies, the hero is one of the coolest characters, performing amazing stunts with ease while escaping injury.

After overcoming seemingly insurmountable challenges, he wins the heart of the pretty lass and rides off into the sunset.

In real life, however, total disregard for safety to perform stunts on public roads while in an intimate embrace is hardly a wise act.

Common sense has been blown away by the rushing breeze in Puchong Prima as this motorcyclist has opted to guide the vehicle with his feet!

His passenger too has taken leave of her senses as she cuddles the rider while holding onto the safety helmet.

http://www.mmail.com.my/Senseless_love_for_Mat_Rempit.aspx

Bartender attacked by mat rempits

A BARTENDER who tried to help a motorcyclist fleeing from a group of mat rempits was assaulted and injured by them.

Chai Kok Ping, 38, sustained cuts on his head and body in the incident outside a cafe in Taiping on Sunday.

Recalling the incident at a press conference organised by Aulong assemblyman Yew Tian Hoe yesterday, Chai said the 20-year-old motorcyclist barged into the cafe about 1am to seek refuge.

Assault victim: Yew showing the injuries on Chai's head.

“The motorcyclist said he was being chased by a group of mat rempits and I told him to lodge a report with the police,” he said.

“Within minutes, I heard shouts before the cafe glass entrance was shattered by stones.

“I was assaulted when I went out to investigate. A colleague quickly pulled me back into the cafe, sparing me from further harm,” said Chai who later received 32 stitches for the wounds at the Taiping Hospital.

Chai claimed that although the police arrived in three patrol cars immediately after the incident, no attempt was made by the policemen to apprehend the mat rempits who were on about 60 motorcycles.

Chai claimed that when he was being treated at the hospital, a police officer said that he (Chai) would be arrested.

“Where is justice? I was assaulted for helping the motorcyclist but I am being arrested too?” he asked.

Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Raja Musa Raja Razak said when policemen arrived at the scene, the group of motorcyclists who assaulted Chai immediately fled the scene.

“We are not arresting Chai but he is among those being investigated because after the assault, Chai’s fellow workers or friends vented their anger on an innocent man who was passing by on his motorcycle at about 2.45am.

“The innocent passer-by was not only assaulted but his motorcycle was also set on fire,” said ACP Raja Musa, adding that no suspect had been arrested so far in connection with the case.

ACP Raja Musa said police conducted operations every weekend to apprehend mat rempits, adding that so far, more than 70 mat rempits had their motorcycles seized. They have been charged under Section 42 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2008/11/25/north/2633701&sec=north

Tepuk dada tanya siapa?

Harian Metro 25 Mei 2007

Duo in hospital after assault by 50 Mat Rempits

By M. KUMAR

KUALA LUMPUR: Two men had to be hospitalised after they were allegedly beaten up by about 50 Mat Rempits who then robbed them in Jalan Pahang, Titiwangsa, near here.

According to one of the victims, Parminder Singh, the incident was supposedly witnessed by a man who looked like a plain-clothes police officer, as he was in possession of a firearm.

“The man not only did nothing to help us but instead urged the assailants to beat us harder,” said Parminder. 21.

The incident happened in the wee hours of last Wednesday when Parminder along with his friend, Sunildip Singh, 25, were travelling in a car towards the city when suddenly a Mat Rempit swerved in front of them and demanded they stepped out of the vehicle.

“When we alighted, we found ourselves suddenly surrounded by about 50 Mat Rempits. Some of them accused us of ramming into the guy who swerved in front of us,” said Parminder.

Without warning, several of the Mat Rempits began beating them with helmets, iron rods and knuckle dusters.

Sunildip, who had his jaw fractured in three places, said there was no way to defend themselves as more Mat Rempits joined in the assault, adding that he fainted soon after.

The mob then took his wallet and cellphone.

Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Zakaria Pagan confirmed the incident but said the victim did not mention anything about seeing a plain-clothes policeman at the scene of the assault.

“Investigations are under way. We estimated the number of Mat Rempits to be around 20 based on the victim’s report.”

ACP Zakaria said the police would contact the victim to obtain more details on the alleged policeman.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/3/2/nation/3381671&sec=nation