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Monday, April 09, 2007

Direct Selling stockist that threatened by gangsters in Sarawak


Last Monday, The Star reported that Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing had made a strong point when highlighting Sibu’s( Sarawak) security problems in Parliament.

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui said "Gangsters are getting more deeply involved in running illegal logging operations due to the lucrative returns from trading in unlicensed logs in the black market" in Miri, Sarawak on Tuesday.


Inspector-General of Police ( IGP) Tan Sri Musa Hassan flew to Sibu to check on the claims last week.


Musa said he was displeased with the crime situation, and action taken by the Sarawak police although they had arrested several kingpins and gang leaders. “I have also warned my officers and men that severe action will be taken against them if they are found to be involved with the gangsters,” Said the IGP.


Actually, prior to that. Media has reported that a direct sales stockist Wong Teck Seng, 38,his wife Lily Tiong Siew Lee, 28, and three children – aged between two and seven forced to flee their home after getting death threats from gangsters in Miri, Sarawak.


“We cannot return to Sarawak because the gangsters are so powerful there."
“They destroyed my home,''


Wong said his nightmare began after a dispute with another stockist over commissions.


He reported the matter to the company management who terminated the stockist's licence in August.


“Two months later, a group of gangsters beat up one of my subordinates and extorted RM15,000 from me. "


He then went into hiding in Kota Kinabalu, while his wife returned to her parents' home with the children.


“On Nov 10, a group of men stormed into my house and smashed everything, including the windows, furniture and home appliances.


“My house is in a mess now with shattered glass everywhere,'' he said.


Fearing for his life and the lives of his family members, Wong flew his wife and children to Kota Kinabalu. Together they came Kuala Lumpur.


A friend, who picked them up at the KL International Airport described the family's situation as “devastating and dreadful”.


“It was horrible to see them wearing pyjamas and slippers, with several boxes around them at the arrival hall,'' said the friend, Simon Yew.


Last week, Wong Teck Sing and his business partner Wong Sing Tung, caused a stir at the central police station here in Miri when hold protest at Miri police station.


Both men were ordered by policemen at the station to stop their protest or else they could be arrested for illegal demonstration.


The duo then left.


The Direct Selling company call Sweblink Global Network Sdn Bhd.


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