Car Wheel Thieves Alert!

Latest Update: April 19

This piece of news was taken from the NST:

Suspended Lance Corporal suspected to be car thief!

KUALA LUMPUR: Suspended from work for drug-related offences, a lance corporal supplemented his income with a string of wayside robberies in Setapak and Wangsa Maju.

His robbery spree came to an end on Thursday when the policeman and an accomplice were arrested by Sentul policemen on crime prevention rounds in Taman Sri Rampai.

The suspects, both aged 25, were nabbed about 11.30pm after they were found with a knife and a pair of handcuffs when searched by the police.

A motorcycle, which had been reported stolen in Ampang last year, was also seized from them.

The men have been remanded until Tuesday to facilitate investigations.
Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner Zakaria Pagan said at least five cases of wayside robberies in the Setapak and Wangsa Maju area had been solved with the duo's arrest.

The robbers normally approached their victims and identified themselves as policemen before robbing them.

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Thanks to a reader, this blog has been informed that there are wheel stealers near the LRT station at Section 2. Several motorists who left their cars there came back from work to find the wheels of their cars missing.

Can we hope that the LRT operators beef up the security in the area? Already, there are CCTV cameras in Section 2. How about the LRT operator mounting some from the LRT beams to keep an eye on the cars of your customers? This is good customer service and will encourage more to take your LRT to work instead.

There have also been several car thefts in Taman Seri Rampai as well, as we have been informed. If you have any notifications to tell us, please write to us or put your commen here. let's work together for the security of Wangsa Maju P116!

Income Tax Department in Wangsa Maju

If you are wondering where Menara Hidayah* (formerly Menara Kausar) is in Wangsa Maju, where you are supposed to go settle your taxes, then here is the picture. It is located right opposite the Alpha Angle.

The nearest public transport hub is the Wangsa Maju LRT station.

Get down there, walk across the road via the pedestrian bridge and get down the other side, and head towards Alpha Angle.

The building is at your right if you are facing Alpha Angle from the LRT station.



*Thanks to Eddie Wong for update!

Why Is The Authority Wasting Money Digging Up Well-Tarred Roads In Wangsa Maju?

This one's along the road from Section One towards the Shell Station near Selangor Pewter.

Have you kept your eyes on the road in Wangsa Maju lately? I have and I dont like what I saw. Snakes (or rivers if you wish) of newly tarred patches have appeared everywhere.

This one is poorly patched, no doubt.

The roads were tarred before the March 8 elections when the BN reprsentative was in charge. Now, services companies have dugged up the newly tarred roads and doing one heck of a lousy job in some areas patching them up. You see hundreds of metres long tarred strips criss-crossing the roads, posing a danger to cyclists and motorcyclists as they trap water after rain.

I wonder if the local Member of Parliament is keeping tabs on this. Because if he does, I hope he can bring up the problems with the authorities because not only money gets spent unnecessarily, the residents of Wangsa Maju are also inconvenienced and their lives put at risk in some areas.

Section 1 Wangsa Maju

Section 1 apartments - look at the number of satellite TV dishes on the corridors and you won't think this is a low-cost housing area

WANGSA Maju Section 1 and 2 are divided by the LRT line and encloses Taman Desa Setapak. In the old days, Section 1's residents comprise mostly Malays while Section 2 is made up of mostly Chinese.

Section 1 comprises five-storey walk-up flats, with mostly two rooms. Amenities here include the Jusco complex which is next to the Income Tax department.

There are also two petrol stations nearby and a secondary school not far away.

There was a huge oxidation pond here for years. Now sits beautiful gated community.
There used to be a huge oxidation pond on the western perimeter of Section 1 but has today been reclaimed into a gated community known as "Taman Sri Andaman" link houses.


One of the houses at Andaman


If you approach Section 1from the south, this gated community is on your left. You can't miss it. It sits smack on top of where the oxidation ponds were. It is quite interesting to note that land is now so scarce that even what used to hold human excrement is today prime property and funnily, this high-end property is just a shout's distance away from the low-cost flats that made up Section 1.

There is a horrendously long night market from this place to Jusco on Monday evenings and the road is closed from 5pm to midnight. Don't try to drive through or you will end up stuck till midnight.