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100 motorists suffer tyre punctures on NSE BOLEHLAND - anything pun boleh!!! Fri, Jul 03, 2009 The Star/Asia News Network MALAYSIA - NAILS scattered along the Tapah-Ipoh stretch of the North-South Expressway caused tyre punctures for more than 100 motorists, including a deputy minister, on Wednesday. The nails are believed to have fallen off a lorry during transport. Nanyang Siang Pau said some car owners had to replace two or three punctured tyres in the 7pm incident. "These drivers only had one spare tyre so most of them had to repair their tyres or replace them with new ones at workshops in Gopeng, Simpang Pulai and Ipoh," it said. The daily reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong, who was on his way from Kuala Lumpur to attend an MCA function in Ipoh, was one of the victims. Workers from PLUS Expressways Bhd have since cleaned up the stretch and removed the remaining nails. 2009/07/02 Robbers slash cop, 2 others - Email to friend Print article PETALING JAYA: Three people, including an off-duty policeman, were seriously injured when an attempted robbery went awry at Sunway Mentari flats here on Wednesday night. They were stabbed and slashed by four robbers armed with parang in the 11.30pm incident. The episode began when three of the robbers confronted a man and his wife as they were walking towards their car. One of the robbers slashed the man but the woman's screams alerted several people who rushed to the couple's aid. The crowd managed to catch one of the robbers but the other two escaped. Just then, constable Omar Osman, 22, who was driving home from the Klang police headquarters, happened to be on the scene and stopped to investigate. When the crowd explained what had happened, Omar took the robber into custody. At this point, the two robbers who had escaped returned with another accomplice and attacked Omar in a bid to rescue their friend. Apart from Omar, another person was also slashed. The robbers fled in a car. The three injured were sent to hospital, where their conditions are described to be serious but stable. District police chef Assistant Commissioner Arjunaidi Mohamad appealed to the public to assist in investigations.