Lawyer abducted by gang of four
MK Anwar & Ignatius Stephen

 
CID personnel nail a suspect in Gadong.

Bandar Seri Begawan - The mystery abduction of a 34-year-old local woman lawyer on Tuesday sent shock waves throughout the legal community as she vanished with four tattooed and knife-wielding men without a trace overnight.

She was forced into her car at knifepoint and driven to Gadong where her alleged abductors abandoned the vehicle.

Police acted swiftly and apprehended four suspects said to be all foreigners in a matter of 16 hours. The last suspect was nabbed at Gadong by CID personnel around 8pm last night.

Lawyer Naz Parveen Rashid, a member of the legal firm Sandhu & Co with offices at Badiah Complex in Km 2 Jalan Tutong in the Brunei capital, was however found the following evening at Bukit Panggal in the Tutong District about 50 km away dazed and bruised.

Her work mates told the Borneo Bulletin that they discovered her with the help of a woman bomoh.

She suffered facial injuries and cuts and became unconscious soon after her rescue and while being rushed to the hospital in Tutong town.

The woman lawyer’s ordeal began soon after she finished shopping at the First Emporium Department Store near her office before going to her usual aerobic class after office on Tuesday at about 5 pm.

She had parked her car at the Badiah Complex basement car park and was just about to get in with her shopping bag when the men appeared.

One had a knife pointing at her and others allegedly forced her into the car.

“It was a horrendous experience,” she told her uncle after her rescue while being taken to hospital just before she became unconscious.

Her colleagues who went to search the mother of two found the car gone but her glasses were discovered at the car park suggesting that she was probably grabbed and forced into the car.

Her relatives becoming alarmed also searched and a police report was lodged.

“We were most worried and spent a sleepless night,” said lawyer Daljit Singh Sandhu, her senior colleague.

“When we could not find her in the evening a staff gave the name of a psychic who said the missing car could be found in Gadong and sure enough it was there,” said Mr Sandhu.

“There were grease marks all over the place in the car as apparently a meal had been eaten.

“Someone had loosened the car speaker wire suggesting that it could have been used for tying up the victim.”

The police was told about the discovery of the car in Gadong that night.

Meanwhile the law firm began to assume the aspect of an operational headquarters with lawyers and their clerks turning detectives.

Mr Daljit Sandhu directing operations meanwhile got in touch with another woman bomoh.

“We exerted considerable pressure on her. She said Naz could be found within three days. We continued to work hard on the psychic who at last said that the missing person was near Bukil Panggal in Tutong.

“We formed two search parties and uncannily enough we found Naz near Bukit Panggal in the evening.”

Meanwhile four persons are expected to appear before the Bandar Seri Begawan Magistrate’s court shortly. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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