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Meet the Mat Rempit
They zip around on flashy motorcycles, race each other and talk for hours about their beloved two-wheelers over beer. But motorcycle gangs, or Mat Rempit, are fast losing their fairly tame image here as a more sinister picture emerges. |
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Mat rempit ride into new careers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Wan Bahari Nasir Khan would get an adrenalin rush each time he pitted his racing skills against 200-odd Mat Rempit. |
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Internet showoffs
The showoff was flirting with death, performing stunts at highspeed while others filmed him on their handphones. |
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SMASHED because driver sounded horn
About 10 Mat Rempit, or biker gang members, chased a car and terrorised the woman driver and her female passenger near Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night. |
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Disturbed by act of random violence
At about 7.50pm I was on a bus near Petaling Street (Kuala Lumpur) when I witnessed a disturbing act of random violence. |
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Fatal bid to flee roadblock
Johor Baru: A 23-year-old factory worker was killed in a collision with six other motorcyclists along Jalan Kempas-Johor Baru while trying to escape a police operation early yesterday.
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Cops nab 10 Mat Rempit
Kuala Lumpur: Police have detained 10 motorcyclists for illegal racing on the first day of a one-month nationwide operation to curb the Mat Rempit menace. |
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'Rolling' the Mat Rempit into arms of the law
POLICE have devised a new system to net Mat Rempit. Under the rolling roadblock system, Mat Rempit making a U-turn after encountering a roadblock will not escape as policemen would be stationed along the route to block them. |
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Giving youth a second chance at life
He Second Chance Programme is the brainchild of Putera Umno as a way to counter social ills. |
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Raped by Mat Rempit but she's still in gang
She kept her dark secret for more than a year from all except her adopted sister. |
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Laws to be amended to deal with Mat Rempit
Federal traffic chief Senior Asst Comm (II) Datuk Hamza Taib said the amendment was necessary because the present laws were unclear and they did not define what constituted illegal racing. |
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They continue fight in HOSPITAL
A group of 20 motorcycle gang members - commonly known as Mat Rempit - stormed the Accident and Emergency Department of Selayang Hospital in Selangor on Wednesday, armed with parangs, wooden poles and metal rods.
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Click on MySpace and join MyGang
Online networking sites such as MySpace have become a place for Malaysian Mat Rempit gang Apache Sereng to get new members. |
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Hangin' around
Muhammad Faiz Abdul Hadi is only 16, but he does not have a curfew. In fact, on most days, he waltzes in and out of his house as he pleases. |
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Bikes banned on M'sia's KL-Putrajaya highway
Motorcycles have been barred from the new Kuala Lumpur-Putrajaya Highway for safety reasons, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said. |
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Enough of Mat Rempit menace!
THE Government and local authorities must do more to rid society of the Mat Rempit menace. The police must have the authority to seize and destroy vehicles, increase fines and impose deterrent jail sentences. |
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Mat Rempit attack cops, 37 held
Johor Baru: A police patrol unit was attacked by a group of enraged Mat Rempit after they were warned to stop their illegal race. |
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M'sian DJs spoof Mat Rempit
Hitz.FM DJs JJ Fernandez and Rudy Sufian remake the theme song from Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift in the Mat Rempit spirit. The result? A song that's "Not so furious..." |
