Burglars take RM1.5m in valuables, defecate in house

The damaged safe after it was prised open by the burglars


A businessman's Hari Raya celebration ended on a sour note when he returned home to find his house in Bandar Sungai Long broken into by burglars, who carted away RM1.5 million worth of valuables.

However, what irked Abdul Salam Ahmad, 49, the most was that the burglars finished the Raya cookies and defecated in the house.

The family had been away in Sungai Petani for a week and discovered the burglary only when they returned on Sunday night.

Salam found the house in a mess when the family returned at 9.30pm.

"They left the house in a total mess. They ransacked every room.

"Even our 100kg safe proved to be no hindrance for them, as they prised it open," he said yesterday.

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Thiefs steal 3 cows using wira.

After knocking out three cows using tranquillisers, three men shoved the animals into a Proton Wira in Sungai Lembu here in their grand theft plan.

The thieves, in their 20s, had used a blowpipe to sedate the animals, which were fenced up in an oil palm estate, at about 1am on Friday.

A witness, who declined to be identified, said he saw the thieves struggling to put the unconscious cows into the car which was without the backseat.

He quickly alerted the voluntary patrol unit in the area.



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Woman hurt in snatch theft bid

A snatch thief failed to get a contractor's handbag but his attempt caused her to fall, hit her head and injure her right eye.

Goh Ai Hon (pic), 50, stepped out from the bank with her 11-year-old son and a friend, Wilson Lim, when the crime happened at about 3pm on June 19 in front of a bank in Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh here, China Press reported.

The robber, revving up on a motorbike, had tried to snatch Goh's handbag but failed. In the commotion, Goh fell, hit her head and injured her right eye.

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Routine walk turns fatal for clerk in snatch theft incident

: A routine walk, the same that a 40-year-old clerk had done for the past 20 years, turned fatal after she was attacked by a snatch thief. Tar Bee Lin died due to severe head injuries.

She was walking alone to a bus-stop near her house in Taman Century here at around 8am on May 23 when a man in a motorcycle approached her.

The snatch thief then hit her on the back of the head with a blunt object, causing her to fall onto the side of the road.

He then grabbed Tar's backpack containing her laptop, house keys and some clothes.

Concerned passers-by who noticed Tar lying on the ground quickly alerted the police.

An ambulance later rushed her to Hospital Sultanah Aminah for emergency treatment.

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Hairstylist and girlfriend robbed in mall carpark

A Christmas eve date ended in a nightmare for a hairstylist and his girlfriend when a group of men armed with machetes ambushed them in a mall carpark and fled with RM4,000 from his pocket and the pair’s mobile phones.

Darren Lee, 26, said he and his girlfriend, 24, who only wanted to be known as Lee, had just left a Christmas eve party at the Sunway Pyramid at about 4am on Tuesday when they were waylaid by seven motorcycle riders, who were all armed, in the car park.

“We feared for our lives. They were were really rough,” said Lee, adding that the mob pushed and shoved them and demanded that they surrender their money and valuables.

“They threatened to abduct my girlfriend if I did not hand over all my cash,” Lee told reporters here yesterday.

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'Woman fought man who tried to grab her handbag'

Bank worker fell and was dragged for 10m by suspect, say police

KUALA LUMPUR: SNATCH theft-cum-murder victim Cindy Loh Sing Ying, who was left by the roadside after being robbed and beaten by a man in Taman Wahyu on Friday, was described as an obedient child by her parents.

A relative, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said Loh was the type who would always listen to her parents.

"Her mother, Cheng Siew Gaik, was so happy when Loh graduated earlier this year after having spent three years studying at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in Kampar, Perak," said the relative.

Loh graduated with a degree in Business Administration and had just started her bank job three weeks ago.


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More help in street crime busting

 As many as 100,000 police and non-police personnel will be made available for street crime busting under the next phase of the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) 2.0.

Attempted hold-up at 1 Utama car park

The victim, with blood on his shirt, and his wife, after the attempted robbery at the 1 Utama car park on Monday. Pix taken from Facebook


An elderly businessman required nine stitches to his upper lip after being punched by a robber in the car park of the 1 Utama shopping centre here on Monday.

The incident occurred about 10pm when the 69-year-old victim, who owns a branded sports-apparel outlet in the complex, was walking towards his car with his wife at the lower ground level indoor car park.

Panic buttons for security measure

A wireless panic button has been installed at the car park of a popular shopping mall as a measure to combat crime and protect car park users.

Gutsy woman rams car into smash-and-grab robbers

A GUTSY 31-year-old woman, enraged after being robbed at a traffic light junction in Saujana Prima, Kajang, gave chase and rammed the two robbers on Tuesday.

Earlier, the woman, an IT firm management executive, had stopped her car at the junction, only to have two men on a motorcycle smash her side window with a metal lock and grab her handbag in the 11.30pm incident.

She chased and rammed the suspects, knocking them off their bike.

The stunned suspects got up and tried to smash the driver’s side window.

However, two policemen from the Kajang police station on patrol spotted the incident and rushed to her aid.