In the news today, we read a story about a retrenched worker in the Malaysian town of Johor Bahru who decided to try a new line of work – snatch thieving – and found to his regret that his crime did not pay. Crime does not pay, no matter what form it takes. In this story, the victim’s name has been changed.
According to the report, this man had been jobless since retrenchment from Singapore. As his credit cards were maxing out, he resorted to snatching to make ends meet. The would-be criminal, who has a two-year-old child, had his eye set on profiting from a 24-year-old project executive, Azila.
The man had been patiently observing his victim who was using a bank’s cash deposit machine and when she came out of the bank’s premises, he snatched her handbag. However, he didn’t count on two things.
One, Azila's pluckiness. She screamed for help and took off after the thief. “He punched me as I scuffled with him while he tried to enter his car. My foot got stuck when he tried to close the door,” she said.
Two, several people rushed to her aid and one of them was a Police inspector. “I managed to get in his car and when I tried to free the gear, he got out and ran across the road,” said Mohamed Zaim.
The victim’s handbag was recovered. However, there was a greater reward: the snatcher’s wallet. Police got his address from his identity card and waited for him at his home.
Feel pity to that guy who did snatching... I can feel that he had no choice when he made this action to survive his own family expenses plus his debts to the bank....
Posted by: Fai | Tuesday, 03 March 2009 at 09:25 AM