Detectives looking for clues at the house.
By Connie Chieng
KUCHING: A National Service trainer and his family endured an hour of terror when four men, wearing masks and armed with two parangs, a screw driver and a cutter, broke into their rented house at Lorong A3, BDC and made off with at least RM10,000 in valuables.According to the ex-army man, 46, from Peninsular Malaysia, he has been on a stint in Sarawak for a year to conduct training for National Service trainees.He said the robbers broke into the house through the back door and then they broke into his 14-year-old son’s bedroom. After grabbing his son, they called out to him to open the door to the master bedroom.When the man saw the masked men, he tried to slam the door shut but they showed him his son whose hands were already tied behind his the back. He and his wife, who is a kindergarten teacher, were then tied up with cables ripped from a fan.According to the victims, despite wearing masks, the robbers still hid their faces with clothes taken from the clothe lines.The couple’s two younger children, a four-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son, who were sleeping were left alone. Their other daughter, aged 16, who was in the other bedroom, was taken to the master bedroom and tied up. The four robbers then ransacked all the three bedrooms upstairs and made off with three mobile phones, RM100 cash and gold jewellery. The trainer said he untied himself, then woke up his two sleeping children and told them to go to the master bedroom. He then shouted to neighbours through a window but none heard him. He said the four robbers spoke in Malay and he believed that there were foreigners among them judging from their accent.Police later searched the surrounding areas for clues. This is the sixth robbery case in the city this year.
By Connie Chieng
KUCHING: A National Service trainer and his family endured an hour of terror when four men, wearing masks and armed with two parangs, a screw driver and a cutter, broke into their rented house at Lorong A3, BDC and made off with at least RM10,000 in valuables.According to the ex-army man, 46, from Peninsular Malaysia, he has been on a stint in Sarawak for a year to conduct training for National Service trainees.He said the robbers broke into the house through the back door and then they broke into his 14-year-old son’s bedroom. After grabbing his son, they called out to him to open the door to the master bedroom.When the man saw the masked men, he tried to slam the door shut but they showed him his son whose hands were already tied behind his the back. He and his wife, who is a kindergarten teacher, were then tied up with cables ripped from a fan.According to the victims, despite wearing masks, the robbers still hid their faces with clothes taken from the clothe lines.The couple’s two younger children, a four-year-old daughter and eight-year-old son, who were sleeping were left alone. Their other daughter, aged 16, who was in the other bedroom, was taken to the master bedroom and tied up. The four robbers then ransacked all the three bedrooms upstairs and made off with three mobile phones, RM100 cash and gold jewellery. The trainer said he untied himself, then woke up his two sleeping children and told them to go to the master bedroom. He then shouted to neighbours through a window but none heard him. He said the four robbers spoke in Malay and he believed that there were foreigners among them judging from their accent.Police later searched the surrounding areas for clues. This is the sixth robbery case in the city this year.
For the past 3 years, I was also involved with preparing the programes for the NS to go for visits to government agencies, NGOs and villages, very hectic and time consuming, hopely they can do better this year...
Hope the police will be able to catch the culprits soon...
2 comments:
The present Kuching Resident's house was broken into twice 2 years ago...its that bad in Kuching.
Yes, she did mention it a few times, I think it is based on location and appearance of the house, then again no one is safe from these people. Not even YBs...
I was asking about the safety features about a car alarm lock and how good it is, the tauke said, kalau orang mahu curi kereta, sekarang dia angkat parang, lu mahu buat apa...
Is it because the economy is that bad? If so, Why is it we can see more exclusive cars on the roads?
Maybe our border is too porous...
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