One Robbery and a Snatch

 Kuching, Sarawak on Mon. 23 Nov 2009
 An insurance agent lost cash and a handphone after she was waylaid by two men in a roadside robbery incident on Monday.The middle-aged woman was standing in front of an eatery in Kota Sentosa around 2.30pm when two men on a motorcycle suddenly pulled up next to her.

One of them whipped out a kitchen knife, pointed it at her and demanded for her handbag, which contained RM50, a handphone, credit cards, ATM cards and other forms of personal documents.

The duo then sped away from the scene while the scared but unhurt victim lodged a police report of the incident.

In an unrelated incident also on Monday, an Indonesian housewife was fortunate not to sustain any injury after falling victim to a snatch thief.

The 23-year-old woman had just exited a supermarket at Jalan Sherip Masahor when a lone motorcyclist rode past her from behind and snatched her handbag.

The woman almost fell to the ground but managed to keep her balance, and could only watch helplessly as the thief sped away from the scene.

Among the items inside her handbag included RM1,000; 300,000 rupiah and her passport.

She lodged a police report at the Sungai Maong police station immediately after the incident.