A visit to a temple in Seri Kembangan on Tuesday turned out to be a traumatic one for Kuan Choy Peng, a 52-year-old housewife from Kepong.
She was walking along the busy Sungai Besi Expressway towards the temple located at the Mines Waterfront Business Park at about 11.30am when she was hit on the head from the back with a hammer.
Painful encounter: Choy Peng received two stitches at the back of her head. “He swung the hammer at me again but missed. I then let go of my handbag and fell to the ground.
“When I chased after him, I saw another man waiting for him on a motorcycle. The motorcyclist gave me a stare and I decided to give up,” Choy Peng said.
Blood was oozing from the wound and she later received two stitches at the Sime Darby Medical Centre in Subang Jaya.
The CT scan and X-ray examination showed that she did not suffer any blood clot, and her skull was not fractured.
“I am fortunate to be alive but the culprits must be nabbed and punished so that no one else would get hurt,” Choy Peng said.
The hammer used by the robber was retrieved from a drain at the scene. The handbag was found in a residential area in Section 8, Seri Kembangan and delivered to the Serdang DAP service centre by a good Samaritan.
Cash amounting to about RM500 was missing while other items such as credit cards and car keys were still in the bag.
Choy Peng’s brother, Kuan Chee Heng, who is the founder of a community policing website (http://cops.org.my/), urged the public to cooperate with the police by feeding them with information on any suspicious characters in their neighbourhood.
“These people might be crooks, offenders on the loose. Preventive measures should be taken before any untoward incident happens,” he said.
TheStar reports 19 Nov 2009
There was a case along Bangsar where a woman was knock unconcious by the thief using his Crash Helmet before taking her handbag than escaping with an accomplice waiting on a motor bike.
ReplyDeleteThis is a scary story the woman could be killed with a blow to the head from a hammer. Woman should stop carrying handbags when walking the streets for safety reasons.
ReplyDeleteHi Anon, It will be better if you could provide us the approximate day or date and time and the about location of the incident.
ReplyDeleteExample: In front of the McDonalds of Jalan Bangsar.
Yes Scary, That's a good suggestion.
Scary: Good advice but not practical. How many women you know that go out with pockets? If they don't have a handbag how do you expect them to carry their stuff around?
ReplyDeleteJas. maybe they just carry a small pouch or a shopping bag when they have to walk the streets..
ReplyDeleteAll the girls should save their money instead of buying meaningless expensive handbags and attracting snatch thieves.
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