News about this 'brave' robbery appeared on front page of Sin Chew on Monday, 10 June 2013.
You can read about the same news here:
http://mob.com.my/news/crime/june-2013/gang-robs-70-people#.UbrOB5yND4t
Gang robs 70 people
A gang of 10 robbers held up 70 customers of a popular steamboat
eatery in Taman Mutiara Barat, Cheras in Kuala Lumpur on early Sunday
morning and relieved them of their money and valuables.
In the 4.30am robbery on Sunday, the robbers fled with RM20,000 from them.
Two of the victims had reported the robbery to Cheras district police.
They told police the suspects arrived at the restaurant in two cars and
several motorcycles.
They said the suspects blocked both end of Jalan Mutiara Raya before
rounding up the customers, mostly pub goers who were having their meals
outside the restaurant, and order them to surrender their cash and
valuables.
Cheras police confirmed two of the victims had reported the robbery
them. They are seeking others to come forward to make their reports.
News about this 'brave' robbery was also brought up by Tony Pua, MP of Petaling Jaya Utara.
Spate of robberies puts Putrajaya anti-crime fight under spotlight
Tony Pua highlighted the force’s slow move to restructure the police resources and focus in crime fighting. - File pic
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — The recent spate of robberies in the Klang
Valley have again placed Putrajaya’s anti-crime policies under the
spotlight and highlights the need to reform the police force, the DAP’s
Tony Pua said today.
Last Saturday, nearly 70 people were robbed at an open air steamboat
restaurant in Cheras by a group of 10 persons armed with machetes and
iron rods. The shop owners and patrons lost more than RM20,000 and at
least 2 of the customers were assaulted as a result of being too tardy
with coughing up with their valuables.
Over the past 2 nights, there were 2 incidences of armed gang
robberies carried out at open air restaurants in Kepong, Cheras and
Kajang on each night despite the police claiming to have detain three
suspects yesterday afternoon.
“Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Najib Razak himself promised Malaysias a
‘war against crime’ on Saturday when launching the ‘United Against
Crime’ programme with much fanfare.
“The newly appointed Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Khalid
Abu Bakar proudly announced on his appointment date on May 16 that he
wants to make safety and security his priority and return the streets to
the people.
“But where is this “war against crime?” Pua, who is also Petaling Jaya Utara MP, said in a statement.
The DAP leader added that the robberies were akin to the criminals
“thumbing their noses” at the authorities when they were allowed to rob 2
eateries and then proceeded to enjoy and “binge” themselves at a local
pub.
The pub was also robbed after the group refused to pay.
Pua said the government has the moral duty to admit the shortcomings
in its anti-crime policies, adding that they could no longer dismiss
rising crime as a mere “perception”.
“If the Prime Minister and the new IGP is serious about this ‘war
against crime’, they must implement the key recommendations of the 2005
Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) recommendations for the Royal
Malaysian Police,” he said.
However, Pua noted that the Najib administration has so far ignored
most of the recommendations including the refusal to establish
the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).
The Petaling Jaya MP also highlighted the force’s slow move to
restructure the police resources and focus in crime fighting, a second
key recommendation of the RCI.
The lack of and unbalanced manpower management have often been cited
as the key facto behind the police’s ineffectiveness in curbing crime.
The problem was also highlighted in the findings of the RCI.
“We hope that under the new Home Minister, Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi,
the Government will no longer deem the severity of the crime issue being
a matter of ‘public perception’.
“Rampant crime is real, Malaysians do not feel safe and the only
perception of crime that needs to change is that belonging to the
Barisan Nasional government,” Pua said.
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