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Rumour or Fact? Facebook post links 1Borneo Hypermall (KK) with TB outbreak
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Police arrest 15 teen robbers after ‘Fast & Furious’ like chase in KK http://www.nst.com.my/node/81185 #15july1845 #nst170
Video: Police arrest 15 teen robbers after ‘Fast & Furious’ like chase in KK
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KOTA KINABALU: Police crippled a gang of teenage robbers after a fast and furious chase around the state capital.
Seven teenagers were nabbed first in a high speed chase in the city in the early hours of Sunday before investigations led police to eight more suspects the same day.
The first group of suspects aged between 15 and 18 were held after a car they were in ended up in a ditch after the 45-minute chase with the police.
The rest of the group were arrested in two other locations.
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WAIT FOR THE VIDEO TO COME ONE…
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Star
Friday February 27, 2015 MYT 12:05:20 PM
Video of alleged supermarket thieves in action making rounds on social media
KOTA KINABALU: A CCTV footage showing a group of people casually carting away sundry items from a supermarket in Putatan near here is being circulated on social media.
The less than 12-minute recording showed several men and women allegedly entering the shop in turns, on the pretence of searching for goods, but ended up leaving with baskets and packets of items.
The alleged thefts took place at about 8.30pm on Feb 21 without the presence of a security guard.
Penampang district police chief Deputy Supt Azmir Abdul Razak said on Thursday that investigations into the video came after a supervisor of the cooperative-run supermarket lodged a police report three days after the incident.
“Initial investigations found that one of the ‘shoppers’ had kept the shopkeeper occupied by asking a lot of questions about the goods, while the others took turns to steal,” he said.
“The supervisor only lodged a police report on Feb 24 after listing down the missing items which consisted mostly of shampoos,” he said.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/02/27/Sabah-video-thieves/
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At the mall construction site next to the KK Times Square commercial centre near Sembulan.
Star
Monday February 2, 2015 MYT 12:53:26 PM
Three construction workers hurt after awning collapses at mall construction site
KOTA KINABALU: At least three construction workers were believed to be injured when the trusses of an awning at the main entrance of a soon to be completed shopping mall in the city suddenly gave way just before noon on Monday.
Witnesses said the injured workers were seen being carried out from the area moments after the 11.25am incident.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/02/02/Sabah-awning-collapse/
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cieaya 
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Apa cer…..foyer KK TIMES SQUARE runtuh.
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Star
Monday December 22, 2014 MYT 5:41:53 PM
Sabah Suria mall fire stops Christmas shopping
People waiting outside the mall as firemen work to put out the fire
KOTA KINABALU: A fire at Suria Sabah mall caused hundreds of Christmas shoppers to practically drop their shopping bags and make a dash for the exit.
The 3pm fire on Monday, which started at the food court on the third floor, triggered the building’s fire alarm which caused panic among the shoppers and staff.
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The fire was brought under control at about 4pm.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/22/sabah-suria-mall-fire-stops-christmas-shopping/
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soul Suria Sabah just now @KKCity
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Nap Overdose Evacuation of Suria Sabah Mall.
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Now Happening at Suria Sabah @KKCity
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Was shopping with mom at Suria Sabah when the mall suddenly caught fire 
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Two men escape death while washing 4WD vehicle in river http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/11/04/Sabah-Washing-car-cheat-death/ …
Two men escape death while washing 4WD vehicle in river http://dlvr.it/7Q4FhK
KOTA KINABALU: Two men, who were washing their vehicle in a river, narrowly escaped death after water levels rose suddenly.
Mu Vu Yian, 26, and Eme Pikin, 25, were washing their four-wheel drive vehicle in the Kampung Notorus river along the Penampang-Tambunan road at about 2pm Tuesday when there was a sudden surge of water.
They managed to cling onto the vehicle to avoid being swept away while they called for help.
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District police chief Supt Ratan Kumar Singh said the men were rescued by firemen who pulled them out of the river with a rope, harness and life jackets.
was washing his 
in a river in Babagon, Penampang, Sabah. And flood suddenly swept it.
Car owner washed in a river in Babagon, Penampang, Sabah and it suddenly flooded.
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Star
Tuesday November 4, 2014 MYT 3:17:33 PM
Students in Penampang awoken by unidentified bangs
Police gathering information at the scene of the crime.
KOTA KINABALU: City police are hunting for a group of teenagers believed to have fired shots from an airgun, which damaged several windowpanes of a college hostel at Bukit Padang in Penampang.
City police chief Assist Comm M. Chandra said according to the report lodged, a student was having dinner with a friend in her room when they heard several loud bangs at about 6.45pm Monday.
“They immediately went to check and saw two holes on the panes,” he said Tuesday
ACP Chandra said the students’ suspect that the shooting was done by some boys from the nearby village.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/11/04/Penampang-college-bangs/
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THE GAYA STREET SUNDAY MARKET
Star
Monday November 3, 2014 MYT 7:47:40 AM
Crowd throngs Gaya Street market despite warnings on social media
KOTA KINABALU: The popular Gaya Street Sunday market was its usual hive of activity despite social media calls for people to be cautious and stay away.
A crowd made up of families and tourists was seen thronging the city’s famous Sunday market although a larger presence of police was seen in the area.
The police have been telling people to disregard a WhatsApp message urging people to stay away from public places, especially the Gaya Street market, claiming that some people were planning to retaliate following the fatal shooting of two Suluk robbers in Penampang on Thursday.
On Thursday, police shot dead two suspected armed robbers in Penampang’s new township.
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Jebat Legacy 
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Photo: Gaya Street, Kota Kinabalu http://tmblr.co/ZAjDnx1UaA1vk
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Star
Saturday October 18, 2014 MYT 6:59:53 PM
Man slashed at home after confronting armed intruder
KOTA KINABALU: A man was injured after fighting with an armed man who broke into his house at the University Apartments along Jalan Sulaman not far from the state capital here.
Mohd Yamzani Yassin, 33, was sleeping when he head a noise and saw the silhouette of a man in his house.
He then picked up a hockey stick and went looking for the intruder, believed to have entered the house through the an unlocked back door.
He came face-to-face with the suspect in the kitchen and managed to hit him twice before the suspect fought back.
Kota Kinabalu city police chief Assist Com M. Chandra said the intruder punched the victim and slashed him with a parang during the scuffle.
“The intruder, a well-built man believed to be in his 20s, let the victim off after the latter pleaded to let him go,” he said.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/10/18/man-slashed-by-intruder/
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NO, THE TEACHER DID NOT ABUSE THE BOY. IT WAS THE BOY’S FAULT!
The teacher was holding the boy’s ear but he tried to pull away, causing him to lose balance and accidentally knocked his head on the table.
Oh, really? But why was the teacher holding (pulling!) the boy’s ear? An act of affection?
YAHOO! NEWS MALAYSIA
Pictures of injured Primary Two schoolboy cause stir on social media
The Malay Mail Online
KOTA KINABALU, Sept 23 — Photos of a primary schoolboy with a patch of blood on his head, allegedly taken after he was abused by a teacher, has been circulating on social media, inciting anger from local residents who want the teacher involved to be punished.
The photos, being shared on social media like Facebook and WhatsApp yesterday and today claim the boy, Vincent Alfonskia from SK Kitobu in Inanam, some 15km from here, was “slapped, ear pulled, and had his head smashed on a table” by his teacher.
According to the victim’s father, Alfonskia Petrus, who lodged a police report this morning, the headmaster of the school called him at 11am saying his son was being treated at the hospital and had received three stitches.
The injuries were the result of a Bahasa Malaysia teacher punishing the pupil for not finishing his homework.
HOWEVER, THE CLAIM OF THE FATHER IS REJECTED BY THE SABAH EDUCATION DIRECTOR HIMSELF!
Sabah Education Department director Datuk Jame Alip said claims that the teacher had abused the pupil were false and denied any wrongdoing on the teacher’s part.
“After personally investigating the matter at the school and speaking to the teacher and the victim’s classmates, we found that the teacher was holding the boy’s ear but he tried to pull away, causing him to lose balance and accidentally knocked his head on the table,” said Jame.
He added that the victim’s parents had “accepted our explanation”.
https://my.news.yahoo.com/pictures-injured-primary-two-schoolboy-cause-stir-social-110600212.html
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NST
ATM gang crippled in KK
18 September 2014 @ 6:23 PM
KOTA KINABALU: Police crippled a gang believed to be responsible for attempting to break into two automatic teller machines at two banks here with the arrest of five people.
The suspects, including a woman, were arrested at a rented house in Likas near here at about 9.30pm last night. The four men were from Sarawak.
City police chief Assistant Commissioner M Chandra said the suspects aged between 23 and 55 were being detained to help in investigations into the two attempts and four break-in cases.
On Tuesday, an attempt was made to force open several ATM machines at a bank in Damai Plaza Luyang. The closed circuit television cameras were sprayed by a masked man before the attempt was made.
The following day, another attempt was made at a bank in Alam Mesra in Likas.
http://www.nst.com.my/node/34743
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ONE TRIED TO BREAK INTO AN ATM WHILE THE OTHER TRIED TO BREAK INTO A CASH DEPOSIT MACHINE.
BOTH FAILED.
Borneo Post Online
‘Superhero’ find ATMs impregnable
by Elton Gomes. Posted on September 17, 2014, Wednesday
KOTA KINABALU: A thief, clad in black and wearing a ‘Superhero・face mask, found it was futile trying to prise open the automatic teller machines (ATM) at the AmBank Berhad premises in Damai, Luyang yesterday.
In the incident, the thief entered the bank’s ATM room around 4.20 pm yesterday, which was Malaysia Day and and a public holiday, in an attempt to force open the ATM’s vault to steal the money.
Prior to his daring attempt to break into the machines in broad daylight, the thief sprayed white paint on the two units of closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) installed inside the premises.
He then tried to prise open one of the four ATMs inside the room, but after failing in the first attempt, he proceeded to the other machines.
He was, however, successful in opening one of the machine metal door but was unable break into the vault containing the cash money.
After his unsuccessful attempts, the man left the bank premises empty-handed.
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HE TRIED VERY HARD BUT AFTER GETTING OPEN THE FIRST DOOR, HE GAVE UP.
The cash deposit machine which the robber attempted to pry open.
KOTA KINABALU: Police are on the hunt for a man who was caught on camera trying to pry open a cash deposit machine at the Alamesra commercial center early Wednesday.
The suspect, believed to be a man was seen entering the premise at about 4.40am had used a metal iron to pry open the machine, but aborted his plan after damaging the first layer of the machine due to technical issues.
Kota Kinabalu city police chief Assist Comm M. Chandra said the CCTV recording of the bank showed a man with piece of cloth or shirt covering his face entering the premise.
Cops hunt for man who tried to steal from cash deposit machine
by stephanie lee
Wednesday September 17, 2014
(http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/09/17/Crime-robbery-Deposit-machine/)
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Star
Sunday September 14, 2014 MYT 11:58:00 AM
Eight ‘tourists’ arrested in Kota Kinabalu for vice activities
KOTA KINABALU: Eight “tourists” from China, Philippines and Indonesia were arrested in separate raids for suspected vice activities around the state capital.
The first to be nabbed under the Ops Noda operation was a 45-year-old woman from China at 7.40pm on Saturday.
Kota Kinabalu city police chief Assist Comm M. Chandra said the woman was arrested from a hotel at the KK Times Square commercial area.
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The second China woman was arrested at a Karaoke Lounge in Kepayan not far from the city at 11.50pm the same night.
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A third operation carried out at an entertainment outlet at Cyber Square just after midnight on Sept 14 saw seven people comprising a 24-year-old local man, who was the caretaker of the premise, five Filipino women aged between 24 and 38 (of which three had no documents), and a 27-year-old Indonesian woman arrested.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/09/14/Crime-Kota-Kinabalu-vice-activities/
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Star
Friday August 8, 2014 MYT 4:19:55 PM
Car crashes into Japanese restaurant in the heart of Kota Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: Diners in the city had to run helter skelter when a vehicle crashed into the restaurant they were having lunch in on Friday.
A Perodua Myvi was parked just outside the Yamagoya Ramen Japanese restaurant when it was hit by a Toyota Hilux four-wheel-drive vehicle driven by a 20-year-old man at about 1.40pm, causing it to crash into the building.
The owner of the Myvi was not in the car when the incident happened as he was elsewhere shopping. A nearby vehicle was also damaged following the incident.
Car crashes into Japanese restaurant in the heart of Kota Kinabalu
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Kota Kinabalu, Friday 1 August 2014
TWO IRISH MEDICAL STUDENTS DOING THEIR PRACTICAL AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WERE BEATEN UP. No, not at the hospital but outside a pub!
They had gone to a pub in Asia City. One saw his friend being beaten up outside the pub, went to help, and also got whacked. A bouncer and three other men were the assailants. Police have detained all four.
One student suffered multiple injuries, including a six-centimeter long tear at the back of his head. Was he hit with a bottle?
Both were taken to hospital for treatment.
Star, Two Irish students beaten up in Kota Kinabalu pub brawl
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Borneo Post
Driver held after hot pursuit by police
Posted on July 28, 2014, Monday
KOTA KINABALU: A 42-year-old driver of a Honda car, in an attempt to evade police inspection, led police on a 10-kilometre pursuit that ended with the car crashing into a road divider at Jalan Bantayan, Luyang, before he was apprehended.
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A police squad car was patrolling near Taman Melawa Jaya in Sepanggar around 11.10 pm on Saturday when they noticed the suspicious looking Honda car. As the police approached the car, the driver tried to flee.
This led to the 10-kilometre car chase with the police in hot pursuit, until the driver lost control of the wheel and hit the road divider at Jalan Bantayan, Luyang.
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The police also found a machete (parang) and Erimin 5 pills in the vehicle.
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16 July 2014
In Kota Kinabalu.
HOW DID THEIR CAR END UP THERE IN THAT HUGE AND DEEP MONSOON DRAIN?
One moment they were on the road, the next they crashed into this monsoon drain near the RTM building. Passers-by helped them out.
Two of the victims standing on the car as they were helped out of the monsoon drain.
GUESS WHAT PASSERS-BY WERE DOING WHEN THEY SAW THE CAR AND GIRLS IN THE MONSOON DRAIN?
This!
http://9gag.com/gag/anYpWG0?ref=fb.s
Star, Three women soaked after car plunges into monsoon drain
(http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/16/Accident-girls-in-storm-drain/)
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HE GRABBED AND RAN BUT THEY GRABBED HIM!
Star photo
This illegal immigrant entered a shop at Buhavan Square in Penampang near Kota Kinabalu, and asked to have a look at the iPad on sale. Suddenly, he ran off with it but when the trader shouted for help, people outside grabbed him.
The Star, Drug addict flees with iPad only to be stopped by crowd (http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/07/11/Sabah-drug-addict-caught-by-crowd/)
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AT LEAST HE SHOT HIMSELF AND NOT THE GIRL OR THE AUNT!
Star
Friday June 13, 2014 MYT 5:19:34 PM
Jilted man shoots himself in front of girlfriend’s house
KOTA KINABALU: An unemployed man shot himself in front of his wife-to-be’s house in Sabah’s northern Kota Marudu district on Monday, after an aunt took his 17-year-old girlfriend to Kota Kinabalu in an apparent attempt to avoid the marriage.
Lily Sulaiman, 27, died after shooting himself with a homemade shotgun at Kampung Patiu at about 11.30pm on June 9, said Kota Marudu district police chief Supt Mohd Isa Yusuf on Friday. No foul play was suspected.
He said the man, who was unemployed, was seen as unsuitable for the girl as she was still too young. They had been dating for about three years.
It was learnt that a day before the incident, Lily and his girlfriend were preparing items and money for the dowry.
The girl’s aunt had brought her to the city later the same day on June 8.
Lily was supposed to be officially engaged and marry the girl on June 9 if there were no objections from the family.
He only learnt that the girl had been taken to Kota Kinabalu the night before.
“He was very heartbroken,” Supt Mohd Isa said.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/06/13/man-suicide-front-of-girls-house/
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SUCCESS AT LAST!
After 2 months of a crime spree involving 5 reported cases of robberies/snatch thefts, it’s the end of the road for 11 suspects.
Star
Friday May 23, 2014 MYT 1:11:17 PM
Kota Kinabalu police solve five robbery and theft cases with latest arrests
KOTA KINABALU: Police have arrested a total of 11 people and believe they have solved at least five cases of robbery and snatch theft cases to have occurred in the city over the past two months.
Kota Kinabalu city police chief Assist Comm Jauteh Dikun said the most recent arrest was of a group of seven people in connection with a car break-in and vehicular theft.
“The modus operandi of this group, aged between 22 and 35, is that they first break into a person’s vehicle before making off with the victim’s handbags or other items such as keys and documents to see if they can get something else,” he said on Friday.
Jauteh said that once the group obtained the address of the victim, they would appear at their homes pretending to be agents appointed by the bank, and claim that they had been instructed to tow the victim’s vehicle away.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/23/KK-police-solve-robbery-and-theft-cases/
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THE BROKEN CAR WINDOW
He says someone did it but they couldn’t see who it was. The Police say, No, it cracked on its own.
Star
Thursday May 15, 2014 MYT 11:43:39 AM
Businessman shocked, says car window ‘smashed’ at traffic light junction in Kota Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: A businessman in his 50s got the shock of his life when the left window of his car was “smashed” at a traffic light junction in the city.
Lim Vun Chan, who is also Pan Malaysia Koo Soo Restaurants and Chefs Association president, said he was heading home with his wife and daughter, and had stopped at the red light when someone smashed his car window at about 11.30pm on Wednesday.
“Luckily, my 20-year-old daughter who was seated on the right rear passenger seat was not hurt,” he said, adding that they did not see who smashed the vehicle, as it happened too fast.
“It happened just seconds, and we were all shocked,” Lim said.
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Kota Kinabalu City Police Chief Assist Comm Jauteh Dikun when contacted, said initial investigations showed no criminal elements in the case, but would probe further.
“So far, we think the glass cracked on its own,” he said.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/15/Businessman-car-window-kota-kinabalu/
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Woman posts suicide note on Facebook, allegedly jumps off building
Star
Friday May 9, 2014 MYT 3:35:32 PM
KOTA KINABALU: A 21-year-old woman was found dead at the Centre Point shopping mall, here about two hours after she posted a suicide note on Facebook.
The woman, Hasrina Chee, was believed to have fallen off from the building’s sixth floor car park at about midnight, soon after making a Facebook post at 9.42pm on Thursday.
In Chee’s last message on Facebook, she said “goodbye” to her friends and “sorry” to her family.
She also said she would “close her eyes forever”, after naming a person believed to be her former boyfriend.
Her posting has since been deleted from Facebook, but a screenshot of her message has been making its rounds on social media.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/09/facebook-suicide-note-woman-jumps/
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Star
Friday May 9, 2014 MYT 7:36:05 PM
Mixed reaction in social media of Sabahan girl’s death
PETALING JAYA: The death of a 21-year-old Sabahan woman of suspected suicide drew various reactions in the social media, with some expressing sadness and sympathy and others criticising her action.
Hasrina Chee was found dead at the Centre Point shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu on Friday, about two hours after she posted a suicide note on Facebook.
Facebook user Joseph Varughese wrote “Its a decision she made and it has surely affected her loved ones. Let us not add sorrow on the living ones by commenting actions made by someone who died. Condolences to the family and God bless them.”
Augustin Anthony responded to the criticisms of the girl’s action by writing “before commenting and judging her actions, think about what would have been her mental state or depression level that led her to make such a decision!! Normal people in healthy mental condition wouldn’t do such a thing to themselves!”
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SAME OLD, SAME OLD
THE FATHER LEFT THE BOY IN THE CAR TO GO THE THE TOILET AT A PETROL STATION. OF COURSE, THE ENGINE WAS ON!
WHEN HE CAME BACK…you can guess the consequence.
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The boy’s family is appealing for anyone with information to contact the police or 019-9689888 (Alex).
Star
Friday May 9, 2014 MYT 11:30:35 AM
Police search for 3-year-old victim of carjacking in Kota Kinabalu
KOTA KINABALU: A massive search has been launched for the three-year-old victim of a carjacking.
It is learnt that the boy’s father had left the child inside the vehicle with the engine running when the man stopped to use the toilet at a petrol kiosk in Kg Air at about 6am, Friday. When he returned minutes later, the car was missing.
The four-wheel drive vehicle was found abandoned at the Atkinson Tower area in Signal Hill at around 9am however, the toddler was missing.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/09/Police-search-for–victim-of-carjacking/
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IN TOTAL DARKNESS, CRIMINALS WILL SOON CRAWL OUT OF THEIR HOLES AND BEGIN THEIR EVIL WORK!
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There was no explanation for the large blackout, which is the second to happen in Sabah this year.
SESB had blamed the statewide outage in January on independent power producers.
Malaysiakini
7:49PM May 5, 2014
Citywide electricity blackout in KK
Electricity supply in Kota Kinabalu was cut for most parts of the Sabah capital starting about 3.30pm today with portions still without electricity as dusk fell.
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“SESB is not doing repair works. We apologise for the inconvenience,” the Sabah power provider Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd said in a brief statement on its website.
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/261933
@yusryhamizan , kau alaminya kan? RT“@syari_wazza: bila kk jem and blackout pic.twitter.com/WAhCt9SjI3”
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Kota Kinabalu is really living up to its reputation as Crime capital of east Malaysia!
Star
Wednesday April 9, 2014 MYT 7:24:04 PM
Woman jumps out of moving car to escape carjackers
KOTA KINABALU: A gutsy 23-year-old woman managed to escape carjackers after she was taken on an eight-kilometre terror ride by jumping out of her car.
The woman, a clerical worker, was heading to work when she was carjacked Wednesday morning, sustained minor bodily injuries after rolling on the road
The two men managed to escape with her car.
According to Kota Kinabalu city police chief Assist Comm Jauteh Dikun, the woman said the men had similar facial features and were possibly related to each other.
Jauteh said police were now hunting for both men and her purple Perodua Myvi
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/04/09/Kota-kinabalu-carjack-woman-escapes/
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*As a consequence of the carjacking, security at the school car park will be tightened.
The Star
Tuesday April 8, 2014 MYT 6:41:13 AM
Boy sleeps through carjacking
THEY ARE BOTH SO LUCKY!
Sequence of events:
6 AM: WOMAN LEFT HER CAR ENGINE RUNNING, HER SON ASLEEP IN BACK OF CAR . The car is in the compound of SRJK Likas Chung Hwa.
She walks over to a bread van nearby.
When she returns, the car, and her son, are gone!
She makes a police report.
7.30AM: The car is seen in town, and the boy is still asleep!
Stolen car found: Chung (right) and her son looking at her car which was carjacked earlier yesterday morning.
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As a consequence of the carjacking, security at the school car park will be tightened.
Borneo Post
Security tightened at school parking lot
Posted on April 8, 2014, Tuesday
From left, assistant education director for Chinese Schools in Sabah, Tham Yun Fook, Kok and Jame meet with SJK(C) Chung Hwa Likas headmaster Tai Nyit Wun (right) to learn more about the incident.
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JUNZ WONG IS IN BIG TROUBLE! He highlighted what he believed to have been a robbery at a shopping mall.
THE GIRL NOW SAYS THAT THERE WAS NO ROBBERY AND THAT HER WOUNDS WERE SELF-INFLICTED!
Star
Sunday January 26, 2014 MYT 7:11:14 AM
DAP rep under fire for highlighting false robbery
KOTA KINABALU: DAP’s Likas assemblyman Junz Wong is under fire for his goof up over his move to highlight a non-existent robbery of a 20-year-old woman purportedly at the Suria Sabah mall.
His former DAP colleagues are demanding that the party haul him up for disciplinary action, while the Barisan Nasional and Sabah Progressive Party accused him of being irresponsible for putting the girl in a difficult situation.
Wong, who had highlighted the alleged incident involving the woman that was not reported to police, but went viral on the social media, apologised to Suria Sabah for his statements after the girl claimed that the incident never occurred.
The girl, who just completed Form Six, only lodged a report on the alleged incident on Jan 7 following the media uproar.
She also publicly said the incident never occurred and that the cut to her wrist was self-inflicted.
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SAPP supreme council member Chia Mui Lee accused Wong of turning a private matter into an embarassing public affair in his quest to be a hero by citing the “Suria Girl Attack” incident.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/01/26/DAP-rep-under-fire-for-highlighting-false-robbery/
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(Source : http://tinyurl.com/kuegzuc)
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THIS TIME, HE DIDN’T GET AWAY!
Several members of the public sprung into action and apprehended the man before the arrival of the police at about 3.30pm yesterday.
Star
Saturday January 25, 2014 MYT 7:03:14 AM
Good samaritans snag snatch thief
Stopped thief: Members of the public that helped catch a snatch thief keeping a tight watch on him while waiting for police to arrive at the scene.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/01/25/Good-samaritans-snag-snatch-thief/
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Star
Friday January 24, 2014 MYT 8:43:28 PM
No luck for thief looking for another quick snatch
The suspect who was caught by members of the public in Lintas Square
KOTA KINABALU: A suspected snatch thief made a mistake of prowling around the area where he earlier got away with a handphone.
The man was again preying on victims on Friday at Lintas Plaza where a day earlier he snatched the phone from a 17-year-old student.
He was not so lucky this time round. The student spotted him and alerted members of the public there.
The victim told people that the man was the one who snatched her handphone the previous evening.
They quickly pounced on the man, held him down before the police arrived at 3.30pm.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/01/24/snatch-thief-kota-kinabalu/
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Star
Monday January 20, 2014 MYT 5:01:03 PM
Five detained over shooting spree in Kota Kinabalu
Sabah Police Chief Datuk Hamza Taib (left) showing some of the evidence and the sword of the suspect during press conference in Kota Kinabalu Monday. The officer in-charge ASP Ho Siew Hoong (right) holding the sword. – NORMIMIE DIUN/The Star
KOTA KINABALU: Five people have been detained in relation to the shooting spree in and around Kota Kinabalu on Jan 10.
Sabah Commissioner of Police Datuk Hamza Taib said Monday an airgun was also seized following the arrest of the five men.
However, two of the five men have been released.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/01/20/Five-detained-over-shooting-spree-in-Kota-Kinabalu/
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REMEMBER THIS REPORT? Scroll down for the latest development.
Suria Sabah Shopping Mall refutes the claim of any robbery.
Suria Sabah Shopping Mall: From the entire CCTV recording, there was no recorded footage of any commotion, including the claims of “chasing and robbing” of any kind.
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Free Malaysia Today
Crime spree in KK streets
Robberies and muggings in and around Kota Kinabalu’s central business district puts City Hall in bad light.
KOTA KINABALU: The increasing number of night-time robberies in the Central Business Center (CBC) in Kota Kinabalu City is causing urbanites to feel uneasy.
A recent Facebook posting of a robbery at well lit Suria Sabah complex basement by Likas assemblyman Junz Wong has raised more concerns about the authority’s effectiveness in keeping the city area safe.
In his posting Wong wrote “a girl at her early 20s, who just completed Form 6, was robbed at Suria Sabah Mall basement toilet on Jan 6,Monday at 7.10 pm.
“The illegal immigrant attacked her from behind and tried to snatch her handbag. She resisted and sustained two cuts on her hand and thigh.
“Luckily a couple came out from the toilet and scared off the robber and he ran off without any valuables.”
Wong said the victim, who declined to be named, went over to Permai Clinic for treatments after the attempted robbery.
Likas asemblyman JUNZ Wong wrote “a girl at her early 20s, who just completed Form 6, was robbed at Suria Sabah Mall basement toilet on Jan 6,Monday at 7.10 pm.
January 6 at 11:36pm near Indai ·
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Now the Deputy Defence Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri, admits that there is more to the shooting spree than youth having a wild night out in town.
Star
Monday January 13, 2014 MYT 8:26:30 PM
KK shooting spree could be “grand design,” says deputy defence minister
KOTA KINABALU: The incident in which six youths went on a shooting spree at 25 premises in the city on Friday was possibly a “grand design,” said Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri.
“It could be a grand design to instil fear in our people. They (the youths) knew what they were doing. But we are lucky, at least, because their images were captured on CCTV,” he told reporters after visiting the ‘Wawasan’ National Service Training Camp in Papar, about 45km from here.
Abdul Rahim said he would leave it to the police to conduct the investigation on the incident.
KK shooting spree could be “grand design,” says deputy defence minister
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Star
Monday January 13, 2014 MYT 7:05:37 PM
Number of premises hit by Sabah shooting spree increases
KOTA KINABALU: The number of premises in the city and nearby Penampang damaged in a shooting spree over the weekend has increased to 46 as owners carry out temporary repairs on the shattered glass panes.
City police chief Asst Comm Jauteh Dikun said on Monday, they had identified 13 more premises in the city that were shot at by six men in three groups between midnight on Friday and 1am on Saturday.
Number of premises hit by Sabah shooting spree increases
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Malaysian Insider
Sabah opposition politicians hit out at police for blaming shootings on naughty teens
Questions have arisen over the coordinated shooting spree in Sabah which the police have blamed on “naughty teenagers”.
Opposition politicians lambasted the men in blue for their cavalier remark, saying that the simultaneous attacks looked too well planned to be the work of mischievous youngsters who had apparently fired marbles with air-rifles at the glass doors of various premises in the eastern state.
PKR’s national deputy secretary general Darell Leiking said the police should look seriously into the shooting spree as it was the talk of town and all kinds of theories and speculation were circulating.
“What concerns me is that the attacks look too systematic. A lot of people in Sabah are asking whether this could be a criminal act instead of a prank by naughty teenagers,” he said.
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State Reform Party (STAR) chairman Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (pic) poured cold water over the police’s initial findings, saying that the attacks were too organised to be the work of teenagers.
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He also questioned the timing of the attack, coming on the back of the current religious dispute between Muslims and Christians over the use of the word Allah during worship as well as the Sulu Sultanate claim of ownership of Sabah.
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Sabah DAP chief Jimmy Wong also has his doubts, noting that the modus operandi seemed to be too precised and well planned.
“I doubt teenagers are so free that they would go around creating such trouble,” he said.
He claimed that from the pictures that had been circulating, the troublemakers looked more like criminals than youngsters.
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Kota Kinabalu police chief Assistant Commissioner Jauteh Jikun said the incidents were the work of “budak nakal” (naughty boys) while Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said Sabah police had also set up a special team, led by its CID chief SAC Omar Mammah, to investigate the case from all aspects and to set up roadblocks to find the culprits.
He had said initial investigations confirmed that the shooting incident was the work of mischievous teenagers who were firing marbles with air-rifles at the glass doors of the affected premises.
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No, these two men are unrelated to the shooting cases!
Photo showing two people being arrested not related to KK shooting, say cops
тНеоηĿуωαηι They’ve been arrested @KKCity pic.twitter.com/ji7AYY5FsQ
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Star
Sunday January 12, 2014 MYT 8:46:26 PM
Photo showing two people being arrested not related to KK shooting, say cops
KOTA KINABALU: A photograph showing two individuals being arrested by police, which is being widely circulated over the social media and messaging services are not related to the shootings here.
Sabah police Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Asst Comm Omar Mammah said the two men were suspects in a theft case and had nothing to do with the shooting of more than 30 business premises here and in Penampang and Inanam early Saturday.
He said police are still carrying out investigations to identify the actual suspects.
“The public should not get carried away with this case and believe what is being said or published over social media,” he said.
Photo showing two people being arrested not related to KK shooting, say cops
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THE SHOOTING SPREE HAS CAUSED PANIC IN SABAH!
“There was panic in Sabah as word spread that establishments in Kota Kinabalu, Luyang, Inanam and Penampang were hit by the wave of shootings, raising the spectre of another incursion like the one in Lahad Datu last year.”
Star
Sunday January 12, 2014 MYT 8:09:55 AM
Men in black terrorise KK
Ballistic record: Forensic police officers measuring the bullet hole at one of the targeted premises in Inanam.
KOTA KINABALU: Three groups of men dressed in black and wearing hoods went on a shooting spree here, attacking about 30 establishments including hotels, banks and restaurants.
There was panic in Sabah as word spread that establishments in Kota Kinabalu, Luyang, Inanam and Penampang were hit by the wave of shootings, raising the spectre of another incursion like the one in Lahad Datu last year.
Glass panes and doors of the targeted hotels, shopping malls, banks and fast food outlets were riddled with bullet holes or shattered in the shooting between midnight on Friday and 1am yesterday. Luckily, there were no injuries or casualties because the attack happened so late at night.
At least six people in two 4WD vehicles and a car are believed to be responsible, firing air guns and using ball bearings as bullets.
A CCTV footage taken from a budget hotel at Damai in Luyang gave an indication on who the shooters were.
The footage showed two menacing-looking men holding what appears to be a firearm rushing away from the scene. One was wearing a black shirt with a surgical mask while the other wore a cap and hooded sweater. Both were in slim fit jeans.
In another footage, a black-shirted man wearing a surgical mask is seen holding what appeared to be a pistol in ungloved hands. He appears to be walking in to fire a shot.
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Borneo Post
Shootings rock KK
by Elton Gomes. Posted on January 12, 2014, Sunday
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Star
Sunday January 12, 2014 MYT 6:47:03 AM
News of trigger-happy groups spreads like wildfire in KK
KOTA KINABALU: Alarm bells rang throughout the state capital as details of a “shooting spree” spread among the city residents.
People began posting photographs of smashed window panes and glass doors on social network sites like Facebook with news spreading that Kota Kinabalu and neighbouring Penampang had come under “attack” by unknown groups.
“What is happening? Why is this happening to our city?” Julia Yap said on Facebook as people advised each other to play safe by staying home.
Although police have said it was a case of mischief-making by a group of youths, residents here were not taking any chances.
“I am not allowing my children out to town today. I don’t know what is happening, it could be dangerous,” said a mother in a public chat box.
News of trigger-happy groups spreads like wildfire in KK
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Success!
Kota Kinabalu, 10 Jan- Dua lelaki kempunan nikmati hasil ragut selepas dicekup anggota Pasukan Polis Marin Wilayah 4 (PPM) dalam Operasi Landai di Jesselton Point, semalam.Komander PPM Wilayah 4 Sabah, ACP Mohamad bin Madun berkata kedua-dua lelaki itu ditemui sedang bersembunyi di kawasan semak berhampiran Jalan Bunga Raya dan dipercayai baru melakukan ragut ke atas seorang perempuan di mana semasa ditahan turut ditemui beg tangan milik orang lain.“Polis turut merampas kenderaan yang dipercayai digunakan suspek semasa melakukan jenayah,”katanya lagi.Kedua-dua suspek dibawa ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Karamunsing dan disiasat di bawah seksyen 379 Kanun Keseksaan iaitu ragut.
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EVEN TEENS ARE GETTING INTO THE ACT!
Pndgn cctv #kejadianpermispecah @KKCity pic.twitter.com/rJ2BrujVyC
Pndgn cctv #kejadianpermispecah @KKCity pic.twitter.com/rJ2BrujVyC
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（亞庇11日訊）至少6名神秘狙擊槍手，今天凌晨兵分三路在沙巴州首府亞庇，先后以氣槍掃射市內超過30間商業店舖與建築物！
http://www.chinapress.com.my/node/490722
更多詳細報導，請翻閱今晚／明日《中國報》！
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NST
11 January 2014| last updated at 02:02PM
UPDATE: Police on the lookout for 3 groups linked to shooting incidents in KK
KOTA KINABALU: Police are hot on the heels of three groups of people believed to be behind the shooting spree here and Penampang.
More than 30 reports have been lodged about business premises being shot with air rifles using marbles and pellets as bullets here and Penampang from about 11.30pm.
There are at least 25 reports about windows being smashed here and six in Penampang as police remain on high alert.
City Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Jauteh Dikun said three groups who used two four wheel drives and a car have been identified in their initial investigations.
A manhunt is now on for the groups identified through Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) footages, he said.
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Star
Saturday January 11, 2014 MYT 6:39:51 PM
Group in black behind Kota Kinabalu shooting spree
CCTV footage showing one of the groups involved in the shootings.
KOTA KINABALU: A group of shooters who were involved in the Kota Kinabalu shooting spree were all dressed in black shirts, or had black hoods covering their faces.
CCTV footage from a budget hotel at Damai in Luyang showed a vehicle speeding off after several “shots” were fired at its entrance around midnight Friday.
“They looked like teenagers, they drove off very fast after the shooting,” said a restaurant supervisor Dominic Peter who viewed the footage.
Group in black behind Kota Kinabalu shooting spree
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NST photos
The cracks on the glass window of a shopping complex following the shooting spree by unidentified band of teenagers in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. NST/Moh
Forensic team investigating the drive-by shooting at a premise at KK Times Square in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. NST/Mohd Adam ArininRead more: Mischievous teens behind shooting spree of business premises: Sabah police – Latest – New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/latest/mischievous-teens-behind-shooting-spree-of-business-premises-sabah-police-1.459994#ixzz2q60zIlFC—
Star photos
One of the location targeted by mysterious drive-by shooter.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/01/11/Crime-shooting-spree-in-KK/
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Star
Saturday January 11, 2014 MYT 5:21:12 PM
Cops suspect KK ‘shooting spree’ work of juveniles, no Sulu links
Damage done to a window at a bank during the shooting spree.
KOTA KINABALU: Police have ruled out the Kota Kinabalu ‘shooting spree’ was in any way linked to Sulu armed groups or the ongoing Lahad Datu intrusion trial.
The shooting at more than 20 establishments, including hotels and banks between midnight and 1am Saturday, was the work of at least six people in three cars using airguns and marbles as bullets, said Kota Kinabalu police chief Asst Comm Jauteh Jikun.
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“I urge the public not to panic. This is the work of budak nakal (juveniles),’’ he told a press conference at 1pm.
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The places hit in Kota Kinabalu
Karamunsing area: Agro Bank, Standard Chatered Bank, Wisma Merdeka, Behind Hotel Hyatt, Entrance KK Plaza, Maxis Warisan Square, Gate B Warisan Square, Malar Hotel in KK Times Square, Aeropod KK Times Square, Office of Sutera Avenue KK Times Square, Office of MAA Api-api and Entrance Wisma Sedco Wawasan Plaza.
Luyang area: DM Hotel Damai, Ambank Damai, Southern Station Damai, Pizza Hutt Damai, Pearl Karaoke Damai, Secret Recipe City Mall, Hair Made Saloon City Mall and Hair Shampoo Saloon City Mall.
Inanam area: Public Bank and Cimb Bank.
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/01/11/Kota-Kinabalu-Shooting-juvenile/
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Teenagers fired marbles with air-rifles at the glass doors of the affected premises which suffered from broken glass doors and holes in their glass walls. Three marbles believed to have been used as the air rifle bullets were found.
Free Malaysia Today
KK shooting spree work of teens
The police say the shooting spree which damaged some 25 business premises in Kota Kinabalu was the work of teenagers.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah police have confirmed that the shooting incident which damaged about 25 premises in Kota Kinabalu, Karamunsing and Inanam late last night was the work of a band of mischievous teenagers.
Kota Kinabalu police chief ACP Jauteh Dikun said that several closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera recordings showed that a group of six teenagers used three vehicles, two of them four-wheel drives, and went on the one-hour shooting spree simultaneously.
“The suspects went around targeting banks, hotels, beauty saloons, entertainment outlets, offices and fast food restaurants for an hour starting at 11.45 pm.
“It involved a total of 13 business premises in Karamunsing, nine in Luyang and three banks in Inanam,” he told a press conference here today.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/01/11/kk-shooting-spree-work-of-teens/
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Free Malaysia Today
Crime spree in KK streets
Robberies and muggings in and around Kota Kinabalu’s central business district puts City Hall in bad light.
KOTA KINABALU: The increasing number of night-time robberies in the Central Business Center (CBC) in Kota Kinabalu City is causing urbanites to feel uneasy.
A recent Facebook posting of a robbery at well lit Suria Sabah complex basement by Likas assemblyman Junz Wong has raised more concerns about the authority’s effectiveness in keeping the city area safe.
In his posting Wong wrote “a girl at her early 20s, who just completed Form 6, was robbed at Suria Sabah Mall basement toilet on Jan 6,Monday at 7.10 pm.
“The illegal immigrant attacked her from behind and tried to snatch her handbag. She resisted and sustained two cuts on her hand and thigh.
“Luckily a couple came out from the toilet and scared off the robber and he ran off without any valuables.”
Wong said the victim, who declined to be named, went over to Permai Clinic for treatments after the attempted robbery.
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Another Facebook user Alison Chew shared her traumatic experience of being robbed of her handbag by two men while shopping at Metrojaya Suria on 2014 New Year Day.
She believed she was targeted because she was holding a baby and was focused on looking at a bed sheet.
The thief’s modus operandi was to push the bed sheet on the floor to distract her while his accomplice grabbed her purse and took off.
Luckily for Alison, her sister managed to snap photos of the man and shared it on her Facebook page in order to warn others.
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But the recent incident at Suria Sabah complex has led urbanites to question the effectiveness of the City Hall’s security measures.
Few months ago, it was reported that a female Chinese tourist was robbed of her passport, cash and credit card behind CIMB bank just a block away from the Sabah Tourism Board head office at 4am.
“It’s exactly the same back street spot where another robbery took place five months ago,” according to the general manager of the hotel where the victim was staying.
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/01/09/crime-spree-in-kk-streets/
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Likas asemblyman JUNZ Wong wrote “a girl at her early 20s, who just completed Form 6, was robbed at Suria Sabah Mall basement toilet on Jan 6,Monday at 7.10 pm.
January 6 at 11:36pm near Indai ·
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Facebook user Alison Chew shared her traumatic experience of being robbed of her handbag by two men while shopping at Metrojaya Suria on 2014 New Year Day.
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KK people:Please watch out for this man when u r out and about! He and an accomplice stole my handbag while I was shopping at Metrojaya Suria on New Year’s Day. Happy new Year to me NOT!
I believe I was targeted because I was with a baby and was focused onlooking at bedsheets. There were two of them. According to witnesses, the man in the photo distracted me by pushing the bedsheets onto the floor. While I kindly picked them up, another man took off with my handbag which was
hanging on my son’s stroller!
My fit and good looking sister cum bodyguard, and a very kind man gave the man in the photo a big chase for hundreds of metres, all the way to the philipino’s market, whilst the shopping centre security guards, plenty of them, ran in slow motion -.-, which is unsurprising, as any tom dick and harry can be a security guard here. And according to police, some are thieves themselves. thank you, thank you security guards, thank you very much.Neways, back to the story, the 2 thieves split ways-seemed well planned. The one with my bag(unfortunately), was believed to have taken off in a boat to the nearby Gaya island where all the illegit squatters reside!!! Grrrr….
My sister and the kind man ran after the other unfit thief who stopped running because he ran out of breath.Hence, he, according to my heroin sister, brandished his belt and a knife, dared my sister and her only ‘kaki’ to go into the philipino market with him(obviously that’s where his own people were and they are well known be violent)I have gone to the police to file a report. He asked me if I would like an investigation. OF COURSE!!! I told him it’s not because I want my belongings back, it’s because I do not want this to happen to anyone else. This must stop!Photo: courtesy of my brave sister who is a long distance runner.
Note: he is holding a pink phone which in my opinion, is STOLEN TOO!!!
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