Safety First...

I've been getting quite a few emails about the theft that's been happening nowadays so thought i'd post it up for those who read this.

Be safe people. Like my dad always says (in all of his many lectures), you must be aware of your surroundings at all times. Be careful about where you walk, especially at nights and nowadays, you have to even be careful when you're driving.

My sister had her handbag snatched from her about a month ago and about 2 days later, a friend of mine was telling me how she just about managed to escape the same fate.

I was in a bank not too long ago and an elderly woman came in asking to use the phone to ring the police. Apparently she was in her car and 2 guys on a bike pulled up next to her and literally opened the passenger side door and grabbed her bag!!!

These things are getting worse by the day and unfortunately, the chances of catching anyone are extremely slim.

So please beware....

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...my friend was robbed last week ....while she was driving !! She withdraw $$ from Public Bank Bangsar...got into her car and she had a friend in the passenger seat with her...she was driving up Jln. Maarof and was waiting amongst traffic because of the traffic lights in front of Bangsar Shopping Centre. Next thing a Malay guy smash her back window in her car...got into the car through the window and grab her handbag and hop onto an awaiting bike and sped off. And this is in broad daylight ...4pm in the presence of everyone! and no one helped her!

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...I had a terrifying experience yesterday evening and I want to share with you. At 8pm yesterday, at the Damansara toll plaza, heading towards the city, I was suddenly "intercepted" by an old dark coloured, ill-mantained 3-series BMW.

The vehicle stopped almost slantwise in front of me. A young, thin Malay man possibly in his 20s alighted from the car with a parang in his hand. As soon as I saw him with a weapon, I sped towards Damansara Utama with the intention of going to the nearest police station. He trailed me violently weaving in and out traffic and waving the parang on one hand asking me to stop.

There is also another man in the passenger seat, (I can't tell his look). They sped off after I made the turn off towards D'sara Utama. Upon reaching the police station, I was calmed down by several policemen, who claimed that this is an attempted car jack and it happened almost everyday in and around D'sara Utama because of the accessibility of roads leading to many areas.

This is also where Dato' Lee Hwa Beng was carjacked 2 months ago. The police also claimed that carjackers would go for less luxury cars today and robbers tend to target people who has withdrawn money from ATM machines. I hope to remind all friends to be more alert and careful while you are on the road, coming out from the banks and even at petrol stations...