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I’m not going to say much about this, because it is already in my article in today’s The Star for The Bangsar Boy, titled:
Authorities must act quickly and efficently to curb crime
I was originally going to write about Michael Jackson and pop icons I grew up with but the incident I mention in the story changed my mind.
Just last weekend, I got an SMS from a colleague whose car window was smashed while she was waiting at the traffic lights. The thief, riding a motorcycle, had reached in and grabbed her bag on the passenger seat.
Actually, it was during a coversation about how unsafe things are – sparked by me telling her about the other similar incident which happened on Wednesday that I also talk about in the article – that we decided that I should consider writing this article.
We often read about such incidences through forwarded emails, and hear people talk about it, but it never really hits home until it happens to someone you know. I mean, sometimes I even find some of these stories dubious. But I guess I’ve learnt my lesson now.
I know that I don’t offer any solutions to the problem of escalating crimes in the country. Truth be told, it is mainly because I don’t know any. What I do believe is that there has to be something the authorities can do to fix it. The idea that things will get worse, and that we have to deal with it, is impossible for me to comprehend.
These are the things that I want to hear the MPs debate in parliament, not wearing bands of protest and calling each others names. But I’m not sure if that is too much to expect of our politicians.
In the mean time, I wrote an article like that to remind everyone that we just have to be vigilant all the time, lest we fall victim to such incidents that my friends recently experienced.
9.11pm Malaysian time (+8 GMT)
Tags: crime, The Bangsar Boy
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i hate that i have to be on the verge of paranoid in the name of safety. i have the right to feel safe in this country, and yet i do not get to exercise that right at all.
i was a snatch thief victim in jan09 walking from Nestle to the tmn jaya lrt (the one near amcorp, a&w)…
it was a shock.. cos there was me n 6 colleagues walking together.
and the worst part are the hassle of going through canceling n reapplying ccards, atm cards, ic, driving license, office related cards and the list goes on..
unlike most cases.. i was unharmed.. surprisingly..
yes, do let me know if there’s anything that can be done about this.. i want to do my part to ensure less pp go through this.. it’s really a shocker..
and i m so outrage that if i knew who that jerk was.. i’ll probably take a stick and whack him gao gao.. =)
Hmm. my bro n mum kena in broad daylight, right in front of HSBC taipan, on a busy day. they came, broke 3 windows while both of them were in d car, tazed my bro, grabbed d stuff n they were gone in 5 mins. shocking but well organized :/
Gee…couldn’t believe they could also while waiting at the traffic light, smash one’s car window just to grab a bag from the passenger seat.
I’ll leave my bag beneath my seat or in the boot next time when driving alone. Or is that even enough?
Quite clearly, there is something not right in the upbringing of some kids out there. More certainly has to be done for kids from weaker family backgrounds. What are our schools doing I’m wondering…
After all, having everyone to be vigilent can only help so much.
Talking about crimes in KL. I am recently a victim of a fraudster.
I made a bad judgment call and this unfortunate incident happened to me.
On Friday evening I received a phone call from my boyfriend saying that he needed to rush to Melaka to help a friend of his who was in trouble. That was 4pm. Later at 6pm, I tried calling him but his handphone seemed to be totally disconnected. So I couldn’t reach him at all.
At first I was worried, thinking something bad may have happened. So I went to search for one of his friend, but to no avail. I didn’t have his family contact because we only met each other a few months and this weekend was suppose to meet his family. So I was unable to contact him at whatever means.
I was terrified and I couldn’t sleep the whole Friday night and I didn’t eat on Saturday. Thank God for my dad who has always been the more objective one, asked me, if he could be a cheat or a fraud. A fraud could behave so well to the extent that you are convinced he is genuinely nice. Then I started to analyse the past few months. Still I couldn’t really see at which point it was not genuine or perhaps I was so blind sided that the whole thing was a scam.
Until today (5th July – 8:25 am) I heard nothing from him. This morning I realised that I lost my hard disk. He’s been to my home for family meals as usual. He took my laptop on Thursday to fix some hardware problem. Of course I naively handed it to him because it didn’t struck my mind that this would happen. But the missing external hard disk woke me up that I had been cheated. In terms of material items, I lost my laptop and my external hard disk. Fine.
I would not get into too much details. What’s lost is lost. Let’s just say it was a bad judgment call on my part. I am still devastated that something like this could happen to me. I am a little withdrawn and quiet now. I guess only time will heal.
Yeah, my sis told me about the smash car windows at the traffic light. Me travels to work no traffic light but sure do feel a bit paranoid with the motorcycles passing by during traffic jam.
These days, being paranoid (to a certain extent) is keeping safe, from the unsafe environment that we lives in today.
I’m so sorry to hear about all the things that happened to you guys. I haven’t experienced it personally but I know how it feels to be worried shit when you get a call saying your mother has just taken a bad fall because of snatch theft.
I really don’t know what the solution is – but I don’t believe there isn’t solutions.
But in the mean time, it’s every men for himself. We’ll have to look out for ourselves, and our loved ones until something is done about this.