Malaysia - Snatch Thief

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sangharimau
May 17, 2006

The current anxiety about public security is directly related to the sudden surge in the reporting of crime, especially how three snatch thefts resulted in the deaths of two women and one man. Chin Wai Fung died in Brickfields in May when she fought back against a snatch thief. Then Chong Fee Cheng fell, went into a coma and died while resisting a snatch thief in Johor Baru in mid-June. This was followed by the killing of Rosli Mohamed Saad who had gone to the aid of an Indonesian woman whose bag was snatched in Ampang in June 29. Rosli chased and caught the thief who then stabbed him twice. "Petty theft" which is how snatch theft has traditionally been classified under the Penal Code had taken on serious proportions and caused the deaths of three innocent Malaysians.

Other cases of snatch thefts were also reported. The headlines included: "Four in court for snatch thefts", referring to cases which occurred in Sungai Petani; "Teenager remanded for seven days for snatch theft", referring to another case in Kuala Lumpur; "NS trainee helps bring habitual snatch thief to justice", an incident occurring in Tampin; "Policewoman's handbag snatched," a case in Malacca; "Suspect pays with his life in botched handbag grab" in Klang. "Victim who was left paralysed", was the headline of an interview with a victim of a snatch theft in Damansara in 1996; "Snatch thief gets 30 months", a case in Kuala Lumpur; and "Snatch thieves get MPs' attention".

The newspapers also carried statistics on the number of snatch thefts. Relying on police statistics, Penang Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon revealed that there had been a total of 515 cases of snatch thefts in Penang between January and May 2004. Of these 327 had been solved with the arrest of 52 people, mostly drug addicts (The Star, 16 June 2004 and 19 June 2004). Meanwhile the Perak CPO reported a total of 374 cases of snatch thefts in his state during January to May 2004 (The Star, 8 July 2004).

Citing police statistics, Lim Kit Siang, MP for Ipoh Timur, revealed in Parliament that there had been an increase in the number of reported snatch thefts these past years: from 14,368 reported cases in 2001, to 14,640 cases in 2002, to 15,798 cases in 2003 (The Star, 6 July 2004). The Deputy Minister of Internal Security Datuk Noh Omar further revealed that there were 5,517 reported snatch theft cases during the first five months of 2004. The problem of snatch thefts is obviously widespread especially in the urban areas.

The problem could be even more serious. Based on a survey which it conducted between 1-6 June involving 337 respondents, Nanyang Siang Pau (6 July 2004) reported that 50% of the respondents had been victims of robbery, snatch thefts and sexual harassment. Of these victims, 61% were females while 89% lived in urban areas. Significantly, only about half of the victims (50.3%) had lodged police reports. Among the reasons offered for not reporting to the police were: "Police unable to help" (45.2%); "no evidence" (29%); and "procedure for lodging report was troublesome" (11%). Nanyang surmised that there was a "lack of confidence in the Police". Michael Chong, who heads the Malaysian Chinese Association's Complaints and Services Bureau, similarly remarked that many victims of snatch thefts did not lodge police reports (The Star, 6 June 2004).

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jackaleyess (1 month ago) Show Hide

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yes.. u are rite.. esp malay boys.. a bunch of anak babi.. not enuf food at home so they steal. low class..outcast race.

jackaleyess (1 month ago) Show Hide

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u are rite.. govt in malaysia is hopeless.. promote 1malaysia. i wonder if they will promote crime free malaysia... stupid shortsighted.. i tink robbers or criminals shud not be given 2nd chance.

jackaleyess (1 month ago) Show Hide

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i'll fuck tht malay up if i saw him..

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TAXCHEAT (7 months ago) Show Hide

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how would the snatcher have known exactly when to turn the corner and if there was any females with handbags hanging off the shoulders... UNLESS THERE WAS A SPOTTER thats how these cunts work one spots and the other snatches.

ltf5299 (7 months ago) Show Hide

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I hope the theft will crash the car while escaping and die, ma de !

thinkinrich (8 months ago) Show Hide

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they are indian in malaysia

steven1986b (8 months ago) Show Hide

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WTF so Pro

mu86neer (8 months ago) Show Hide

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the price that everybody pays is anxiety...
please acknowledge how it feels..!!!

mu86neer (8 months ago) Show Hide

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you are shortsighted

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