Smashing car windows are getting too common nowadays. Not too long ago, a lady friend of mine was caught in a traffic jam along Sprint Highway somewhere between Shell and Eastin Hotel at about 8pm, two motorbike thieves used a crash helmet to break the passenger side window because they saw her handbag left on the passenger seat. Lucky for her the thieves tried in vain to break her tempered glass window. She honk and honk but other motorists ignored her, maybe because it was too dark and they could not see what was going on.

I just received this forwarded email from someone working in a lawyer's office and was asked
to circulate it to as many people as possible.

PUSH-POCKET IN KUALA LUMPUR

I am sure you all have heard of 'pick pocket'.
A new trend 'push pocket'.
Read on... for your own good

A few days ago a new type of crime has surfaced in town.
It goes something like this:-
Somebody slips a hand-phone into your pocket,
sometimes it could be just a wallet with
an identity card and a few ringgit.

A few minutes later, the 'owner' comes up
and confronts you, the 'thief '.
He makes a big commotion that you stole his stuff.

You, caught unaware, are then pulled aside by the
'owner' for a settlement. You are intimidated and threatened
that if you do not pay up the police will be brought in.
If you pay up, this 'owner' lets you go..
If not, the police are brought in.

Another strange thing is that there always seems
to be a 'witness' to your 'theft'.

I am told this often happens to foreigners at
the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)
or even at LRT trains.
Given that you're 'guilty until proven innocent'
as far as the Malaysian police are concerned,
I understand some poor people are in jail for
these 'offences'.

At the KLIA, the 'owner' throws his hand-phone and
wallet with the few ringgit notes into the luggage
trolley of a just arrived passenger.
The drama unfolds a few minutes later.
The real culprit has easily convinced our Malaysian police
to arrest the real victim (if he has not paid up the 'settlement' demand).
This is a very serious matter.

This is another form of extortionists operating in broad daylight.
They are disgusting criminals who will do anything
to rob and steal. The sickening part of the whole
scenario is that unless you pay the 'quoted settlement' money,
they will put you in real trouble by calling the police..
The real culprit gets back his hand-phone
and wallet but the real victim ( i.e. could be any one of us)
is thrown into the police lock up and charged in court.
So do be very careful,
otherwise you may end up as a 'thief'
as you have no way to prove your innocence..

Aiyah! Didn't you know that hiding away your laptop in the car is of no use? A China made device could easily detect a laptop, camera or cellular phone even when its hidden. This gadget could be purchased for about Rm300.00, it was highlighted in the press media on several occasions.

You certainly learnt the hard way. Sorry for your loss.

What is happening to this country? Crimes rates are escalating by the day. What are the politicians we voted and entrusted with doing for us Malaysians? We, the taxpayers are paying the salaries of the police force and what are they doing to protect us from these criminals?

On November 8, 2010, a group of youths were playing basketball at the USJ 4/1K playground at 6.45pm; 4 Malay males with parang came in 2 cars - a Blueish-green Proton Waja WKU323 and another a light green Honda CRV WGA9327 threatened the youths with parang and robbed them just before sundown.

Imagine our youths could not even have an outdoor games with friends within their own residential playground without the threat of being robbed or kidnapped.

Where, when and how did it happen, more details please so that people can take precautionary measure.

This thread will enlighten you ------> http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...6&hl=mat+rempit

Your are welcome DanceToTheBeat!

This is the definition of Mat Rempit I found in Wikipedia.
A Mat Rempit is a Malaysian term for "an individual who participates in illegal street racing", usually involving underbone motorcycles (colloquially known as Kapcai) or scooters. Not all Mat Rempits are involved in street racing; some of them perform crazy stunts for fun, such as the wheelie, superman (lying flat on the seat), wikang, and scorpion (standing on the seat with one leg during a wheelie).
Mat Rempits usually travel in groups and race in bustling city centres on weekend nights. In recent times, Mat Rempits have been linked to gangsterism, gang robbery, street fighting, assault, vandalism, theft and bullying. Most motorcycles used by the Mat Rempits do not meet standard specifications, or have been modified extensively for greater speed, or just to make the exhaust noisier.
Additionally, some Mat Rempits do not have valid motorcycle licenses, do not pay road taxes, and ride stolen motorcycles. A growing number of housing estates have also been turned into racing tracks. It is estimated that there are about 200,000 Mat Rempits in Malaysia.

Where did this happen, let us know your area so that people in the vicinity can take precaution!

It is very unlikely because all the Taman(s) in Cheras are known "hot spots" especially Tmn Midah,
Tmn Cheras, Tmn Connaught, Bandar Mahkota Cheras, Bandar Tun Razak, Bandar Permaisuri and
Leisure Mall vicinity. These named areas had numerous mugging and snatch theft crimes involving
motocylists with parang gang in recent years. You may like to read more about it here:
http://www.malaysiacrime.com/

Be careful robbers are everywhere. Btw, where is your location?