Message from SRA Security Chairman

Security Scheme starts Nov 1 -- Sign Up Now
The SRA Security Committee (SSC) is now ready to launch the SRA Security Scheme for Seputeh on Nov 1, 2009.
We have gone through a thorough and painstaking process of gathering feedback from residents, evaluating various options and finally selecting a service provider.
Our entire journey – from call for tenders to several rounds of evaluation and finally, awarding the tender to the successful bidder – has undergone scrutiny by 11 residents on Sept 5. These 11 scrutineers are independent from the SRA Committee and the SSC.
Further, they selected from amongst them, three individuals to peruse the process as well as details of the bids and how the SSC made its decision. These three, Mr Tan Chin Shu, Encik Sulaiman Ahmad and Mr Naveen Kumar, went through the documents for two hours on Sept 8 and were satisfied with the transparency and governance standards adopted by the SSC.
Having cleared these two levels of scrutiny, we proceeded into final negotiations with the successful bidder – Force One Security Sdn Bhd – from Sept 8 till end-September. We have now signed the service agreement for patrols to start on Nov 1.
For the scheme to work, we need the support of everyone in Seputeh. Here, we are lucky to have volunteers to be street representatives.In the next few days, these street representatives and SRA Committee members will visit you to seek your subscription to the scheme.
On behalf of the SRA Security Committee, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to join us for a simple "launch" of our scheme on Saturday, 31 October, 2009 at 9 pm at the playground in front of the shophouses along Jalan Teluk Pulai. Please sign up and help contribute towards enhanced security in Seputeh.
All cheques should be issued to "SRA Security Fund" and all payments will be issued a receipt. We do not encourage you to pay cash but if you do, please insist on an official receipt immediately. Thank you.
Best regards,
Mazlan Kamaruddin
(mazlan_ey@yahoo.com)
Chairman, SRA Security Committee
Hon. Vice-President, SRA

About Seputeh Security Scheme

SRA SECURITY SCHEME (The Scheme) w.e.f Nov 1, 2009

Objective
The Scheme is a voluntary subscription scheme open to all in Seputeh – members or non-members. We have the full support of Brickfields police who have pledged their continued vigilance.The appointed security company will liaise closely with the Brickfields police station. Our objective would be met once visitors get the perception that Seputeh is a “secured neighbourhood” and criminals avoid our community – Perception Makes Reality!

How It Works
1. Every street will be patrolled once an hour, 24-hours a day, with three men from 7am-7pm and four men from 7pm-7am
2. Nepali guards will be deployed with local supervisors
3. Patrol routes will be carefully planned and clocking points will be strategically located to ensure all streets are patrolled
4. Two security cabins with boom gates will be set up at:
• Junction of Jln Tmn Seputeh & Jln Bkt Raja (near mosquito trap)
• Jln Tg 12 entrance to Kommuter Station5. Normal traffic will not be
hindered. Boom gates will only be lowered in an emergency
6. Incident escalation process involves lockdown, police called to the scene and a police report lodged. Each lockdown means all vehicles will be stopped and checked with police assistance
7. Scheme will operate under a separate account called SRA Security Fund with separate Hon. Treasurer and independent auditors
8. Each subscriber will get a plaque to be displayed on the gate
9. Emergency call centre numbers including mobile numbers of guard supervisors will be given to all subscribers

Monthly Subscription
Monthly subscriptions – to be collected in advance every 6 months – are:
* RM40 for single-storey terrace houses & townhouses
* RM60 for 2-storey or 3-storey link houses, shops at Jln T.Pulai & Bkt Raja
* RM70 for semi-detached houses
* RM85 for detached houses/bungalows
* RM30 for offices on top of shops at Jln Bkt Raja

This 5-tier rate is most practical after considering:
• Per capita system: Based on number of persons
• Single Tier: One rate for all
• Hybrid: A single-tier plus head-count

The above information is based on the SRA Committee blog posting here.

Now that the SRA Security Committee has done all the brainstorm and legwork, it is time ALL Orang Seputeh rise to the challenge of enhancing security in our community.

Say No to crime! It's time to act for the greater good! Yes, to self-help. Yes to SRA Security Scheme.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

How To Sign Up

Fellow Orang Seputeh,
Now that it is finally here, how do we sign up for the scheme?

Check out this link: http://sracommittee.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-seputeh-security-scheme.html


Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

3 incidents to share

Fellow Orang Seputeh

We have more unfortunate news.

The first is a snatch theft on Sunday night at Jalan Batu Laut 2. Two guys on a motorbike. No further details.

The second and third came in an email from a caring resident of Jln Tmn Seputeh 2 received tonight:
"
Dear all,
I would like to share the following 2 unfortunate incidents :
(1) Today at 3.30pm my brother's girlfriend was parking the car outside of the house gate when Malay motor cyclist and pillion rider smashed the tinted side wind screen and stole her hand bag placed on the passenger's seat. Luckily she was unhurt and the house keys were in the car. She freezed her credit card and duly went to make a police report in Brickfields.
I got the phone number from Maxis, Gardens (next to Isetan) which you could call to suspend your post paid hand phone tel no. Not sure if it's the same for prepaid hp no. If you're calling from handphone 012 it's free when you dial 123. For calls made from fixed line eg your house you could call 1800821123
So, remember don't put your bags on the car seat.

(2) Last Saturday, a nearby house occupant went out at 11am and by the time she return at 3pm, she discovered the house was out of electricity. As the house was newly renovated, she called the contractor who came the next day and found the house wiring was in order. Lo and behold when he checked the electrical meter box at the gate, he found the new 3 phase electrical meter was stolen. It was a hasty job as part of the electrical wiring was on the cement floor. it seems the new meter could fetch about RM 1000. Then I showed him another neighbour's meter box which was also stored at the gate pillar, but it was an old design and not worth much.

Take care!
"

Yes, dear Orang Seputeh, take care is the word.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

SRA Committee Blog warns of well-organised robbers

Fellow Orang Seputeh,

The SRA Committee blog (http://sracommittee.blogspot.com) has issued this alert:

Please be on the alert.
There have been two confirmed cases of daylight robbery in Seputeh in August.

In both cases, robbers entered the house in broad daylight and seemed to be well-organised with possibly even having look-outs for them.

On Aug 9, a Seputeh resident just left his home for about 20 minutes that Sunday morning when his alarm was triggered.

He immediately turned back and headed home.Arriving home some 10 minutes later, he saw that his home was already broken into and called the police.

He entered the house with the police but it was too late.
In a mere 10-15 minutes, the robbers had dismantled his CCTV cameras and disabled his alarm system.
He suffered quite heavy losses and fortunately no one was hurt because no one was in.

The second robbery was just down the same road and it took place on Tuesday Aug 25 at 2.30pm.

Three men jumped over the well-guarded fence to catch three children and two maids unawares.

They tied them up and ransacked the house. They even had the audacity to call in a vehicle to take over the loot.

Luckily, no one was hurt in this incident as well. Surely, it must have been traumatic for the victims.

So, folks, let us be more aware of goings-on in the neighbourhood and watch out for our neighbours.

In both these cases, the homes were quite well protected with cameras and alarms but alas, it could not stop or prevent these well-organised robbers.

The police have been urged to step up patrols but let us beware.

Cheers
KH Lim
SRA Vice-President


Let us hope we can do more to help ourselves, fellow Orang Seputeh,

Best regards
Towards A More Secure Future

Looking for volunteers... to scrutinise process of awarding security scheme

This posting is taken from the SRA Committee blog and done on behalf of Encik Mazlan Kamaruddin, chairman of SRA Security Committee (SSC).

The SSC has come to the final stage in its process of evaluating the various bids in the tender exercise for a security scheme for the entire Seputeh area.
We have shortlisted three contenders and will soon complete the process and award the security scheme to the eventual winning bidder.

The SSC is now looking for concerned residents to take part in the final process as a scrutineer. There have been many individuals who have expressed interest and to them, the SSC is grateful for their efforts.

We wish to open this to all residents so please pass the word around. The SSC wants more residents to come forward to scrutinise the tender award process. All are welcome.

The SSC is calling for a meeting of all such scrutineers at 10am this Saturday, Sept 5.

Those who are interested to serve as a scrutineer are welcomed to drop an email directly to mazlan at mazlan_ey@yahoo.com. Please provide your full particulars including name, address and mobile number.

The venue of the meeting will be decided later. Mazlan or any other SSC member will contact you to confirm the venue of the meeting. The time and day is fixed at 10am this Saturday.


Orang Seputeh adds: "Now is the time for all good residents to come to the aid of the SRA. Come and serve, come and help, if you can."

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

To GO, please provide contacts

This is in response to a comment posted by GO.

Please send me your contact particulars and if possible, attach the photo which you claimed to have taken of the van in question.

If you can, please provide me with the police report number where the van's particulars have been reported.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Seputeh Security Town Hall Meeting Agenda and Purpose

Copy of email to Seputeh Yahoo Newsgroup

Since the last AGM, I have been approached by the SRA Committee to spearhead this security initiative. For the sake of the Seputeh community, I am willing to contribute my time and effort as a volunteer and will try to do my best.

Allow me to clarify the situation.

Deepak is right in that the scheme will be presented for feedback first. This is why the main points of the scheme have been included in the notice sent out to everyone.

It seems that many people are not clear why we are having this Town Hall meeting. Perhaps, a flashback will help.

At the last AGM, a resolution duly proposed and seconded by two members were put to the ballot. It was carried with more than two-third majority. (131 against 46 with 9 abstentions). This was the resolution:

Quote

Given that the security situation in Seputeh has not improved since the last Annual General Meeting,

We, the concerned members of SRA, at this AGM note with alarm the rising incidences of snatch thefts and petty crime in our community,

So we hereby resolve to:

Empowering the SRA Committee (The Committee) to take whatever measures necessary towards improving the security of the Seputeh community on the following principles:

a. The Committee explores all avenues of enhancing security and will adopt any paid or unpaid measure for the good of the Seputeh community;

b. The Committee considers seeking funding from any source, including from the Government, provided that the interest of the SRA and the Seputeh community are not compromised;

c. The Committee gives top priority to the welfare, safety and security of the entire Seputeh community;

d. The Committee ensures that any contribution to any security scheme shall be entirely voluntary and no member of the SRA shall be forced or otherwise coerced into paying any money; and,

e. That SRA funds will only be used to benefit members.

Unquote

Based on this resolution, the SRA Committee formed a Security Committee to carry out the intention of the resolution, keeping in mind part (a) and the other four guiding principles.

The AGM also passed a motion that, in the event the Committee decides on any paid security scheme, it should revert with details of the scheme to all residents for them to decide whether to subscribe or not. Please note that the scheme details must be presented to all those whom we want to invite into the scheme – members and non-members. This is why there is a need to hold a Town Hall meeting and not merely an SRA general meeting of members.

The decision to go ahead with a paid scheme has been made by the security committee after considering all options. This recommendation was presented to the SRA Committee and approved. It is now time for the Town Hall meeting where we will meet residents and clarify any enquiries or doubts that they have. It will not be implemented without getting the feedback and perhaps, better ideas from residents on how to do it better.

The Security Committee wants all the main points of the scheme to be widely disseminated so that residents can come with questions and give feedback. We have not awarded the scheme to any company yet. In fact, we have also asked those who know of credible security companies to recommend them to us. These companies can contact us in the usual manner stated in the notice.

We hope to incorporate whatever views and opinions aired by residents at this Sunday’s meeting into the scheme – as far as possible – and as far as the Security Committee agrees that they are sound and credible ideas. I am sure any reasonable person will be aware that while all views can be heard and considered, not all can be implemented. The Security Committee will hear, consider and decide. It is not a question of who is right or wrong but an issue of which seems to be the best solution and approach to solve Seputeh’s security situation.

We have to move on, go ahead and do it. We need all your support and goodwill.

On the agenda of the meeting, Deepak did not list it out because the Town Hall meeting is a single-purpose meeting – all about security. We thought it was obvious but we were mistaken.

So, here is the agenda:

1. Opening remarks by SRA President

· President Robert Quah welcomes residents to the Town Hall meeting and explain the AGM resolution (non-members would not have known about it)

· President introduces the SRA Security Committee

2. SRA Security Chairman briefs residents on main features of the security scheme

3. Residents to give their views and seek clarification

4. Selection of auditors (at least two) for the security fund

5. Call for volunteers to be street representatives

6. Any other business

Hope that clarifies and we will see you there. Thank you.

Best regards,

Mazlan

Chairman of SRA Security Committee

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Posted By SRA Committee Blog to Seputeh Residents' Association (SRA) Committee Blog at 5/30/2009 10:25:00 PM

Sunday May 31 Seputeh Town Hall Meeting on Security

Dear Orang Seputeh,
Finally, we are seeing light at the end of our long dark security tunnel as we journey towards communal self-help.

Check out the official notice of Town Hall Meeting here .

Please come and attend the meeting.

Regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Daylight Snatch Theft... Japan Club-Mid Valley

Fellow Orang Seputeh,
We have always been warning ladies walking along the roads to beware of snatch thieves at night.

Now they are bold enough to strike in the mornings -- this morning.

An office worker on the way to Mid Valley had her handbag snatched by two men on a motorcycle near the U-turn outside Japan Club. The thieves simply jumped the divider and went across into the Mid Valley ring road to make good their escape.

She did not resist and the culprits just sped off.

Of course, she lodged a report and became a statistic. What else can the police do?

They can increase patrols and put men in mufti or even send unmarked cars but the menace remains.

Isn't it time to take a pro-active stance? Perhaps, a neighbourhood watch? Paid security? Unpaid security (if there is such a thing as a free lunch, come and show me). More lip-service? More debate? Soft whispers on terraces or corridors?

Or, let it be and don't do anything?

Think, fellow Orang Seputeh, think deep and hard.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Neighbours helped nab a thief on motorcycle

Fellow Orang Seputeh,

I must also share this piece of good news albeit a little late.

Alert neighbours foiled two thieves as they tried to make their getaway along Jalan Tanjung Sepat 1 last week.

Neighbours saw two suspicious characters on a motorcycle carting away some metallic objects from a house under construction and they alerted the police.

A police team confronted them and the thieves sped off. In their haste, the motorcycle crashed and one suspect who was injured was nabbed. The other escaped.

Here is a good example of Seputeh neighbours watching out for one another.

It was later found that quite a lot of construction materials had been squirrelled away in the past weeks.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Daylight Housebreaking... In Seputeh

Fellow Orang Seputeh,

It is with a heavy heart that I report a house at Jalan Taman Seputeh 3 was broken into earlier this week -- in the afternoon when the occupants were away at work.

Thieves got into the house through a window that was accidentedly left unlocked that day -- and the alarm was not activated.

We can never be too careful and, please, let us watch out for each other as good neighbours should.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Daylight Robbery March 26

Guest posting
Daylight Robbery

As part of my morning exercise routine, I often cycle around the crescent formed by roads Taman Seputeh 2, 3 and 4.
Every time I do this route I have been very impressed when I meet a dear old lady with her maid out exercising with the aid of a ‘Zimmer frame’.
She can just about walk and may only cover a hundred yards in 20 minutes, but as least she is getting out and making the effort.
I always gain pleasure and inspiration from her determination, her lovely smile and her cheery ‘Good Morning’ greeting.
Today [Thursday 26th march 2009] however it was a very different story, It was approximately 8.35am when I met this dear lady & her maid, as I cycled along Taman Seputeh 3; but this time they were accompanied by several other ladies, and there seem to be some commotion.
The dear old lady (I think her name is Mrs Hewi, or something like that – sorry about the spelling), had tears in her eyes, and the maid was also crying.
The other ladies then helped the old lady into a car and drove her 50 meters to her house.I now knew there was something not right, so I stopped and chatted with several people including a Mrs Tan, who lives very nearby.
It turns out that two ‘Malay speaking’ youths on a motorcycle approached the lady and the maid. The pillion rider produced a knife, and ordered them not to scream or shout.
They then pushed the old lady to the floor and snatched her gold necklace before riding off!
It must have happened literally a minute or maximum two before I arrived as I did not see any motorcycle exiting onto Taman Seputeh, and another maid said the went out of Taman Seputeh 3.
Two minutes earlier and I would have witnessed this foul act taking place. I know I could not have stood back, and done nothing, and who knows what the outcome might have been.
Maybe it was a blessing for me, but for sure I would have attacked, with only my bicycle, fists and feet as weapons; but against a moron with a knife the outcome is by no means certain.
Scary, but yet more evidence that Seputeh is no longer the safe place it used to be, and you don’t have to wait until it is dark.
Now having related this very current & topical story, from a personal perspective, I have to hide it away under ‘Comments’ for no one to see!
Why can't the Forum Moderator open it up for general comments from the public?
What are you scared off? Topics can still be approved before posting, moderated, or deleted as is currently the case.
When can we have a real Seputeh Residents Forum, or shall I set one up myself?'

fizzychickensoup'
March 26, 2009 10:45 AM

Email from concerned Seputeh neighbour

Hi Robert,
I’m Tan from , Jln Tmn Seputeh 2.
Lately I have noticed this chap going around our neighbourhood requesting for money. It usually happen towards the evening time that I have seen this chap.
The first time I noticed this chap was around in Dec’08 approaching a house a few house down the road from where I live, jln tmn seputeh 2. That was approx 8pm.
The second time, can’t recall the month, was approx 6+ in the evening where he carried a plant and approaching a few houses to try to sell it. Not sure whether he succeeded in selling off the plant.
On 22/3/09’s evening while going for my usual evening walk I noticed him again this time with bandage around his next (probably a fake one) and approaching houses for money at jln tmn seputeh 5 & 6.
I’m just worry that he may start something more drastic if he cannot get enough “income” visiting houses in our neighbourhood.
I hope you can assist to post this up at Orang Seputeh blog to inform others and be ready to call in the police if this chap start making further rounds at our neighbourhood.

Rgds,Tan

When the recession bites, will Seputeh be ready?

Fellow Orang Seputeh,
When the economy goes downhill as the year progresses, there will be more desperate people. Desperate enough to take to a life of crime. Will Seputeh be ready to keep them off?


Retrenched worker fails on first day at new job – as snatch thief
JOHOR BARU, March 1 – A 24-year-old man, who was one the many Malaysians retrenched from their jobs in Singapore, decided to try a new line of work – crime.

Jobless and having his credit cards maxed out, the man resorted to snatching to make the ends meet only to be caught on his attempt here today.

The would-be criminal, who has a two-year-old child, had his eye set on profiting from project executive, Nor Emylia Zakaria, 24.

The man was said to have waited for Nor Emylia, who was paying her car installment at the CIMB Bank cash deposit machine at Jalan Serampang, Taman Pelangi at 5.30pm.

As it was raining heavily, he took shelter as he observed his intended victim closely.
Surprising Nor Emylia, he snatched her handbag as she came out of the bank’s premises.
Nor Emylia screamed for help and took off after the thief.

“He punched me as I scuffled with him while he tried to enter his Naza Suria and my foot got stuck when he tried to close the door,” she said.

Several patrons of a nearby restaurant came to the aid of Nor Emylia, who suffered body and hand injuries.

The police managed to recover the victim’s handbag and found the snatcher’s wallet, apparently dropped in the car when he ran away.

Police got his address from his identity card and were waiting for him when he reached his home, also in Taman Pelangi.

Nor Emylia suffered losses of about RM1,000 from damage to a mobile phone and a pair of spectacles broken during the scuffle.

For Nor Emylia, it was her second brush with crime as she had been a victim of another snatch thief in last September last year.

Johor Baru (South) police chief, ACP Zainuddin Yaakob, when contacted confirmed the case. – Bernama


The snatch thieves are already active along Jalan Tmn Seputeh 1 and near Japan Club. They have been lying low because of police action. They will come back... unless we take proactive measures to keep them out.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

In NST today: Pistol-whipped in pre-dawn robbery

Fellow Orang Seputeh,

This was what happened to a family in Seri Gombak. Please read the last line:

NST Online » Local News 2009/03/01
Pistol-whipped in pre-dawn robbery
KUALA LUMPUR: When Tay Poh Yang was awakened early yesterday, she was horrified to see a bloodied face staring at her.

The face was that of her husband, who sustained a deep cut on his forehead after being pistol-whipped by one of four masked robbers.

The husband, who only wanted to be known as See, had woken up about 4.30am to turn off the air-conditioner and open the windows of their house in Taman Seri Gombak.

All of a sudden, he was confronted by three men brandishing parang and one armed with a pistol.Before he could react, the man with the pistol hit him on the forehead with his firearm.

"The robber cocked his pistol and aimed it at my head. "I was told not to move and to keep quiet," said See.

Shortly afterward, the 44-year-old Tay and the couple's two sons were herded into a corner and told to be quiet, while another robber pounded on their daughter's room door.

See said: "He went in and ordered my daughter to join her mother and brothers in the corner. "All the while, I was clutching my head and blood was oozing out from the wound."

Tay said she poured out the contents of her handbag for the robbers."I told them to take whatever they wanted as long as they left my family alone."

The robbers were believed to have climbed over the front gate of the house. They used an unidentified liquid and a crowbar to break open the lock on a door. The robbers escaped with mobile phones, jewellery and cash.

However, in their haste, they left behind a ski mask and two parang. A neighbour took Tay to the Gombak police headquarters to lodge a report while another took See to the hospital to have his head wound treated.

After the robbery, residents in the area have hired a security firm to patrol their neighbourhood.



Let us not wait for such a misfortune to befall an Orang Seputeh before we act.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Snatch Thieves: Seputeh Hits Back

Fellow Orang Seputeh,

I am happy to report that Robert Quah, SSTF chairman and SRA president, has had a meeting with Brickfields police over the recent spate of snatch thefts along our main road and especially around Jalan Taman Seputeh 1, around the U-turn at the Mid Valley loop road down to Jalan Syed Putra.

Of course, we hope to see more police action and that will be forthcoming.

Yes, we can also strike back. We are plugging the "escape holes" between the Mid Valley loop road and Jalan TS1. The Mid Valley management has agreed to help out with more materials to instal more barriers so motorcyclists cannot "ride over the barriers" or "squeeze through openings". How that will be done will be left to SSTF area volunteer (and now SRA Committee Member) Nisha to work out with Mid Valley.

Kudos to Robert and Nisha!

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

This Saturday's Programme

Seputeh Residents' Day -- Open to all
Members & Non-Members, Gated or Un-gated :)

PROGRAMME
8.00 am Registration and welcome
8.15 am Lion Dance
8.25 am MC's welcome and ground rules
8.30 am SRA President's welcome note
8.40 am Standing united against crime - Yang Berhormat Teresa Kok
8.55 am Breakfast - self service
9.15 am Patriotric songs by Children from Stepping Stones
9.35 am Seputeh Security Briefing - Polis Di Raja Malaysia
9.50 am Residents Workshop
10.35 am Dengue Talk - Health Dept
10.50 am Announce workshop results & meet your neighbours and SRA committee

Children's Events
9.30 am to 11.00 am Children Games
9.30 am to 11.30 am Photo opportunity with Fire Bridgade and Police Motorbike

Exhibitions
8.00 am to 12.00 pm Health Department's exhibition
8.00 am to 12.00 pm PDRM's exhibition

Others
9.00 am to 12.00 pm Health Check and Blood Donation
8.00 am to 12.00 pm Alam Flora Recycling


Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Seputeh Residents' Day -- Sat Feb 28 8am-12noon

Folks!
It has been quite a few years that there has been no community-wide activities in Seputeh.
Now, the SRA is organising a Seputeh Residents' Day. They will have free (simple) breakfast, drinks, games for the young, brainstorming activities for residents, lion dance performance courtesy of Master Wong of Batu Laut 1, a police meet-the-people session plus firemen in a real fire engine to interest the kids.

It will be held at the padang in Bukit Seputeh, located between Jalan Tanjung Sepat and Jalan Batu Laut 2.

Highlights:
· Meet your fellow neighbours & your Wakil Rakyat
· Meet PDRM, DBKL, JPN, Alam Flora & BOMBA
· Talks on health and security
· Recycling booths
· Performances by your neighourhood children
· Lion dance performance courtesy of Master Wong


For updates, please check out the SRA website at http://sracommittee.blogspot.com/


Best regards,
Orang Seputeh

Towards A More Secure Future

Friday the 13th -- A Seputeh Eye-Witness Account

Sorry, folks, I don't have good news. Yes, it was Friday the 13th last week and another snatch theft took place at the link road to Mid Valley.

Here's what an eye-witness reported to Orang Seputeh:

On 13/2/09 at 9 p.m an Indian lady was sitting in her car waiting for her friend to deliver a document to her just on the road to Mid Valley from Seputeh (that short stretch with the U-turn. She had her car locked. A man came and tapped on the window on the passenger side and asked her to unlock her car. Just then, her friend arrived in his truck but was disracted by a phone call. Of course, she refused to open the window and guess what? The next thing was he smashed the window and snatched her handbag which was placed on the passenger seat. Before her friend could react, the man ran off with his motorcycle friend. The police arrived shortly after but what could they do except to promise to step up patrolling.


Well, let's hope we see fewer of this in the future.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

One More Snatch Theft Friday Feb 6

Fellow Orang Seputeh,
One more case of a snatch theft took place around 9.30-10pm along our main road. Fortunately, the victim was not seriously hurt but she was traumatised enough.
It happened when she arrived at a friend's house along the main road. She was standing near the Japan Club's main entrance road when she was robbed.
A man, believed to be a foreigner from a neighbouring country, dashed towards her and grabbed her handbag. She lost it after fracturing a finger. The robber dashed up the slope towards the bus-stop where an accomplice was waiting on a motorcycle.
Unfortunately, her friend who tried to chase the robbers fell and hurt himself. There were several witnesses, including the friend's wife and a few friends. A police report has been lodged.

All we can do now is to hope Brickfields police will increase patrol frequency.... and continue to harp on "non-paying" solutions like Rukun Tetangga, private CCTV cameras (whose? where?) and "long-term" measures which 7o out of over 700 residents supported.

Let the 70 people who voted NOT to have our own security scheme come and tell these victims how their "no payment" wishful thinking can prevent or deter such thefts.

It may be time to act, dear fellow Orang Seputeh. Your views are welcome.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh

Towards a More Secure Future

Grandma robbed at knifepoint in "safe" Seputeh

Dear Neighbours,
It is sad when these things happen in our neighbourhood.
Let us not sit back and think it will not happen to us.
Be extra careful during this festive season as well.

Best regards,
Orang Seputeh
Towards A More Secure Future

Brickfields Police Ops Room 03-22744465

Fellow Orang Seputeh,
Following a request from Eugene, we are putting the Brickfields Operations Room Phone Number on the blog. If you call, please make sure you tell them clearly and calmly what the problem is, your location and if necessary, leave your contact number.
For non-urgent matters, you may call the general line at the police station: 03-22740222.
For emergencies, and if somehow you cannot get through to Brickfields Ops Room, you can try the following:

• KL Contingent Ops Room: 03-21150999
• Bukit Aman Ops Room: 03-20319999

Best regards,

Orang Seputeh

Towards A More Secure Future