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