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
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