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