‘Push Pocket’ a new crime trend after ‘Pick Pocket’
An UntoldCityLife.com’s Shocking Crime shared by Xiao Loong Zi
My aunty has forwarded me a shocking email on latest crime trend in Kuala Lumpur especially at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). For frequent flyers, please kindly be aware of following:
*I am sure you all have heard of “pick pocket”.
** ** A new trend “push pocket”.
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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 the 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.
Pass it on….. let more people be aware of
such things around them.**
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