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March 26, 2009
Pickpockets caught in the act <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Felicia Wong
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> TWO men who tried to steal from passers-by in the Chinatown area were arrested by the police on Tuesday. Officers on anti-crime rounds on Tuesday spotted the men, aged 53 and 75, behaving suspiciously at a bus-stop outside People's Park Complex. One was then seen reaching into a woman's handbag while the other kept a lookout. Shortly after, they were seen targeting another woman who was counting the money she had just received from a nearby money changer. An EZ-link card which was reported stolen a day earlier was also found on one of the suspects. The two suspects will be charged for theft in court on Thursday.
March 26, 2009
Pickpockets caught in the act <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Felicia Wong
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> TWO men who tried to steal from passers-by in the Chinatown area were arrested by the police on Tuesday. Officers on anti-crime rounds on Tuesday spotted the men, aged 53 and 75, behaving suspiciously at a bus-stop outside People's Park Complex. One was then seen reaching into a woman's handbag while the other kept a lookout. Shortly after, they were seen targeting another woman who was counting the money she had just received from a nearby money changer. An EZ-link card which was reported stolen a day earlier was also found on one of the suspects. The two suspects will be charged for theft in court on Thursday.
