went shopping and had lunch with family last Friday.After abit of sight seeing and little bit of shopping we head home, along the way we decided to drop by at at pasar malam.You see we love pasar malam for the reasons all of you can really understand. cheap plenty food and the aroma that comes with it.
The Pasar Malam we are talking about is at Tampoi-If you are coming down from Angsana heading towards causeway along the Tun Abdul Razak.Before you reach flyover that would take you to Tun Abdul razak,it is on the left side.But to access it,you need to turn left at the Petrones petrol station and drive in abit before reaching flyover.
Me and family reached there about 7pm.We parked our car right under the bright light on the side of the road.The driver side is facing the road to flyover and you can see cars are passing by fast.
It does seems to be a safe spot.
After about 30 mins we were heading to towards the car.Then from a distance of about 3 metres,my bro saw about 4-5 youngsters emerging from the rear side of the car and he notice one of them carrying a haversack similar to his. he felt suspicious and pick up pace.
Then he started to run towards those guys after noticing the driver seat side of the passaenger seat window had broken to pieces.When he was about nearing those guys ,one of them turned back and saw my bro chasing after them.As my bro had lost the element of surpise,he then shouted 'thief,thief..arrest them..Those guys quickly run to different directions,about 3 cross the road that had high divider with fast moving cars passing.The other one took the opposite side,fell quite badly.Thinking that 3 guys had his bag he ignores the guy that fell which was near him.
As my bro did not want to take the risk of crossing the road that had cars passing very fast he stopped. When he was chasing and shouting a guy from the nearest food stall(food stall empty due to pasar malam)tried to give chase but by then they had already crossed the road or at least almost.
The guy that fell no longer there,he disappeared.
While making the way back,a malay guy in a car slowed down and enquired if those bastards were caught .My bro said no.He had good news though,he said a malay couple had picked a bag thrown by one of those crooks and had gone to us to return it.I received the bag and my bro confirms all are intact.In it are S$2000+, plus a Microsoft surface and personal docs. My bro was soooo relieved.
Thinking about it they could have got killed when crossing /running across the road.Its like crossing on our PIE or Expressway.
We then cleaned the fragments from the car and confirm nothing taken except the bag.The way we look at it.Those were out with no intent to steal like those we see riding motorcycle etc.They were like those guys go pasar malam,sit beside my car eating snacks probably and one of them happen to see my bag and got tempted.Yes,with hindsight my bro should not have placed the bag there.We were always careful other than that day.
We went central made a police report and was redirected to another HQ opposite Skudai Parade to give full statement,according to IO Singaporean cases has a special task force that's why we were directed there.
Are we deterred to enter JB again?NO
We love it there not because of the prices only but that kind of freedom feeling you get when you cross over.Putting my bag on display like that ,it can even happen in Singapore.The point is we must always be vigilant,over suspicious of surrounding is good.We always have a metal bar in our car just incase and we avoid isolated area.
Other than those bastards,many Malaysian approach us and enquired if we were ok-very nice of them
Lesson learnt.I remember seeing a note on the wall of the IO that says-Crime happens most of the time due to the 'opportuinty' that you gave the criminal or something to that effect. Which is very true in our case
I am still looking for workshop to replace the broken window here or jb.Any suggestion/recommendation.I don't want claim insurance or they will slaughter us next renewal.-My car is Kia Sportage
The Pasar Malam we are talking about is at Tampoi-If you are coming down from Angsana heading towards causeway along the Tun Abdul Razak.Before you reach flyover that would take you to Tun Abdul razak,it is on the left side.But to access it,you need to turn left at the Petrones petrol station and drive in abit before reaching flyover.
Me and family reached there about 7pm.We parked our car right under the bright light on the side of the road.The driver side is facing the road to flyover and you can see cars are passing by fast.
It does seems to be a safe spot.
After about 30 mins we were heading to towards the car.Then from a distance of about 3 metres,my bro saw about 4-5 youngsters emerging from the rear side of the car and he notice one of them carrying a haversack similar to his. he felt suspicious and pick up pace.
Then he started to run towards those guys after noticing the driver seat side of the passaenger seat window had broken to pieces.When he was about nearing those guys ,one of them turned back and saw my bro chasing after them.As my bro had lost the element of surpise,he then shouted 'thief,thief..arrest them..Those guys quickly run to different directions,about 3 cross the road that had high divider with fast moving cars passing.The other one took the opposite side,fell quite badly.Thinking that 3 guys had his bag he ignores the guy that fell which was near him.
As my bro did not want to take the risk of crossing the road that had cars passing very fast he stopped. When he was chasing and shouting a guy from the nearest food stall(food stall empty due to pasar malam)tried to give chase but by then they had already crossed the road or at least almost.
The guy that fell no longer there,he disappeared.
While making the way back,a malay guy in a car slowed down and enquired if those bastards were caught .My bro said no.He had good news though,he said a malay couple had picked a bag thrown by one of those crooks and had gone to us to return it.I received the bag and my bro confirms all are intact.In it are S$2000+, plus a Microsoft surface and personal docs. My bro was soooo relieved.
Thinking about it they could have got killed when crossing /running across the road.Its like crossing on our PIE or Expressway.
We then cleaned the fragments from the car and confirm nothing taken except the bag.The way we look at it.Those were out with no intent to steal like those we see riding motorcycle etc.They were like those guys go pasar malam,sit beside my car eating snacks probably and one of them happen to see my bag and got tempted.Yes,with hindsight my bro should not have placed the bag there.We were always careful other than that day.
We went central made a police report and was redirected to another HQ opposite Skudai Parade to give full statement,according to IO Singaporean cases has a special task force that's why we were directed there.
Are we deterred to enter JB again?NO
We love it there not because of the prices only but that kind of freedom feeling you get when you cross over.Putting my bag on display like that ,it can even happen in Singapore.The point is we must always be vigilant,over suspicious of surrounding is good.We always have a metal bar in our car just incase and we avoid isolated area.
Other than those bastards,many Malaysian approach us and enquired if we were ok-very nice of them
Lesson learnt.I remember seeing a note on the wall of the IO that says-Crime happens most of the time due to the 'opportuinty' that you gave the criminal or something to that effect. Which is very true in our case
I am still looking for workshop to replace the broken window here or jb.Any suggestion/recommendation.I don't want claim insurance or they will slaughter us next renewal.-My car is Kia Sportage
