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Published: Monday July 29, 2013 MYT 2:44:00 PM
Updated: Monday July 29, 2013 MYT 4:19:58 PM
200-year-old diamond stolen from Goddess of Mercy Temple in Penang
BY KIATISAK CHUA
The glass pane in front of the compartment that housed the statue Kuan Yin deity (back centre) was broken and the diamond from its forehead stolen.
GEORGE TOWN: A 200-year-old diamond was reported stolen from the Goddess of Mercy Temple in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling at 1.10pm on Monday.
The suspect was apprehended but the diamond is yet to be found.
It was believed that the suspect, a man, broke the glass pane housing the statue of the Kuan Yin deity with a hammer and took the diamond off the forehead of the deity's statue.
A medic treating the suspect's injuries as he lay unconscious at the Goddess of Mercy Temple.
The temple's operations director, who is known only as Tan said devotees were alerted by the sound of glass breaking, gave chase when they saw the suspect and beat him up until he was unconscious.
Tan said the diamond is a priceless artifact and that it had been in the temple since the it was built more than two centuries ago.
The incident happened less than a week after the temple reopened its main hall back to the public after the renovation last Wednesday.
Shattered glass from the broken casing on top of the statue of a Goddess of Mercy after a citizen arrest foiled an attempt by a 25-year-old man to steal it from the Kuan Yin temple in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling.
Phuah Ken Lin
New Straits Times
Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013
GEORGE TOWN, PENANG - The missing diamond from statue of the Goddess of Mercy (Kuan Yin) Temple in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling was recovered today.
A police spokesman said an investigating team found the precious gem stone hidden in the pile of shattered glass casing which contained the deity.
He also said a 35-year-old suspected burglar whom was beaten up prior to his arrest on-the-spot remained in a stable condition in the Penang Hospital.
"We have not found any diamond in possession by the suspect. Our team combed the scene and managed to find the glittering diamond inside the broken glass pieces," he said.
The spokesman added that a temple manager mounted the diamond back to the forehead section of the deity in the premises this morning.
It is believed that the diamond was originally placed on the statue's forehead since the inception of the historical Kuan Yin Temple some 200 years ago.
It was reported that the 35-year-old man had failed in his attempt to steal the diamond in the 1pm incident.
He apprarently used a hammer to smash the glass case of the statue.
The noise prompted a 45-year-old caretaker and two other men to track down the suspect who wast trying to escape from the temple.
The suspect barely made it outside the temple before he was overpowered by the trio near an altar and handed over to the police.
