"Tuesday August 8, 2006
Another life snatched
KUANTAN: Another life has been snatched; a week after a college student in Kuala Lumpur and a hotel worker in Petaling Jaya died at the hands of snatch thieves.
At about 7.30pm on Sunday, a thief pushed salesgirl Ng Chiew Lim down an emergency staircase on the ground floor of the Berjaja Megamall here where she worked.
She landed headfirst. Several security guards later found her lying on the ground and unconscious, with blood oozing out from her ears, nose and mouth.
They rushed her to the Kuantan Medical Centre where she was warded in a serious condition.
Other guards who spotted the suspect in front of a video shop on the first floor nabbed him as he tried to flee.
Chiew Lim, 25, from Bandar Indera Mahkota here, died from her injuries at 11.25am yesterday.
It is learnt that she was on her way to meet her boyfriend when the incident happened.
She had received a call from him and went down via the emergency staircase.
OCPD Asst Comm Jamshah Mustapa said police have detained a 23-year-old man to help in investigations.
The case has been classified as murder.
The girl’s father Ng Pang Kiow, 65, and her younger brother Ng Chew Seng, 20, were in Singapore at the time of the incident. They took a flight home upon hearing the tragic news.
Chiew Lim’s colleague Hoo Wan Lian, 22, said they had just finished their shift and were doing some window-shopping when her friend received a call from her boyfriend.
“She left using the staircase while I went home on my own,” Hoo said, adding that several minutes later a call came in to say that Chiew Lim had been rushed to the medical centre.
Complex manager K.G. Yong, contacted by The Star, said adequate security measures had been taken to ensure the safety of shoppers.
He said they employed 30 security guards and at least 12 of them would be patrolling the premises regularly.
“We regret the incident and urge shoppers to use the seven lifts at the complex, rather than take the stairs,” he said, adding that the management planned to install closed-circuit TV cameras for added security. "
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/8/nation/15079090&sec=nation
Where do these murdering thieves come from? Are they our own people or are they part of the 6.8% non-citizens portion of the population (Bernama, 2005-7-15) Whoever they may be, they are "senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless," and deserving of the death penalty. Why can't they find some honest labour to earn their money? Isn't it better to be a garbageman or a road sweeper than a thief and murderer? Paul went even further: he said that we are to work, not only to meet our own needs, but to share with others in need.
"He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need." Ephesians 4:28
Oh yes, we do have the haze in KL now, but what is that compared to floods in Pakistan, India, China which leave hundreds and thousands dead, desolate or displaced?
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