GEORGE TOWN: Armed men shot a moneychanger, grabbed two bags on an airport trolley but missed RM1.9mil in another suitcase in a botched robbery at the Penang International Airport yesterday.
The robbers, two of whom were armed with automatic pistols, fired more than 10 shots, hitting the moneychanger, who was unidentified, in the ear and shoulder.
One of the shots also shattered a panel of the automatic glass door of the airport entrance.
The glass door at the airport entrance was shattered by gunfire from the robbers.
The incident occurred at about 9.30am when the moneychanger was about to receive a bag containing notes in American and Singapore dollars, British pounds and EU euros from a security guard hired to transport the cash in an armoured vehicle outside the airport entrance.
Central Seberang Prai spokesman Supt Shaharon Anuar Abdul Latif said that three masked robbers alighted from a black Toyota Harrier and dashed towards the moneychanger as he came up to security guard Zainol Othman, who escorted the money, at Door 1.
The moneybag was still in the armoured vehicle when the robbers struck.
It is learnt the moneychanger was on his way to board a flight at 10.25am to deliver the cash consignment to his counterpart at Changi Airport in Singapore.
Zainol, 43, told The Star that he grabbed the moneybag inside the armoured car and fled when he heard the gunshots.
The police forensics team gathering evidence from the armoured vehicle.
“I knew it was a robbery. The first thought that came to mind was to save the money.”
He said he hid behind the armoured vehicle for a while but decided to run to the side of the airport main building some 50m away when he saw one of the armed robbers heading towards him.
“In the midst of the commotion, the robbers grabbed the moneychanger’s bags, thinking that I had already placed the moneybag onto the trolley,” he said.
The three robbers, with an accomplice waiting in the getaway vehicle, sped off with the bags, one of which contained the moneychanger’s clothing.
The moneychanger was sent to Penang Hospital where surgeons operated to remove the slugs. Doctors said his condition was stable.
The gunshots sent the public and airport staff, who were standing at the other entrances, running for cover.
Zainol, who was armed with a revolver, said he did not draw his pistol to fight the robbers as “there were too many people at the airport entrance and I was worried I might hit somebody”.
“I was not scared during the robbery but I think I must be lucky to be alive,” he added.
Police said they found the getaway car at a newly-completed housing project in Sungai Tiram, a stone's throw from the airport, 10 minutes after the robbery.
They believe the robbers abandoned the vehicle and switched to another car.
Supt Shaharon said they recovered nine 9mm automatic pistol casings at the scene.
“We are also looking at the airport’s CCTV recording to identify the robbers,” he said.
This news is from today star paper,i read it on the net.It just show us that how the robber so furious now..gun shots fly around at the airport without concerning life of public..since when our country become this worst..i could'nt imagine wht will happen after 5 or 10 years .this has shown the robbers have already not affraid to our law enforcement anymore....what should we do to prevent crime rate from increasing?many suggestion has been proposed but non of it seem to work...Do we really have to live in terror everyday when we go out?ladies have to be extra careful when they carrying their beautiful bags?all this quetion will never answer if we still cant solution to all this.many life have been cost for this ,bringing many painfull to the one who lost thier love one..In my opinion,why all the solution that carry out by our government did not works as it proposed?1st is because our officer didnt fully play their role in crime fighting.Take our police officer as example,their duty is to protect public's safety,but the crime rate keep increasing,has shown them doesnt play their role relly well in crime fighting,they prefer hiding in shaded place ,catch all the rule breaker ,giving them summon.beside that i think that unity in our society had collapsed.compare to those day back then 90 or 80 years..crime rate back then also increasing.government proposed rukun tetangga being carry out in every taman.rukun tetangga was a success.every family alternately send a guy family member to patrol at night.result really did is the way we want..crime rate had decrease...but now no more this kind of unity in our society..as a conclusion..everyone had to play their role in crime fighting..lets us send a message to all the criminal out there.we will fight u all to the day we die!!
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
I am going home...

Recently i been hearing chris daughtry's song title home..one of lyric is sing like this i m going home,to the place where i belong...makes me so happy,because i am going back next week for a week holiday..my younger sis that study at matric school in gopeng coming back also...i have not see her for more than month already..finally our family can have a reunion since i n my sis go study..what excite me more is that my mother promise to cook ouur favouritefood when we come back..although 2 week ago i just go home..bit this time is totally different feelings...last time it was to rush..i unable to enjoy some quality time with my famliy..so this time have a week holiday..i am sure i will appreacite it..i keep wondering how i my cat now..my younger and elder sis..parents ..anyway i will found out next week ..yeah!!
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
