Myanmar refugee slits wrist of man who tried to rob him

SEREMBAN: Four robbers picked the wrong victim when they assaulted a Myanmar refugee at his house in Sikamat here early Saturday.

The victim, who holds a United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) card, retaliated by grabbing a machete and slit the wrist of one of his assailants.

Badly injured, the 26-year-old robber tried to flee from the house in Taman Sikamat Utama and collapsed in some bushes about 50m away.

His accomplices escaped in a white van in the incident which occurred about 3.30am.

Seremban police chief ACP Muhamad Zaki Harun said the injured man, who also a UNHCR card holder, was detained to facilitate investigations.

He said the man was warded at the Tuanku Jaafar Hospital.

He said the police seized a blood-stained machete, two necklaces, a pair of earrings and cash totalling about RM5,000 at the scene where the suspect was found writhing in pain.

Relating the incident, Muhamad Zaki said a Myanmar couple holding UNHCR status were asleep at the house when four men broke into the premises via the window of the guest room.

"They then kicked open the door of a bedroom where the couple, in their 40s and 30s, slept. Two of the intruders rushed towards the shocked couple and assaulted the man.

"The man fought back and managed to grab a machete, lashing out at the intruders before slashing the wrist of one of the assailants.

"The four men then fled from the house via the front door before the police found the suspect in the bushes," he said. - Bernama