Salesgirl lends her weight to fight crime
BY R.S.N. MURALI
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GUTSY GAL: Wong showing the bruises on her elbow and knee at a private clinic. |
In the noon incident yesterday, a youth entered a cell phone outlet in Jalan Tun Dr Ismail here where Wong Pei Fan was manning the counter.
On the pretext of buying a new phone, the suspect asked the 22-year-old salesgirl to show him the latest model with built-in camera.
While Wong was busy entertaining another customer, the suspect fled with the phone and ran towards the central market where he had parked his motorcycle.
His luck ran out when Wong, who shouted and gave chase, caught up with him at a traffic light junction about 20m from the outlet.
Book salesman M. Jagesdwaran, 44, who was at the scene, said he saw Wong grabbing the thief's T-shirt and pounced on him before shoving the latter on the ground.
The thief fought back but the gutsy Wong gave him a kick in the groin.
While he was grimacing in pain, Wong sat on him and shouted for help.
Jagesdwaran said Wong gave the thief another blow in the face when he tried to resist.
At one stage, the thief tried to crawl away with Wong riding “piggyback.”
He quickly gave up when he found that Wong could not be unseated and a crowd of people had gathered around.
Jagesdwaran said he called the police and a patrol car arrived soon after to arrest the suspect.
Wong sustained minor injuries on her elbow and knee, and later sought treatment at a nearby clinic.
At the clinic, Wong said she was angry when she ran after the thief and did not think about her own safety.
“I really wanted to teach these snatch thieves a good lesson and that was why I used all my strength to stop him from getting away,” she added.
Wong said it was the second time she had fallen prey to a snatch thief.
A few months ago, she said, her chain was snatched while she was walking along a back lane here.
OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Abdullah commended Wong for her bravery and said police needed the co-operation of such people to curb snatch thefts.
He said police would issue Wong an appreciation letter.
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