Thursday January 19, 2006
Anti-snatch handbag launched
KUALA LUMPUR: Anyone can be a snatch theft victim, but women carrying handbags are among the main targets.
Today, women who fear having their bag snatched can opt for an “anti-snatch” handbag that comes with free insurance.
MESB Bhd executive chairman Datuk Seri Diraja Syed Razlan Jamalullail said the Giossardi safety handbag had a strap that detached at both ends when someone pulled on it strongly.
It was developed by MESB subsidiary Miroza Leather (M) Sdn Bhd.
“Saddened by the numerous reports of snatch theft losses and injuries, Miroza Leather came up with the innovative idea and also set up a trust fund to aid victims,” said the Arau MP at the launch of Malaysia’s first safety handbag and the Giossardi Snatch Theft Victim Fund here yesterday.
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INNOVATIVE: An employee of Miroza Leather, Eri-Poh, showing how the strap of a Giossardi safety handbag gets detached should it be pulled by a snatch thief. The bag was launched in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. |
Miroza Leather has donated RM100,000 to kick-start the five-year fund aimed at helping families of victims who have died or suffered injuries but do not have any form of insurance coverage.
The Giossardi safety handbag is listed as the First Safety Handbag in Malaysia in the Malaysia Book of Records.
Its inventor, Deric Low, said he took nine months to come up with the prototype of the bag, now available in over 100 designs.
Women, Family and Community Development Ministry parliamentary secretary Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun urged women to be careful although the number of snatch theft cases had dropped from 9,999 between January and October 2004 to 7,909 in the corresponding period last year.
“About 80% of snatch thieves use motorcycles and in these cases, 80% of the victims are women and 60% of the culprits are drug addicts,'' she said when launching the bag.
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