Thursday August 31, 2006
Bikers on smashing rampage
KUALA LUMPUR: At least 13 cars were broken into, their windows and windshields smashed, along Jalan Medang Serai in Bangsar, leaving residents both angry and baffled.
Residents who witnessed the incident at 5am yesterday said young men on at least four motorcycles took their time smashing the windows before taking anything of value inside.
They also claimed the youths were the same ones who often raced illegally along the Sprint Highway that runs parallel to their road.
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DESPICABLE ACT: Ng taking a closer look at the mess after a group of motorcyclists smashed the windscreens and windows of 13 cars along Jalan Medang Serai, Bangsar, early Wednesday morning. |
“This happened to me last month as well, when they took the radio in my BMW. Even before I had time to fix that, they struck again,” he said, adding that the culprits seemed to be sending some kind of message to the residents there.
“Almost all the cars had both the front and passenger windows smashed. If they were merely out to get valuables in the car, there is no reason for them to smash both windows,” a puzzled Ng said.
Another resident, who declined to be named, said he saw what happened and called the police immediately.
“They started at one end of the road and smashed cars all the way to the other end. They would wait awhile before going on to the next one. They were not afraid and did not run away,” she said.
“The police came a little too late as the youths had gone by then,” she said, claiming that the police also did not bother to ask any of the residents what had happened or who had called.
Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Dzuraidi Ibrahim, who confirmed the incident, said only six people had come forward to make reports, so far, even though 13 cars were smashed.
“According to the reports, the suspects were young men who were riding four Yamaha RX-Z motorcycles,” he said, adding that police would increase patrols in the area.
“We believe there were around eight men in all.”
ACP Mohd Dzuraidi said a similar incident happened in the Jalan Terasek area about a month ago.
“In that incident, the men were also on motorcycles, but we still don’t know if this is the same group or a different one.”
He asked witnesses to contact the police via the Rakan Cop hotline at 03-2115 9999 or call the Brickfields district headquarters at 03-2274 2222.
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