Getting shoppers to be more alert

Victim Jenny Wong's bag was slit open with a concealed knife in the Sungai Long morning market while she was distracted picking vegetables.

AN ANTI-Pickpocket Campaign has been introduced by the Seri Kembangan assemblyman’s office to create awareness among shoppers about a spate of pickpocketing incidents in the Seri Kembangan New Village morning market.

“The pickpockets appear to target shoppers during weekends, when the morning market is especially busy.