Learn to be street smart in public places

An easy target. Always remember to hold your handbag close to you and beware of suspicious character.

SNATCH theft claimed another life after a 73-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen when he tried to stop two suspects from stealing his wife’s gold necklace in Parit Buntar last week.

Yeap Ah Kang @ Yeap Bak Seng and his wife, Teow Siew Gaik, 67, were reportedly jogging near a fast-food restaurant in Taman Wawasan when two men on a motorcycle appeared and tried to snatch Teow’s necklace. A struggle ensued between the victim and the suspects, and Yeap was stabbed with a sharp weapon, believed to be a knife. He died at the scene.