Putatan: CCTV recordings is being relied upon to track down the culprits in a robbery that happened here on Monday and a theft in Luyang on Saturday. In the robbery incident, a local businesswoman lost her RM300,000 Toyota Cygnus, about RM9,000 cash and other valuables near Kg Petagas, along Jalan Putatan.
The 37-year-old, who wished to be known as Jenny, said she also lost her Samsung Galaxy Note and a Sony Ericsson handphone worth over RM3,000 in the robbery.
She said it happened shortly after she parked her 4WD vehicle in front of her trading premises. Based on the CCTV records, a Kancil was seen parked near the premises about 100-feet from the main road and believed to contain the two robbers inside. They had apparently trailed the 4WD.
"After alighting from my car, one man suddenly pulled my handbag containing the cash including my car key and asked me to let go of the handbag.
"I pleaded with him to return my personal documents like MyKad, driving licence and credit cards inside the handbag and that he could take the money.
"However, the robber took out a parang and pointed it at me before he and another man fled in my car," she said.
The robbers left behind their Kancil and she contacted her family before alerting police. Penampang Police Chief, DSP Ratan Kumar Singh, said police have launched a manhunt for the suspects.
In the Luyang incident, a suspected foreigner cooly walked away with a laptop belonging to Dr Kheng Kien Soo, 51, from the administration room of his clinic at Damai Plaza. It contains patients' records, the clinic's inventory and other important information.
The suspect is believed to have struck twice on two consecutive Saturdays, May 5 and May 12. In the first instance, he reportedly stole a handphone belonging to a staff after entering a laboratory clinic on the pretext of registering his wife.
The suspect went to Dr Kheng's clinic at 7.05pm on Saturday on the pretext of registering his wife who was to see the doctor, according to the receptionist, Edna, 26.
At that time, Dr Kheng, 51, was having dinner at an eatery next door.
Only a staff, Edna, and colleague, Isabelle, 24, as well as a patient together with a child, were in the clinic.
"The man, who spoke in Malay, came to the counter and said his wife wanted to see the doctor. When I asked whether she had been to the clinic before, he said 'Tiada' (No), and when I wanted to register her name, he said 'Tunggu sekejap, dia masih di luar' (Wait for a while, she is still outside).
"He then sat down while purportedly waiting for his wife to come.
Before long, he went towards the back, and seemed to be talking to someone on his handphone.
"After that, he came back to the counter and asked whether there is a toilet because he wanted to berak (pass motion)," Edna said. She said the man left his wallet and handphone at the counter before proceeding to the clinic's toilet.
"Soon he became back for his things and when I asked where his wife was, he pretended to look outside. By then, I felt something was amiss as he was sweating profusely."
When Dr Kheng returned to his clinic by 8pm, he found his laptop missing from the room which had been left unlocked.
"The cable had been disconnected from the laptop.
At first, I thought the receptionist had taken it but when I questioned her, she said she hadn't."
Fortunately, the CCTV cameras were installed in different parts of the clinic - reception area, dispensary, corridor leading to the back and back alley.
Dr Kheng said the man's movements inside the clinic were recorded, which showed that he lingered outside the administration room before entering the place. He was also captured leaving the room and walking towards the back of the premises.
Based on the CCTV camera recordings at the back alley, the suspect left the clinic with the laptop in his right hand at 19:15:59.
Dr Kheng, together with Edna and Isabelle, lodged a report at the Karamunsing Police-Station at 8.49pm the same night.
Dr Kheng is offering a reward of RM500 for the recovery and return of his laptop.
He or his staff can be reached at 088-267000 or 088-260200.
