Robbed!

Last weekend, my parents and brother-in-law got robbed, back in Malaysia. We are talking about a parang-wielding robbers here. It happened when they were outside a relatives house, waiting to go in. It was during the waiting that the incident happened.

There were 4 of them on 2 motorcycles, only 2 of them got off and threatened the poor victims. Realizing their lives are at stake - they surrendered everything that they had on them. Things could have gone worse if they had retaliated. There were similar cases at a nearby area where 2 people got hurt, as the robbers attacked them with the parang.

It happened in Taman Permata in Keramat. Later they found out (while doing a police report) that they were the 3rd victim on that day itself (blardy robbers!!). The rest of the incidents happened in the adjacent area; AU2, AU3, all Keramat areas. By the way, the robbers are all Malays (makes me sick all over).

Thank God no one got hurt. If it had happened to me...I am sure to hand in all my belongings as well. But I would be pissed off afterwards - having to go thru the pains to recover all the lost identifications, bank cards, etc.

What can we do to avoid such incidents from happening?

1. If you're visiting someone, advisable to give the person a call that you are outside the house, to minimise the time from your car to inside the house compound.

2. Always be alert to your surroundings.

3. If there are not many people in your house, lock up the doors and windows. Because if you got robbed, there are chances of these people aiming at your house since they could trace your address from your lost identifications.

4. Don't panic, of course. Try to remember as much details as you can about them.

5. Better if you don't fight. This may sound cliche but, harta benda boleh dicari, nyawa melayang kalu??

6. Try to carry as little cash as possible to cushion for your loss. Ever heard of debit cards? It really is a wise thing to sign up for. And maybe, we can store our identifications (e.g. IC, driving license, kad nikah, etc) separately? Then put the identifications away in the car, rather than in your bag. In that case, you can leave the house because you have your identifications by your side. But you don't have it in your bag when the robbers got hold of it. Get it? Only take the IDs out if you need them somewhere, e.g. post office. I don't know, do you think it's a wise thing to do? It's such a hassle having to re-apply for those IDs seriously.

Anyway guys, take care OK? The world is really not a safe place for us to live in anymore...