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In KL for only 5 hrs, when our bag was snatched in broad daylight in peak traffic. After stopping at a bus stop (where 4 boys were sitting on their parked motor bikes) to buy water, hubby was near the curb for a few seconds when a guy dressed in all back, black helmet, on a black motorbike came from behind and snatched our bag (with our handycam, digital camera & other gear) from my his shoulder and sped off, leaving smoke behind and too fast to see number plate. It was too sudden and he was thrown off to the side of the road shocked and dumbfounded and I was screaming. People in traffic across the road saw it all happen and so did the guard (from a nearby car park). 5 seconds after this a guy on a bike stopped and said he was a plainclothes policeman and asked which way the thief went and sped off to follow him. The old guard told us the exact thing has happened at the same spot 4 times in the last 2 weeks ! The tourist police arrived and asked us questions and have apparently known this black spot andnot bothered to man it !!
They promptly drove us to the tourist police station. The woman constable on a power trip was least interested. Upon filling forms we realised that our mistake was "Walking with the traffic flow". The police officer sort of wrote the incident report on her own, when I tried to fill in, I was put in my place. We were shocked, angry and frustrated and scared of walking anywhere near the traffic after that.
We tried buying the same brand camera but they'd never heard of the "Ricoh. Interestingly, no shop had it except 1 which had a high end Ricoh camera which the store guy had no idea or sales pitch on. Anyway, the lesson here is "walk against the traffic flow, keep an eye on traffic, people etc", mind your wallet and valuables. I never thought it could happen to me and yet it did. I did one good thing - I had a money belt on my waist which was very helpful. Phone: (+603) 2149 6590 - tourist policOther Contact: (+603) 2149 6593 - tourist polic
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