18 May 2013 (Sat) Armed Attack Cheras

18 May 2013 (Sat)
Armed Attack
Cheras

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/three-guards-hacked-up-like-meat-in-brutal-cheras-attack/

Three guards hacked up like ‘meat’ in brutal Cheras attack

May 19, 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 ― Two men launched a savage attack upon three security workers at an apartment complex here yesterday, hacking away at their victims with parangs as though they “were meat”, The Star reported on its website today.

The gruesome attack was captured on a closed-circuit television recording, but is unclear if the video was able to identify the assailants as they both wore crash helmets during the event.

According to the newspaper, the attackers were believed to be thieves targeting the residents of the apartment. This was also not the first time the guards were attacked.

“The previous attack was not so serious. They only punched a guard and broke the window,” resident association chairman Bruce Tan was quoted as saying in the report.

“The attack this time was so horrifying. I watched the CCTV recording and saw the guards being chopped like they were meat.”

The attack was confirmed by KL CID chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah, who added the victims were in stable condition.

The incident is the latest in a growing trend of violent crimes reported in the country. Last month, 52-year-old Irene Ong was killed after she was stabbed repeatedly during a botched robbery attempt in broad daylight at the idyllic Bukit Gasing hiking trail in Petaling Jaya.

The same month also saw Royal Malaysian Customs deputy director-general II Datuk Shaharuddin Ibrahim, 58, shot dead near a traffic light near the Putrajaya police station.

Putrajaya has sought to address concerns over the crime rate and introduced crime-reduction as a National Key Result Area (NKRA), which the police and the government’s efficiency unit Pemandu said has been successful in reducing crime.

But the ubiquity of crime reports, both in the news and shared in social media, have led to doubts over the veracity of the authorities’ professed drop in crime.

Crime watchdog groug MyWatch also accused the police in February of massaging the crime statistics, claiming cases of snatch theft and robbery without firearms as well as burglaries and house break-ins, were higher than the published crime index from January to October 2011.

The police have denied manipulating national crime figures.