Bandar Utama
Suspects Caught
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29 June. 4:00pm
2 suspect sprayed pepper spray at 3 guards from Curve after stealing some items. The suspects enters BU4 compound. 5 teenages went after them for 10min. The teens managed to catch them hiding in the drain at BU 4/9. They alerted the BU guards. After 20min, Curve guards along with RELA came and arrested them. A big thank you to the 5 teenager boys from SMK BUD (4) for their help to keep BU safe. They even have enough energy to chase those thieves after Cheer Competition.
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Group of Teenagers End Thieves’ Getaway Plan
[shared here few days ago, the complete details]
The Star 1/7/13
PETALING JAYA: A group of teenagers stopped two thieves from hauling away stolen goods after they chased them down into a drain in their neighbourhood.
Lim Hock Wei, Wendell Yeo Guo Wai, Lim Eng Yew, Liew Chun Lap, all 17, and Low Chan Yin, 18, were at a mall here at 4pm on Saturday when they noticed a commotion where mall security guards were involved.
“We had just returned from supporting our friends at a competition and were having lunch. We saw the guards talking on their radios and pointing at two men who were walking across the road calmly but broke into a sprint after they reached the gate into the neighbourhood compound.
“We got suspicious and decided to chase after them,” said Hock Wei.
He said the suspects were holding plastic bags filled with clothes.
The SMK Bandar Utama 4 students then split up and ran after the suspects, who had by then reached an alley.
“I saw one of the guys and locked eyes with him. He immediately started running away and we shouted and chased after them,” said Wendell.
He said the pair tried to hide in a drain outside a house in Bandar Utama 4/9 but were cornered by the students and other residents.
“We shouted ‘Keluar! (Come out)’ and tried to force them out. Some of my other friends ran to get the mall security guards to come over.”
The thieves were apprehended by security personnel and Rela officers at 4.30pm.
A source said the two men pepper-sprayed three guards stationed at a shopping centre while making their getaway.
Details of the incident were posted on the PJ Community Alert Facebook page and went viral, with Netizens hailing the boys as heroes.
The boys downplayed their part in the entire incident.
“We are basically aware of crime in our area and just wanted to stop one that we saw,” Wendell said.
http://www.thestar.com.my/
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