Tuesday December 28, 2010
THE Selangor Community Policing group is urging people to be more aware of what goes on in their neighbourhood and to cooperate with one another.Selangor Community Policing chief coordinator Kuan Chee Heng urged neighbours to take appropriate action when they see suspicious people loitering in their housing area.
He said public apathy enabled a burglar to break into three houses in Bandar Puteri, Puchong, recently.
“We received a call on Dec 10 from a resident whose house had been broken into. We immediately called the police and we arrived at the scene within 10 minutes.
“We found out that the burglar entered through the roof. The burglar had also entered the neighbouring house after breaking the locks.
“When we interviewed the neighbours some admitted seeing a man emerging from the house.
“They even saw the man walking around the house with a backpack.
“A neighbour said that when the dogs started barking, the burglar climbed a tree, jumped over a fence and fled.
“The thief had broken into three houses and all three security alarms went off, yet the neighbours did nothing. They did not call the police or even the guards,” said Kuan.
“A CCTV camera installed in a neighbour’s house showed that the thief entered and fled between noon and 1pm but the owner only discovered the burglary after arriving home.
“The neighbours did not do anything even after seeing that a stranger enter their neighbour’s house,” he said.
“We are concerned about this kind of thing happening where people do not care what happens to their neighbours.
“When we asked the people living nearby about the occupants of the houses that were broken into, they said they did not know them,” he added.
“Neighbours must cooperate and look after one another. It is sad to know that people living in one community do not even know their neighbour’s phone number.
“We could have caught the burglar if we were informed earlier,” said Kuan.
Anyone who has information on criminal activities can call the police hotline at 03-2052 9999.
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2010/12/28/central/7692102&sec=central
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