Snatch theft & Random crimes

I was at the Titiwangsa LRT when i bumped into one of the outpatient clinic nurses. She said hi, and looked a bit shaky. Then, she told me quite calmly, with great disbelief in her voice "I've just had my things snatched".

D: how?. where did it happen?
S: "Just now. I had..some envelopes with charity tickets for Dr S, i wanted to deliver them..and then some man on a motorcycle snatched out of my hand."
D: That's horrible, you mean just right here?.
S: "Yes, i was close to Bandaraya and the Bandaraya people quickly got into their cars and chased the motorcyclist..they couldn't catch him, he was too fast...
It happened so fast..he forced my hand away from my body and just ripped it out of my hand.."

The nurse shows me her left hand, the thumb looks a bit swollen but there are no cuts.

She goes on :" I was really lucky!..i was so afraid i would fall"..

D: I agree, thank goodness you weren't hurt badly.
S: Well, he didn't get anything much..just the tickets..but i'm on my way to make the police report...i'll be much careful now..i'll walk further away from the kerb now.

At this point i had reached my destination PWTC station and had to say goodbye.

2. Personally, i know one other person who's been mugged. My sister was a snatch theft victim. She was walking home, along Jalan Setiawangsa. A Malay boy on a motorbike (just like in the nurses case), came from behind and grabbed her purse.

Now, if you know me and my sister Hani, you know we are BIG girls. We are wider and taller and have more muscles than most Malay men or even Chinese men. In fact, it's sort of like if you compare French girls with the former East German girls...

So Hani, yanks it right back, gets dragged a few meters and manages to make the guy fall off his bike.

The thief lets go off the handbag, and while Hani is trying to get up , he gets on his bike and runs away.

My sister's stomach looks like a road map after that, all the skin torn off.

3. I met a friend, Ain; at an ECG Seminar. One of those random things. We got to talking, and we started talking about how sorry we feel for Foreign Workers.
As doctors, we see how badly they are mistreated by MALAYSIAN EMPLOYERS. The inhumane and cruel manner, the long working hours, no breaks and low wages keep our country's economy moving but causes health problems for these workers.

Ain related how a friend of her's was mugged on Asian Heritage Row at Jalan Doraisamy. He was err, answering the call of nature beside his car. (It was one of those nights and you know men have small bladders).

Suddenly, this Malay boy on a motorbike pulls up beside him, kicks him in the leg and then coolly steals his handphone and wallet.

Ain's friend lies there dazed. He gets up and asks for help. He goes to the nearest police station (Dang Wangi) to lodge a report but they say it's not under their jurisdiction.

The policeman asks: "Indon ke yg buat?".
Ain's friend says "No, Malay lah".

Then, he goes to another police station. He sits down and makes the report. The police officer reads it and says " Indon ke?" (was it an Indonesian guy?".

Snatch theft victim: "No, it was a Malay guy who did it, on the bike"
Police officer:" Betul?. Indon ke?" (Are you sure it wasn't an Indonesian?"
Snatch theft victim, now quite fed up:" Bukan, dia MELAYU, Macam Encik jugak" (NO, He's MALAY, JUST LIKE YOU".

Now, if you've read through this; rightly or wrongly you can identify a few recurring themes:

Snatch thiefs do it fast and on motorbikes.
They target people alone and on foot.
they are mostly of a certain ethnic race and NOT usually foreigners like the media like to claim.. Heck, even my own gran keeps saying rising crime is because of foreigners.

However, i'd like people to question and REALLY think?. Ask your friends who've been mugged, was it a local or was it foreigner? Even if it was either, how come we aren't safe walking our own streets anymore?.

What i think is...Should i get a TASER and set it to Fry-Thief-Fry?.