The couple had personal documents, money and jewellery worth about $7,630 stolen across the break-ins. Read more at straitstimes.com.
IPOH – In the span of 20 days, an elderly couple was robbed three times. Now, they are living in terror and dreading when the next break-in will take place.
“I hope and pray that there won’t be a fourth time,” she said during a press conference at her home on Saturday, organised by Perak’s Malaysian Chinese Association public service and complaints bureau chief Low Guo Nan.The couple had personal documents, money and jewellery worth about RM26,000 stolen on May 2, May 11, and May 24.
“One of them pointed a knife at me and told me to be quiet, while the other ransacked our home,” she said. “I was pushed during the robbery and fractured my right knee. “There was an attempt to break into our room but I pounded on the door and shouted, which scared them away,” she said.
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