Tuesday August 1, 2006
Second student slashed in robbery
By ANDREW SAGAYAM
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KTAR student Phang Kar Wei, 23, at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital here yesterday. Phang was slashed three times and assaulted by snatch thieves in the incident in Taman Melati last Saturday. |
Phang Kar Wei, 23, was repeatedly assaulted and slashed three times on his hands and neck by two men on a motorcycle at 8.45pm in Taman Melati, some 2km from Wangsa Maju.
Police believe the same robbers were behind both incidents.
Met at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday, Phang said he was walking back to his condominium from the Taman Melati LRT station about 1km away when he saw two men, aged between 18 and 20, standing beside a motorcycle.
“When I walked past them, one of them asked me for directions to get to Kelana Jaya but I said I was not sure and kept on walking.
“His friend then asked me if he could borrow my handphone to make a call as his pre-paid credit was used up.”
Phang said he ignored him. The Information System Engineering student from Kampar said both the men followed and cornered him.
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GOING INTO DETAILS: Phang relating his ordeal to Yew at Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday. |
Phang managed to run away but the men caught up with him on their motorcycle.
“They slashed me again and repeatedly assaulted me,” he said.
Wangsa Maju MP Yew Teong Look said the area was prone to crime and hoped the authorities would ensure the situation did not get worse.
Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Rodzi Ismail said police set up a task force on Saturday to hunt down the suspects and urged the public to help them in nabbing those responsible.
“We believe the two could have been involved in more cases in the district and in the Klang Valley,” he said.
He urged those with information to contact the Rakan Cop at 03-2115 9999 or the Sentul police station at 03-4042 2222.
On Saturday, 18-year-old Lee Khian Yip was walking back to his hostel at TAR Villa when the assailants struck at 8.30pm.
Despite bleeding profusely, he called his retired manager father Lee Mook Kwai, 55, from his handphone and told him that he had been slashed.
Khian Yip was a promising student and had scored 11As in his SPM.
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