Published: Tuesday February 26, 2013 MYT 9:20:00 PM
Updated: Tuesday February 26, 2013 MYT 11:00:44 PM
Robbers strike family during breakfast
CHERAS: A routine breakfast stop at his in-laws turned into a harrowing experience for James Lam and his family.
The family of four walked into a robbery and were themselves robbed of RM50,000 in Taman Midah on Tuesday.
They had gone to his in-laws' house next door as they do every morning.
“At 7am, I entered the house as usual through an adjoining door when I noticed a white car parked in front of the gate. But I did not suspect anything,” said Lam, 44, who works in advertising.
As he entered the house with his wife and son, one of the robbers hiding behind the door suddenly grabbed them and warned them not to shout.
“He told us that they only wanted our valuables and then took us upstairs to where my wife's parents and brother were being held.
“They were dressed in black from head to toe and holding parang. They wore black jackets, black gloves, and black ski masks. All we could see were their eyes,” said Lam.
At the same time, he said he was worried about his five-year-old son who was with them. His younger son, two, was asleep in his room throughout the incident.
Lam said after robbing his in-laws, the robbers also ransacked his bedroom, taking with them cash, ten watches, four mobile telephones and jewellery.
- It takes nearly 72 hours to get a new polycarbonate passport now
- Najib: Rallies only lead to chaos
- Leave no stone unturned in latest death in lock-up case
- Give birth naturally, women urged
- King launches ‘Colours of 1Malaysia’ at Dataran Merdeka
- Housewife extorted over nude pics
- Election Commission promises utmost transparency in redelineation exercise
- Barisan leaders: 'All for one and one party for all’ a good idea
- Guan Eng confident of Pakatan unity despite pressure
- Too blessed to be stressed
- It can take longer to get a passport for time being
- Penang halts online passport applications
- Authorities move to prevent abuse of social media
- Mission schools ready to provide English-medium education
- Building English confidence among rural kids
- Travel Picks: Top 10 golf resorts around the world
- Chinese premier criticizes EU move on trade measures
- Justice Department opposes AMR's $20 million severance for CEO Horton
- News Corp to take charge of up to $1.4 billion this quarter
- Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors look for signs in the rally's break
- Unhappy with how your fave series is faring? Amazon gives you a say
- Visa, Mastercard ask U.S. court to declare card fees are lawful
- Wall Street posts first weekly loss since mid-April on Fed angst
- IMF's Lagarde escapes formal investigation in court
- Politics of development pays dividend
- A thematic play seen
- Sarawak counters hogging the limelight
- Getting GST acceptance will be tough
- A yen for the unloved dollar standard
- Bitten by the music bug
- Pandelela-Mun Yee and Yan Yee-Jun Hoong bag bronze medals in Mexico
- World No. 1 Nicol sinks Waters to reach British Open final
- China confident of sweeping aside their final opponents
- Koreans in the final despite Dong-keun’s loss
- Macdonald and Marques share the lead
- McIlroy among big names who miss the cut as Molinari leads
- Kuchar leads in weather-hit second round
- Two tied at the top as rain stops play in the Bahamas
- Nico Rosberg revels in the rain as Mercedes stamp their mark
- Whitmarsh: McLaren’s hopes were too high this season
- Affendi brushes off hand injury to win CP130 race in Terengganu
- Hafizh needs to step up a gear after coming in fifth
- Vignesa right on track to retain GT Open title
- Dragons’ Melton confident of getting the better of Pringle in Game 2
- Indiana bounce back against Miami to level series
- Election Commission promises utmost transparency in redelineation exercise
- The Wall Street Journal: Anwar asked Jusuf to broker deal over GE13
- It takes nearly 72 hours to get a new polycarbonate passport now
- Najib: Rallies only lead to chaos
- Housewife extorted over nude pics
- Leave no stone unturned in latest death in lock-up case
- Give birth naturally, women urged
- Too blessed to be stressed
- French soldier stabbed while on patrol near Paris
- Guan Eng confident of Pakatan unity despite pressure
- Too blessed to be stressed
- ‘Harry Potter Wong’ casts his spell
- It takes nearly 72 hours to get a new polycarbonate passport now
- DAP’s Ngeh in hot water over subservient tweet
- Rela man in coma after being rammed by biker
- Give birth naturally, women urged
- King launches ‘Colours of 1Malaysia’ at Dataran Merdeka
- Swedish capital returning to normal after week of violence
- Tribal violence on campus
- Punching their way to fitness
RSS
