Pushpockets!

Push pocket in KL I am sure you all have heard of "pick pocket". A new
trend "push pocket".
Read on..... for your own good

A few days ago a new type of crime has surfaced in town. It goes something
like this:- Somebody slips a hand-phone into your pocket, sometimes it could
be just a wallet with an identity card and a few ringgit.

A few minutes later, the 'owner' comes up and confronts you, the 'thief '.
He makes a big commotion that you stole his stuff.

You, caught unaware, are then pulled aside by the 'owner' for a settlement
you are intimidated and threatened that if you do not pay up the police will
be brought in. If you pay up, this 'owner' lets you go. If not, the police
are brought in.

Another strange thing is that there always seems to be a 'witness' to the
your 'theft'.

I am told this often happens to foreigners at the Kuala Lumpur
International Airport (KLIA) or even at LRT trains. Given that you're
'guilty until proven innocent' as far as the Malaysian police are concerned,
I understand some poor people are in jail for these 'offences'.

At the KLIA, the 'owner' throws his hand-phone and wallet with the few
ringgit notes into the luggage trolley of a just arrived passenger. The
drama unfolds a few minutes later. The real culprit has
easily convinced our Malaysian police to arrest the real victim (if he has
not paid up the 'settlement' demand). This is a very serious matter.

This is another form of extortionists operating in broad daylight. They
are disgusting criminals who will do anything to rob and steal. The
sickening part of the whole scenario is that unless you pay the "quoted
settlement" money, they will put you in real trouble by calling the police.
The real culprit gets back his hand-phone and wallet but the real victim
( i.e. could be any one of us) is thrown into the police lock up and charged
in court.

So do be very careful, otherwise you may end up as a "thief" as you have
no way to prove your innocence.
Pass it on..... let more people be aware of such things around them.

Geh Cheng Lok & Co,Advocates & Solicitors,
No.20, King Street (Top Floor),10200 Penang ,
Malaysia.