AUDACIOUS ROBBER DEMANDS TO BE SERVED RICE

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- A robber had the audacity to demand

his victim to serve him rice soon after he broke into the house of an assistant

veterinarian in Kampung Bukit Payung, Besut here.

However, after surrendering a pair of gold bangles, the victim outsmarted

the suspect by telling him to help himself and made her getaway while he was

busy eating.

Speaking at a press conference here today, State Criminal Investigation

Department chief ACP K Manoharan said the machete wielding suspect broke into

the house at 8.30 am yesterday and threatened the 21-year-old victim who was

home alone.

"The terrified victim, 21, surrendered her two gold bangles. Then he asked

her to serve rice, but the victim told him to get it himself from the kitchen,

and escaped to the neighbours house while he was doing so and called her father

and the police," he said.

According to Manoharan, the suspect and his accomplice, who was waiting in a

car, escaped before police and the girl''s father arrived.

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Police have managed to detain two male suspects, 21 and 29, last night and

seized the weapon used in the robbery, he said.

Investigations revealed that the bangles had been sold by the main suspect''s

girlfriend and she has since surrendered at the Jerteh police station, he added.

"We have traced the gold smith shop where it was sold and will be picking up

the owner soon," he added.

The suspects tested positive for metamphetamine and would be remanded for a

week to facilitate investigations on armed robbery, he said.

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