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CCTV Footage Shows How Easy It Is For Thieves To Steal Your Bag In A Restaurant

The theft is reported to have occurred in a popular mall in PJ earlier this week.

By Samantha Khor — 14 Dec 2016, 04:06 PM

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A split second of inattention could be the perfect moment for petty criminals to strike.

On Monday, 12 December, a patron of a shopping mall in PJ learnt that the hard way when his bag was stolen while he was having lunch with his family.

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The victim posted the CCTV footage of the theft in motion on Facebook, adding that he never thought that it would ever happen to them.

At the time of writing, the video has been viewed more than 640k times and with more than 15k shares.

The family of four was sitting in direct view of the CCTV, which captured a man in a white T-shirt loitering around them before smoothly swiping the bag from the victim's seat and walking away

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Image via Facebook

Unfortunately, the victim only realised that the bag - which contained cash, ATM cards as well as his identity card and driving licence - had been stolen when they wanted to settle the bill.

"From the video captured by the CCTV in the restaurant, we saw a guy pretending to look for a seat in the restaurant and stole my bag on the way out," he wrote.

"The whole process took less than a minute and it happened when we were still trying to figure out what food to order."

The victim further elaborated that he frequently travels for business and made it a rule to never take off his bag in public, as he is always wary about losing his personal belongings

"But on 12 December 2016, I forgo this rule of mine, removing my sling bag containing my wallet with cash, identity card, driving licence and ATM cards and placed it at the back of my seat," he wrote.

"I did that mainly because the high chair in the restaurant was too close to each other and my son was uncomfortable with me carrying the sling bag, sitting beside him."

However, he is grateful that the thief only targeted his bag and not his children, one of whom was terrified when the parents filled him in on what had happened

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Image via Facebook

"My 3-year-old son was terrified when we told him what happened and showed him the video. We feel sorry for him that he has to be exposed to the cruelness of real life at such an early age," he wrote.

"It is high time that all of us take this escalation in crime rate seriously and do something about it proactively."

Watch the CCTV footage of the theft here:

真的沒想過這件事會發生在我們身上，現在想起來還是心有餘悸。

今天我們全家到IPC逛順便吃午飯
想說帶著孩子去吃Sushi King 迴轉壽司讓他開心一下，就選擇了吧檯的位置，沒想到就成為了小偷下手的目標。
從這個影片可以看到身穿白色衣服的小偷手法老練利落，他不是用餐的客人，只是走進來四處打量，趁著我們還在點餐不注意就這樣摸走了我先生的背包，直到我們買單的時候才發現包包被偷了！

1.平常我們都是將包包一直背著不會拿下來，今天因為高腳椅不好坐所以拿下來放後面，但就是這樣沒有提高警覺的瞬間就發生了這樣的事，除了自責之外，我只能說馬來西亞治安真的有待加強。

2.我們坐在收銀台旁邊，CCTV 正對著我們，所以是很清楚的照到了小偷的臉，影片是手機翻拍不太清楚，這樣光明正大的偷東西，也不怕被照到，是該說小偷對馬來西亞警方的執法效率根本毫不在乎嗎，還是說有內鬼的可能？

3.小偷的犯案手法很利落，感覺不是第一次，應該是個老手，因為我們隨時可能會轉過頭，他很大膽也可能是盯上我們很久了，想到就覺得很恐怖。

4.我們不捨的是我的三歲兒子被嚇到了，問我什麼叫做小偷，為什麼他要拿爸爸的東西，他覺得很可怕，我也很無奈必須讓他這麼純潔的心靈抹上現實的殘酷，而更無奈的是在大馬對公權力的失望和無能為力的感覺是我覺得對孩子很抱歉的，因為這個生活是只要你一鬆懈就危機四伏，其實我只想帶著孩子放鬆的吃頓飯！

5.很慶幸的我們損失了一些現金，信用卡和IC，會員卡什麼的都可以重新申請，手機和鑰匙都沒丟，算是不幸中的大幸了，還讓我們一家四口在酒足飯飽後才發現錢包不見，It could be worse.

6.錢財乃身外之物，令人生氣的不是金錢上的損失，而是東西被偷的那種無奈，焦躁，憤怒還有對人的徹底失望，因為竟然有人會對偷東西視為理所當然，真的為這小偷的孩子捏把冷汗。

7.身為一個母親，我很難不聯想到如果今天偷的是我的孩子，我該怎麼辦，稍微一放空就危機四伏，其實我們只希望有個可以放心讓孩子跑跳玩耍的空間，安心喝個咖啡享受片刻寧靜的心情而已，請問這點要求會太難嗎？

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We have never thought that it would ever happen to us.

Being a frequent business traveler, I am always wary about losing my personal belongings. I make it a rule to always place my wallet in my sling bag and sling it in front of my body and never remove the bag in public.

But on Dec 12, 2016 at Sushi King @ IPC Shopping Centre, I forgo this rule of mine, removing my sling bag containing my wallet with cash, identity card, driving licence and ATM cards and place it at the back of my seat. I did that mainly because the high chair in the restaurant was too close to each other and my son was uncomfortable with me carrying the sling bag, sitting beside him.

We didn't realize that my bag was stolen until we were about to settle the bill. From the video captured by the CCTV in the restaurant, we saw a guy pretended to look for a seat in the restaurant and stole my bag on the way out. The whole process took less than a minute and it happened when when we were still trying to figure out what food to order.

My 3 yo son was terrified when we told him what happened and showed him the video. We feel sorry for him that he has to be exposed to the cruelness of real life at such an early age.

Nonetheless, it was a relief that the guy was only eyeing on my bag and not our children.

It is high time that all of us take this escalation in crime rate seriously and do something about it proactively.

Posted by Kimmy Tung on Sunday, 11 December 2016

Last but not least, do be careful and keep watch of your bag(s) at all times!

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