FW: BEWARE

[Sanjay Mehrotra]

 
> PUSH-POCKETS IN KUALA LUMPUR! CAN HAPPEN IN INDIA TOO
> PLEASE CIRCULATE THIS REPORT TO ALL CONCERNED AS IT IS LIKELY THAT
> THIS MODUS OPERANDI IS ADOPTED IN INDIA ESPECIALLY IN CHENNAI AND
> DELHI.
>
> PUSH-POCKETING IN KUALA LUMPUR
> 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 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 to let more people be aware of such things around them.