Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Penang Jeweller cheats death


A 65-year-old Teoh Kim Beng jewelery shop owner cheated death when a robber’s pistol jammed during a robbery at Komtar.

According to his wife Ong Bee Choo, the two robbers, who looked like Vietnamese, entered the shop posing as customers at 12.55pm. They suddenly whipped out a pistol each while talking and ordered us to unlock the glass displays.

“We then squatted down but my husband tried to get up as his legs had become numb. One of the robbers then lost his temper and pulled the trigger but only a click when the robber aimed the pistol at his forehead and pulled the trigger at point blank range.

They didn't leave empty handed as they scooped up five trays of jewelery worth more than RM200,000 before speeding off in a motorcycle parked nearby.

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