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Report from The STAR dated Wednesday 5 September 2007 :-

Technician robbed and taken on terror ride in JB

JOHOR BARU : A 29-year-old technician was assaulted, confined in his car boot and taken on a terror ride for nearly an hour by three robbers Tuesday night.

Upon hearing the conversation between the robbers, that he would be killed Tan Lee Sang prise open the boot, waved to passers by and shouted for help before jumping off the vehicle.

Two police patrol cars came to his aid within minutes after receiving a call from a member of the public.

Policemen in one patrol car went searching for the robbers, who fled in Tan's Toyota Vios bearing number plate JJL 9969, while two other policemen in the other sent him to the hospital.

Tan was treated for cuts on his head and injuries on his hands and body.

At a press conference arranged by Pengkalan Rinting state assemblyman Low Teh Hian Wednesday, Tan said three armed men approached him as he entered his car at the railway station car park at about 10.30pm.

"One of them hit my head with a bottle and forced me to go to the back seat. Then, two robbers armed with a knife and a parang sat on my left and right while another drove my car,'' he said.

Tan said he was taken to an alley nearby where the robbers took away his four cellular phones, a wallet containing about RM800 in various currencies and ATM cards.

They also took his ring, watch, shoes and his passport.

He said the robbers then forced him into the car boot and demanded for the PIN number of his three ATM cards. Tan said the robbers made several stops along the way to withdraw money from ATM machines.

Tan said after the fourth stop about 45 minutes, he heard one of the robbers say “Transaction cancelled”.

He said he heard the robbers speaking among themselves furiously and that that they had wanted to stab and kill him. . "I was scared but I managed to find my torchlight and prised open the boot,'' he said.

Tan said he later found out that the robbers had withdrawn RM1,300 using two of his ATM cards.
--- KatoeyNewsNetwork