PUSH-POCKET IN KUALA LUMPUR

A  genuine message posted by a law firm in Malaysia.
If  you're going to KL, take note-

PUSH-POCKET  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 th e  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..