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Sunday, March 1, 2009

I got robbed

Yes, that's right, just a few days before Valentine's Day. And from that day onwards till now, nothing is going smoothly for me.

Ha, the experience of getting robbed? No words can describe how I feel, cos I've never felt so scared, so weak, so stressed out in my whole life.

Once, a friend showed me a video clip in her hp. I'll roughly tell you the story.

This malay guy was riding a motorbike with his gf at the back, and the both of them went to search for targets to rob.

They found a lady walking alone along the roadside and they decided that they shall rob her. So they drove next to her, and the gf reached for the lady's handbag, but the lady was quick to pull back her handbag, and because the lady pulled back her own handbag, it resulted the gf to lose her balance and fall off the bike.

Then, the lady shouted "Robber Robber!!"

The guy sped off, WITHOUT the gf.

The gf was on the floor, when guys surround her, started to kick her, punch her, and everything that you can imagine.

In the video clip, the gf was being beaten by at least 10 or more guys. They kicked and punched her and her face starts to turn bloody.

Then they pulled her hair till she was sitting up, with blood all over her face, and pushed her head to a medium sized rock that was lying on the floor.

By this time, she was already losing her strength, and unable to fend for herself, she can only lie there and let them beat the hell out of her.

Her pants was stripped off by someone, leaving her with her underwear, and her red jacket that she was wearing, and bruises all over her body.

No one raped her, but the intention of stripping her pants off was to humiliate her, I think.

The final part of the video clip was, she was lying there, someone picked up an ENORMOUS rock and threw it on her head. Twice.

The first time, and blood was flowing out from her head, and the floor was slowly covered with her blood.

The second time, more blood covered the road that she was lying on, flowing like water.

And someone, one of the guys who beat her, took her pants, and threw it back over her lower body to cover it.

Video clip ends.

Let me remind you all that this video clip is a true episode. Someone took the video clip while he was also busy beating her up.

None of the guys who beat her showed their face in the video clip. All it showed was the girl being kicked by many pairs of legs and the rock thrown on her head. Hands, legs, rock, and the girl. None of the guys who beat her showed their face.

When I first saw the video clip, I felt disgusted, felt like puking, felt like crying for the girl, I mean, she's a girl after all right?

I wanted to share this with you all then, but in the end I decided not to, because I felt that this is very disturbing, and can have different effects on different people.

For days after watching the video, I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, and all I could think of was the girl and the rock and the blood that was flowing from her head to the roadside.

Therefore, I thought, if me myself, also cannot bear the sight of it, I should not put this stress on other people.

And till now, I seriously feel that this kinda video clips should not be shown, played, or circulated in any form as this video contains very disturbing scenes which can leave a very deep impact on people, and can also affect different people in different ways.

When I saw the video, I thought the girl was very pitiful, yes, she may have done wrong, but she is still a girl, and who are we to exercise punishments on her? She should be handed over to the police, and dealt with accordingly.

I wonder the guy who threw the enormous rock at her, can he even sleep at night after that? He killed a girl with his own hands. Will he even feel the slightest guilt?

I told my friend, who showed me the video clip. But she said, these kinda people should not be sympathised, should not be pitied, cos there have been many cases where rob victims end up in a vegetable state in the hospital or even end up dead because of these robbers. You pity them, they don't pity you when they rob you.

At that point of time, I disagreed with her views. And I told her, two wrongs do not make a right.

The girl robbed, she's a robber. The guy who killed her, he's a murderer.

Today, I still feel that the girl should not be killed in this way, cos the way of dying is too painful.

However, I am less angry with the guys who beat her now. Cos now I can understand their reasons for their anger, and I can feel their anger that has been residing inside them for so long.

We are robbed. But after we make police reports, the robbers are never caught. Who do we blame this on?

In Singapore, criminals can usually get caught in the first 24 hours of their crime. While in Malaysia, it is entirely different. Maybe it's because the country's too big? Or.....

I got back my driving license, certificate, and passport, thanks to the many kind people out there who returned it to me. I was even on the newspaper one day after Valentine's Day, cos someone picked up my passport from somewhere and passed it to the newspaper office. Hence, they published my photo and asked me to go to their office to collect back my document, which turned out to be my passport.

To retrieve all of these things, it took a few days. But during this period of time, I had to run here and there, from the police station, to the government offices, to the "sumpah" offices and back and forth.

And all these days and nights, I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, cos I was worried about my documents and thinking of ways to finish up the processes faster and at night when I closed my eyes, I'm haunted by the guys who robbed me. Till now, I can remember vividly their faces.

Thank God, I am surrounded by kind people who slowly returned me my documents within the next few days.

Though till now, my IC is still not found, and which has been re-applied, I'm just thankful that my passport is back in my hands. Cos it's the most important thing to me. No passport, no job, no money.

Still gotta wait another two more weeks before my new IC can be collected. Well, I'm just thankful that I am not hurt in the robbery. Though it's really a huge scare. Even till now, when I sleep, I still dream of the robbery over and over again.

People, please, robbery can occur anywhere, even in Singapore. However, if by any chance you really need to come in to Malaysia, please please please, put your passport in your pocket. Money should be kept in two or three different places, preferably also in your pocket. Try not to bring in your IC or other personal documents, cos your passport is enough to prove your identity. Leave your IC at home and bring your passport. Passport, money, hp, should always, always be in your pockets.

Do not think that two or even three of you are in a group, so you need not be scared. I was robbed by FOUR guys.

And please, in the event of a robbery, drop your bag and RUN! Don't be a fucking retard to try and fight with the robbers, all you should save is your LIFE!

Remember these words today, so that you won't regret tomorrow. Robbery can happen anytime, anywhere. So make the necessary precautions and don't go to places that are dark. Always go by places where it's bright and full of people.

So anyway, well, things have not been going smoothly for me since the robbery. But I'll take things one at a time.

Think I'm gonna need sleeping pills if I carry on like this.

But I'm ok. So don't worry for me.

ThAt LaDy @ 4:42 PM