It was learned that the Cabinet of Malaysia is planning to increase the sentence
for handbags snatch thefts from 7 years maximum to 14 years maximum or death
sentence if the offence resulted in death. I hope this will be tabled in the
Parliament and become a bill soon before more snatch thefts victims are hurt. I
also hope that there won't be any hypocrites who might jump out and criticize
the bill, for they do not know how crazy this kind of theft is and how harmful
it is. In the past, petty robbery like this was normal done without causing harm
to the victims. The victims were always threatened with a knife or gun (very
rarely) to surrender their valuables, which the victims most of the time would
obliged and escaped being harmed. But in the current scenario, the robbers do
not give the victims any choice. They will snatch the handbags without warning
the victims, and the force of the sudden jerk will cause the victims to fall to
the ground usually flat on their backs, sometimes resulting in head injuries.
Worst still if the victims were riding on motor-cycles, they will lost control
of their bikes and end in serious accidents. This is no small matter, some
victims become human vegetables and some even lost their lives as a result. Hope
the Ministers will not go back on their words and see it through.
