A viral video has recently been making rounds on social media, where it showed a young woman sneakily stealing a handphone at a famous drink stall in Cheras last Thursday (June 26).
Police have since been notified of the case and are now urging the woman to turn herself in.
CCTV captures M’sian woman stealing phone
In the 16-second clip, it showed the woman making an order at the cashier of a popular drink stall at Cheras Trader Square, Batu 9.
After making her order, her eyes then drifted towards a handphone placed on the counter, which was charging at the time.
After staring at it for a few seconds, the woman slowly wrapped her fingers around the handphone and attempted to unplug it from the charging cable.
However, she quickly pushed the phone away and took a few steps backwards, as though realising what she was doing was inherently wrong.
Unfortunately, that proved to be the total opposite as the woman looked around to see whether the coast was clear and swiftly unplugged the phone from the charging cable before putting it into her pocket.
Urged to surrender
NST later reported that a police report was lodged over the theft by a 20-year-old woman the next day.
Kajang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Naazron Abdul Yusof said the complainant said her Huawei Nova 5G mobile phone had gone missing while she was working at the counter.
He also urged the woman to turn herself at the nearest police station and members of the public are encouraged to contact any police station or the investigating officer, Inspector Ammar Mohd Tahir, at 018-2586153 to aid investigations.
The case is now being probed under Section 379 of the Penal Code, where one is liable to seven years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both, upon conviction.
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