7 May 2008
THREE public spirited students and a man nabbed a thief who had stolen nearly $200 from a hawker stall at Block 115 Bukit Merah View on Tuesday.
The suspect had grabbed some cash from a plastic pail at a stall selling mixed vegetable rice at about 1 pm. The 46-year-old stall operator who was serving customers at the tables immediately gave chase and shouted for help.
His cries for help alerted Mr Ng Ek Whye, 41, who was having lunch then. Three secondary school students playing soccer nearby, Muhammad Yusoff Bin Abdul Karim, 14, Muhammad Razin Basit, 15, and Prakash C. Vellu, 16, joined in the chase.
Together with stallholder, the group managed to catch the suspect at an open space in front of Block 112 Bukit Merah View, and handed over to police.
Cash amounting to $192 and a mobile phone valued at about $160 were recovered from the suspect. The phone is believed to have been stolen from a drinks stall operator at Block 85 Redhill Market earlier on Tuesday morning.
The suspect will be charged in court on Thursday for theft, which carries a jail term of three years, a or fine, or both.
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