People Angry At Selfish Strangers For Not Helping Elderly Snatch Theft Victim In Bangsar
After falling and hitting her head, the elderly woman lay sprawled on the road for a few minutes.
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Netizens were disappointed after seeing two strangers who didn’t stop to help an elderly victim of a snatch thief in Bangsar.
On 7 October, a 78-year-old woman was walking along Jalan Limau Manis towards the shops around 6.30am when a motorcyclist snatched her handbag.
When the snatch thief pulled her bag, she was dragged down to the road and lay sprawled for a few minutes. In the video, it could be seen that her head hit the ground when she fell.
78-year-old woman robbed in Bangsar#FMTNews #FMTEng pic.twitter.com/6THVje9LsC
— Free Malaysia Today (@fmtoday) October 7, 2024
A few minutes later, she sat up but two other people who walked past did not stop to offer help.
Fortunately, a group of three walked past after and stopped to check in on her.
Brickfields police chief Ku Mashariman Ku Mahmood said the victim has been taken to University Malaya Medical Centre for medical treatment.
She was bleeding in her head and was put under medical observation. A police report has been filed and the case will be investigated under Section 394 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt during a robbery. Upon conviction, it carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence and whipping.
Twitter user Joe said it was embarrassing and sad to watch that some people behave so selfishly. He was not alone in this as others chimed in with similar sentiments too with a tinge of racism.
I hope the victim is okay but as a Chinese myself, this is embarrassing and sad to watch. 😔 TWO passersby and not even one yg boleh tolong? Susah sangat ke nak bantu orang? Ni semua typical cina kiasi yg hanya pentingkan diri sendiri. "It's non of my business, so better no need… https://t.co/onjMnEUa1A
— Jœ 🦷🪥🇲🇾 (@iamdrjoe) October 7, 2024
My thoughts exactly shameful at least make a call to the police
— happycha2⁷ 💜 (@happycha2cha3) October 8, 2024
Bukan masalah bangsa ni. Individual tu selfish.
— Hello there! (@idcthonotime4u) October 8, 2024
Are you sure these are Malaysian Chinese and not Mainlanders?
— Stella (@shinystellachen) October 8, 2024
I can say this without being racist, are these people becoming no different from the Mainlanders they love to criticize?
If this video happened in China, how many Malaysian Chinese would be slamming China?
Unfortunately, some compared this to Mainland Chinese behaviours. To understand how this fearful behaviour came about, it helps to understand the cases that triggered it.
There have been reports in China that those who helped victims were blamed or held liable instead. Two infamous cases that started the fear of civil liability are believed to be the Peng Yu case and the death of Wang Yue.
After similar cases in China, a new national Good Samaritan law was passed to protect those who help victims. Nevertheless, the fear likely remains for some people and it will take time for them to come around.
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