house break-in in USJ9

[chloelew]

hi, im new to this forum. my name is jason. my gf is currently renting a room in USJ9 (behind the mosque). the house is a rented house occupied by 6 person. my gf took the upstairs smallest room. the situation is like this.

my gf left for work bout 12noon yesterday 14/7/06. she was the last one who got out of the house. it was like any other normal day. locked the door and she went on her way.then when she came back from work, to her suprise her roomate told her the house has been broken into. individual rooms are normally locked. her roomate told her that they came home to find the room door all opened up and the room are literally turn upside down. wut suprise them is not how messy or how extensive the damage is but is HOW THEY CAME IN. the front door is always locked n no force entry is found. the back door was locked as well. so... the only way was the top. YES, they came in from the roof. i suspect the time for the ordeal was bout 8pm+. they cant get to the roof during the day while everyone was wide awake n no darkness for cover. so the odds are they came in 8pm+. took out 2 slabs of tile from the roof, came down n open up the water tank maintenance roof cover (the one which is situated in all homes where u can push open a lid n climb up to clean the water resource tank). their dirty footprint is all over the wall. can even see how they position their feet prior to their decending. they got down from there but the doors to all the rooms were locked, i suspect they climb back up (i suspect is a "they"), n crack open the soft ceiling above every room, jumped in, ransacked every corner and cabinets and repeated it back to other rooms. my gf total loss was cash worth RM800. she collect alot of 50cent coins. bout RM500 of it. all gone. and some RM50 notes. the master bedroom has the most losses. hp/jewelry/cash worth bout RM2k+. electronics was left untouched. PS2, tv's, hifi's all still intact. lodge a police report as well. the sarjan say its a common case and he even suspect its an inside thing. oh well... to those who rent rooms in USJ area, pls keep ur passports and other valueble belongings else where. cash n jewerly is small things but passports, bank books, FD certs and etc are a real pain in the ass if lost.

cont'
i suspect the house has been marked, as it is a rented place, no alarm system, n nobody was at home that time. we have a very routine schedule. so i guess it was sheer bad luck got marked. alot of ppl have security gadgets back n front, but i think we are missing the security on top. thank god that time everyone was out of the house, cause 5 of 6 roomates are females. dont even wanna think wut will happen if one of the roomate was inside the house when break in. so i urge u readers to "remember the security on top as well as front n back." theives is getting bolder n bolder these days so we need to make sure that we have the upper hand.

thanks for reading.

[HTH]

lucky no one was hurt.
My parents house was targetted a few years back. The indon climbed up in the early morning, pretending to fix the roof. He got in and stayed up the ceiling until he heard my dad leaved the house around 7am. Then he made his move. Unfortunately for him, my mom was around.

He broke the ceiling and climbed down. My mom, who was downstair at that moment, heard the noise and thot some renovation work was going on. Lucky for her, she went out to check with the neighbour. At this time, the indon knew he had been discovered, and tried climbing back up. But with no ladders, it's too high for him. So he coolly walked downstair, exit thru the main door, which my mom had opened, and climbed out the auto gate. All the time with my mom and the neighbour looking at him.
If I was around, I would have whack him kaw kaw.

[Mike_Scofield]

lol.... thieves are very irritating.. like pests.. they just keep coming..

[Teeque]

Yea...and furthermore, the 'pest control' are not effective. The 'pest control company' claims to hv the most modern and effective tools and methods, the best personnel and well trained, all the best statistics, all the acclaimed awards and recognitions and offer regular assurances and guarantees to the public. But still, these 'pests' proliferate freely and undeterred. And they rule our land with impunity and pomp, and without fear or care abt the 'pest control'.....

[wsl]

Nowadays these buglars don't just come in during the night but also day time. My dad house was broken in twice during the day around 3-5pm when everybody is hiding inside their house due to the hot sun. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Recently, my neighbour house was broken in through the front door during the evening time, probably around 5-6pm. These buglars nowadays tend to break in during the day because most ppl in the neighbourhood will be out working. Whereas at night, they may face with residents in the house.

[jaylow]

I would say USJ 9 is one of the prime area. My relatives' house kena few years back. It had already been marked. During the day time, as no one is in the house, they come is 2 cars. Very nice cars too. Chinese and Malays too. There is a lady. It took only 10 min to move the 29 inch TV out, a hi fi set...some money .....and perfume!!! anything they liked.

It was the opp neighbour's maid who witness and the way they cut the lock n into the main wooden door....but the maid can't even realise they broke in except to think they are my relatives' frens.

These are professional thieves. Its their full time career !!!

[tcheong]

Most break-ins are not planned and are simply just ‘crimes of opportunity’. With this being said the question you need to ask is, how much of an opportunity are you giving unknowingly? Is your home considered an ‘easy target’? and do you do enough to protect your home and family from burglary?

On an average a burglar will only spend for to five minutes trying to break into a house and occur more during the day than at night. There are a few ways to increase your home security without it costing you a small fortune and requiring no more than a little common sense and little imagination. Here are a few tips that may just help you avoid being broken into.

• A burglar will ring the door bell to see if you are home and when no answer – they have the cue.

• Although 40% of break-ins occur by the burglar entering through an open door or window, another way is through the roof and man-hole (person-hole for the politically correct). Secure the manhole with a sliding bolt. I know there are other drastic ways to get around this, however, this is about making their life and job harder.

• Don’t settle with sensor lights on the front porch alone. These are great but are normally placed in areas that do not help overly much. When placed too close the house it also makes it hard to for the person inside to see. Place sensor lights along side the house so that it lights up even the areas you don’t think about and so that the light sprays evenly across the drive way. This will help with your visibility as well.

• If you own sliding doors you know how easy they are to break into. Place a screw into the track to prevent someone lifting the door out.

• Drill a small hole through the frame at different intervals so that you can place a small metal rod, much like a key, in it. This will able to you keep the window or door open a little bit and keep it secure at the same time.

• Another simple suggestion is placing dowel, a rod or broomstick handle firmly against the track to prevent the door from being open

• Make sure there is adequate lighting for the yard

• Planting thorny rose bushes by windows is a great and natural deterrent for burglars.

• Gravel, loose stones or rocks is another natural alarm. (I recently had my front yard landscaped and can attest to this)

• Keep trees and hedges neat and trimmed back. I know these can look great but they also serve as hiding spots and offer coverage for breaking in un-noticed.

• Don’t leave your tools laying around the yard as these can be used to break into your house.

• When you go away ask a neighbour to park their car in your driveway so there is still some activity. Also have someone open curtains and blinds during the day as well as collect any mail.

• Installing an alarm system will helps you secure your home, family and valuables from intruders, thieves and robbers. It will lower the chances of your house being targeted.

Don’t think for one moment that just because you have been broken into that it won’t happen again. Some times they strike twice because they know what you have, what you will replace and also because they know how to get in.

Please read more safety crime prevention tips at (admin note - deleted)

[kwchang]

tcheong gave some good tips but he was advertising an alarm website - immediate ban for violating our rule on soliciting for business in the Forum

[robertec]

I just want to bring your attention to the fact that this incident happened on 15/07/2006.

Talk about pass expiry date.