Man leaps over a woman performing her Subuh prayers in the Kasar Mosque here yesterday and fled with a purse

Thief in mosque jumps over a praying woman and escapes with purse and phone

Attirmidzie Rahman
New Straits Times15 December 2017



PASIR MAS: A man leapt over a woman performing her Subuh prayers in the Kasar Mosque here yesterday and fled with a purse containing RM60 and a mobile phone.

In the incident which occurred at 5.55am, the man jumped over the woman who was praying in the second row of the congregation before taking a purse and mobile phone located in the front row which belonged to another woman in her 60s.

The mosque’s treasurer Said Kamaruzaman said the crime was seen via closed circuit television (CCTV) and it looked like the suspect had planned it beforehand because he was initially in the men’s section of the mosque.

He said as soon as the congregational prayer started, the man went to the women’s praying section before escaping with the items.

“From the footage, the unknown man appeared to be preparing for Subuh prayers with the rest of the congregation but during the first rakaat, he entered the women’s section,” he said today.

An incident such as this rarely occurred, he said, although there had been cases of a stolen motorcycle and car in the vicinity of the mosque which was also caught by the CCTV.

The CCTV footage is now viral online after being uploaded by a mosque committee member.

Said reminded everyone to be cautious and wary after the incident.

Meanwhile, Pasir Mas deputy police chief Superintendent Ismail Jusoh when contacted said they had yet to receive a report on the matter.Translated from Berita Harian © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd