JOHOR BARU: It was a terror-filled morning for a retiree and his family. He was abducted and assaulted by several men. And then the culprits raided his home and tied up his wife and two children.
The robbers grabbed some money and jewellery and attempted to flee in the family car.
But one of them was caught in a high-speed chase that followed, with the police firing several warning shots at the Proton Perdana.
Another getaway car sped in a different direction, carrying Goo Tiam Chye, 69, in it.
He was later dumped at an undisclosed location.
The drama unfolded when Goo left his house in Taman Skudai Baru at 6.15am yesterday to buy newspapers.
Four men waylaid him and forced him into their car at knifepoint and demanded that he hand over the keys to his house.
When he refused, they hit him. The victim, whose son Sin Kok is the Gelang Patah MCA public complaints bureau deputy chief, then surrendered the keys.
The suspects drove him back to the house and while one of them held the victim in the car, three of them stormed into Goo’s house and tied up his wife, 60, and two of his children, both in their 20s.
They ransacked the house and grabbed about RM3,000 worth of cash, jewellery and mobile phones. The suspects then demanded the key to a Proton Perdana and as two of the suspects tried to drive the car out, a police patrol car arrived.
The four suspects, in two cars along with the retiree, sped off in different directions.
A high-speed chase ensued but within minutes, the Perdana’s anti-theft security system kicked in and the car stalled by the roadside.
Sin Kok said his father was injured on the leg and head and had been warded for observation.
State CID chief Senior Asst Comm Roslan Ahmad confirmed the arrest of a man in his 30s.
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