2007 09: Robbers slash villager who shouted at them

The Star Online. Metro. South & East. Thursday September 6, 2007

By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH

TANGKAK: Three armed robbers, believed to be Indonesians, slashed the ear of a villager after the victim's daughter cried out during an attempted rape on her in Kampung Sengkang near Bukit Gambir.

The incident happened when Buserin Haron, 50, who was also beaten with iron rods on the head and back, shouted at the robbers when one of them tried to rape his 15-year-old daughter early Monday.

He said the robbers, armed with a handgun, a parang and two iron rods had earlier robbed him and his family of some jewellery, four handphones and RM3,000.

“We were asleep when the three men, all wearing black jackets and black pants, suddenly stood before me at about 1.30am.

“They threatened to injure us with the parang if we put up a fight, before robbing us,” he said when met at his house later in the day.

Buserin said that one of them tried to rape his daughter after they couldn’t find anything else to take, but she screamed, prompting him to shout at the robbers.

He said the robbers then turned on him with iron rods and the one with the parang slashed at his ear, before making off in his car.

He said someone called for an ambulance and he was rushed to the Bukit Gambir clinic for treatment, including receiving several stitches for the cut on his ear.

Muar CID chief Deputy Supt Khoo Leng Huat said police found the car near a temple not far from the village.

“We have sent out teams to track the robbers,” he added.