BANK ROBBERY RM 500,00O LOST

KUCHING, Thursday- Five Indonesian man are still in a free state after the robbery at a bank in the city early yesterday morning. According to several witnesses who were interviewed by the press, the man was assisted by three other local men. These men managed to enter the bank through the roof at 2 a.m. They entered undetected because they disarmed the alarm system and all the security cameras. En Hassan Bin Karim who was 45 years old and a security guard on duty reported that he heard noises coming from the security guards room. He said that five men armed with machine guns and pistols attacked and tied him up. Hassan told reporters that the thieves confine him in the store controller and they covered his eyes with cloth. From the dialect used in speaking, En Hassan found out that the thieves are Indonesian men. After En Hassan acknowledged that the robbers had left him, En Hassan screams for help. Coincidentally, at that time, a group of college students were at the scene therefore they provide assistance by bringing En Hassan to the police station nearby to make a report. Until now the robbers has yet to be arrested. According to the reports, the bank has lost RM 500,000. Anyone who has information about the robbery were encouraged to visit the nearest police station or call the hotline number of IPK Kuching, Sarawak at 082-240 800.

Bernama.