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20 men rob workers at S’pore factory
December 2006 ABOUT 100 workers at a Singapore-owned factory in Kota Tinggi were robbed of their handphones, jewellery and cash in a pre-dawn ambush on Monday.Twenty armed robbers entered Podoyo Plastics factory, which makes printer ink cartridges, at 1.50am by cutting the perimeter fence and disabling the alarm.They then split into several groups, reported The New Straits Times.Five of them raided the guardhouse.The rest herded the workers into the canteen, where they robbed them.Security guard Mohd Razali Mohd Zan, 26, recalled: ‘A group of armed men threatened to kill us if we refused to heed their instructions.’POLICE ALERTED
But about 40 night-shift workers managed to hide and call the police.Three of the robbers, aged between 30 and 36, were arrested as they tried to escape.Two cars containing some of the workers’ valuables was discovered. One of the cars was reported stolen in Kota Tinggi about two months ago.It was reported that two workers were hospitalised while several others received outpatient treatment.The CCTV recording of the robbery was given to the police.
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