She and mother were rather in panic saying there is an armed thief outside their house. It was raining quite a bit then so lucky their was an old raincoat hanging on my veranda. I quickly put it on and grabbed a heavy garden rake that is also lying on my veranda which I sometimes used for gardening.
That rake is quite heavy and can easily beat up a man dead really.
In a hurry I did not grab any torchlight since the electric lamps outside our house was bright enough so I quickly went to my sister's house.
From their gate I spied someone standing outside their house, so I cautiously approached the man after making sure he was alone.
The man was acting strangely. When I saw he was unarmed, barefooted and no shirt, a bit shivering from the rain and also stink a bit of alcohol, I asked him what he is doing and how he got into my sisters compound which has a high fence all around.
I could not get any answer to this.
All I got was him asking for help to call a driver who work for some Datuk Rein, or whatever, he also mention Wong Kuok.
I tried to ask his many simple question but could not get any answers, I assume he was playing stupid because according to my sister she heard the dogs barking against an intruder and suddenly turned on the front lights.
She said the man seemed to be trying to open a big tool box belonging to her contractor outside the house. This toolbox contained lots of electrical tools for fixing the metal roofs of her house.
Before calling me, my sis and niece has also been frantically calling Penampang Police station to send some officers to arrest the man.
So while waiting for the police which took about 20 minutes, I did my best to stall this middle aged looking funny man and he did not make any attempt to leave.
Finally I manage to extract from him that he comes from Tandek, and surprisingly he can speak and understand Penampang Kadazan.
When the cops finally came in two squad cars with 2 in each car bringing weapons, we found out that initially they went wrongly to the other half of my kampong, which is divided into two. They also told me that they have to be prepared with arms because my second niece has also called them saying the intruder is armed with a gun (silly really because she was not really sure of seeing any gun or pistol as she stayed put inside her own house next door.)
Anyway after showing the cops who was the intruder, they were quite surprise that the man did not look dangerous, just drunk and stupid but they handcuffed him all the same and brought him back to Penampang Police Station. They also told us to make a police report which we immediately did at about 2:15 am this same night.
Well the police report was made by my sister, short and simple and we left the stupid old wannabe thief at the police station still cuffed and sitting on the floor.
We were promised by the police that they will investigate the background of this man who is definitely a local, maybe a useless drunk looking for something to steal from my sister's house so that he can buy more beer or montoku perhaps
Sadly I did not even bring my usual Nikon camera but manage to take a record of the guy with my cheap handphone, and here is his photo, with a handcuff and held by a policeman
This guy was carrying a Sabah IC with him in his wallet, he had a cheap handphone with dead batteries, BUT I forgot to note down his dusunic name. I will go back to the police station later to inquire about him.
But meanwhile, if you know this guy, please give us feedback.
I bet he is still in the lockup today and the charge should be intruding and attempt theft.
Anyway thanks to the police bahagian peronda for their quick action to come to our houses.
UPDATED: today 8 dec 2014
Sadly because I could not read well in bad light I never did manage to note the name of this guy and the cops won't release the name afterwards.
However the Detective Inspector in charge of this case told me by phone that he was 60 years old and simply lost after drinking and arguing with a nephew at Donggongon and pleaded with the police that he was sorry for being at the wrong place.
His urine sample prove negative for drugs, just alcohol and there is nothing else to charge him with. I believe we also made a mistake thinking he was trying to steal the tools around the house and he could probably not recognise their value.
So I did tell the cops we are not laying any charges or complaint so long as we are sure he was not dangerous.
So I believe he is already released, but I requested the cops to scold his family for not taking care of their own people and causing shame to our native races.
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