Young Filipina Dyes Hair To Escape Another Time
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - A young, pretty Filipina, living in fear has dyed her hair to prevent being robbed another time.

Yesterday she related her harrowing experience of being a victim to a robbery but she decided not lodge a police report because she thought it would do her more harm.

She said she had just returned home from work one evening. As she was resting, a man broke a glass window to forcefully enter her room.

"The man had a knife and asked for my jewellery. I was so frightened that I gave him all - worth about $8,000 - as long as he would not hurt me.

"He then tied my hands and my feet with masking tapes. He also plastered my mouth before leaving," she said adding that even though the man spoke Malay many Filipinos also spoke the language fluently. Thus she could not identify the race.

She managed to free herself from the masking tape after a struggle.

However, she did not lodge a police report as it could endanger her life.

"The robber must have watched me and knew that I kept a substantial amount of jewellery.

"I remember seeing the robber somewhere but I decided against making a police report as it could endanger me.

"It could also be a planned robbery," she said.

The Filipina has now moved away from her old accommodation but she still would not lodge a police report.

She also dyed her hair to a different colour so the robber would not recognise her. "It was a devastating and awful experience for me and reflections of the tragedy kept on flashing which made me shivered.

"But this country is still very peaceful compared to other big cities," she said. Crime rate here may not be as high as other cities in the region such as Manila, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur but the few spates of recent incidents of crime here are definitely a cause of major concern for the peace-loving population. (Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin)

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