Hooded Robbers Terrorize Couple In Capital On Thursday Night
BY James Kon and M K Anwar

Bandar Seri Begawan - A gang of six knife-wielding marauders terrorized a Chinese couple in a residential area in the Brunei capital on Thursday midnight and fled with booty worth over B$100,000 in cash, watches and jewellery.

The victims had already lodged a police report, they told reporters last night.

The incident took place at a plush house in Kg Rimba Gadong in the Brunei capital. The couple still dazed and traumatized by the midnight intruders, related their ordeal to the Weekend in an interview.

The visibly upset wife said the robbers were already outside her house around 11.30 pm.

She heard some noise outside the master bedroom on the ground floor, so she decided to come out and check the living room. Feeling nothing amiss, she went back to sleep.

The distressed housewife added that it was not until 12.30 in the morning she felt something strange and upon opening her eyes, she saw six men surrounding their bed where she slept with her husband. Some were wearing masks and wielding knives. The rest did not wear hoods.

When she tried to scream, the alleged robbers quickly jumped on the bed and grabbed hold of the couple.

They then proceeded to tie them up. Fearing for their lives and the safety of their children sleeping on the first floor, the couple gave in to their demands and followed their instructions. From the language and accent of the robbers, the couple believed they are foreigners.

The intruders apparently came in through a window and slowly moved their way to the bedroom. They demanded the key for the safe, and the couple obeyed out of sheer terror. They warned them of the consequences of not complying.

The robbers then ransacked the place and made off with all the valuables, including cash, watches, mobile phones and jewellery estimated over $100,000, the victims claimed.

After the robbers had left, the couple managed to free themselves and called the police around 1.25 am who arrived within minutes with Gurkha dogs.

The couple also disclosed that this was the second time that robbers broke into their home since four years.

Several of the couple’s neighbors had also experienced break-ins, they said.

The Borneo Bulletin last year also carried news on a daring robbery in Jerudong involving five foreign men. They were said to have managed to enter the house through the window after climbing over the tall fence around the victim’s house using a ladder. A couple was also tied up in their bed during the heist.

The police set up several roadblocks in the morning following the robbery. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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