KUCHING: A tourist guide from Indonesia who tried to get fresh with a beautiful woman on messaging application MiChat ended up being robbed by a group of robbers at midnight on Thursday.
The tourist guide received a WhatsApp from a girl on MiChat and asked him if he wanted any “extras” after his massage.
The victim aged 27, agreed and not long after sending his location to the girl at a hotel at Jalan Borneo here, he opened his door to a woman but the photo was different from the one sent to him.
The victim said he believed the girl who was sent to him was actually a “pondan” (transvestite) but she was already in his room. Shortly, before anything could happen, four armed men barged in and robbed him.
They took from him RM300, 2,500 Baht, and a mobile phone. The victim lodged a police report at 3am yesterday. A few hours later, police caught all the five suspects and they were detained to facilitate investigations into the case.
Kuching police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani urged tourists and locals not to be swayed by pretty faces posted on social media as they could be fake profiles.
He said this is the latest modus operandi used by robbers. He believed that there were other cases but the victims were too embarrassed to lodge police reports.
Awang Din also urged the public to inform the police immediately of crime cases so that action could be taken
swiftly and the suspects nabbed.
Meanwhile, the five will be charged under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code for armed robbery. They face a maximum of 20 years’ jail and whipping if convicted.
