GEORGE TOWN - Seven people walked past snatch theft victim Tan Kim Chuan, 60, without lifting a finger to help her as she lay unconscious on the road with a cracked skull at the Rifle Range flats.
CCTV footage showed her lying on the road for about seven minutes.
Kim Chuan, who fell and knocked her head on the road in the 6.02am incident on Tuesday, succumbed to her injuries nine hours later at the Penang Hospital.
Her sister Lay Yong, 63, wants the passers-by "to listen to their conscience".
Seven ignore injured elderly woman on the road
"Those who saw her should have done something the least they could have done was shout for help.
"How could they have just walked by? I am angry but what can I do?" Lay Yong said at the Penang Hospital mortuary yesterday.
She said Kim Chuan was on her way to the family-owned coffeeshop in Carnarvon Street.
She would take the bus every morning to help out at the coffeeshop.
"My sister was the sort of person who would not hesitate to help others. The snatch thief who did this to her was heartless," she said.
Kim Chuan, a widow who had just moved into the Rifle Range flats two weeks ago, was walking alone near Block J of the flats when her handbag was snatched by a motorcyclist.
At about 6.10am, three good Samaritans lifted her to the side of the road and called for an ambulance.
Penang Hospital Department of Forensic Medicine head Datuk Dr Zahari Noor said the post-mortem showed the cause of death was multiple injuries to the head.
"She suffered internal bleeding in the head and the back of her skull cracked when she fell and hit the road the impact was strong," he said.
The body will be cremated in Batu Gantong at 2pm today.
Meanwhile, George Town OCPD Asst Comm Gan Kong Meng urged the public to help police in catching the suspect.
"As we are unable to be everywhere at the same time, we value the information from the public, especially from those who may have witnessed the incident," he told reporters after paying his last respects to Kim Chuan at the Mount Erskine funeral parlour.
He also advised the public to always offer help to those in need.
"A swifter response could have saved her life," said ACP Gan.
LAW & ORDER IN MALAYA
ReplyDeleteCORRECTION:
DeleteBREAKDOWN OF LAW & ORDER IN MALAYA!
FAILURE TO PROTECT CITIZENS - GOVERNMENT MALFUNCTION...!
Tujuh orang yang limpas tapi tiada seorang pun yang cuba membantu nenek tua ini. Adakah masyarakat kita semaking tidak berperikemanusiaan?
ReplyDeletejangan salahkan orang yang limpas2 tidak tolong tu.cuba kamu fikir kalau tidak ada cctv. kamu menolong orang tua itu dan orang tua itu hampir mati atau sudah mati.kesan jari yang melekat di baju atau dibadan simati kelak menyebabkan anda dituduh membunuh.bukankah kamu mencari masalah sendiri.saya kasi tahu, dulu saya menolong seorang pelajar dilanggar kereta dan berjaya menangkap pemandu yang melanggar pelajar tersebut.sehingga kini pelajar itu dan ibubapanya pun masih tidak tahu siapa yang tolong pelajar tu. anda tahu apa yang terjadi pada saya?saya disoal siasat oleh pegawai polis mengenai hal itu seumpama sayalah yang bersalah. sudahlah mereka tidak ucapkan terima kasih, ayat menyoal siasat bukannya bagus untuk didengarpun.penat dan stress dan jadi macam orang bodoh. kalau kamu berjaya selamatkan orang tua itupun dan jika terjadi apa2, silap2 kamu yang disaman oleh ahli keluarganya yang lain.zaman ini bukan zaman dahulu.org menolong kerana ikhlas tetapi orang yang menolong itulah yang selalunya akan jadi mangsa akhirnya.
Deletenilai kemanusiaan lagi penting.
DeleteTakziah diucapkan kepada ahli keluarga si mangsa. Semoga kejadian ini memberikan satu pengajaran kepada kita semua, jangan berpeluk tubuh bila orang lain memerlukan bantuan.
ReplyDeleteWhat happen to these people? Such an ignorant! The seven people who walked past Kim Chuan are heartless too.
ReplyDeleteThis incident is a wake up call to everybody.
ReplyDeleteKenapa ada juga yang tidak berperikemanusiaan di SM...mesti mereka ini racist sampaikan orang dalam kesusahan pun mereka tidak mengendahkannya.
ReplyDeleteBermacam-macam jenis orang.
Deletesama kesnya yang macam di China?
DeletePembalasan yang setimpalnya akan berlaku kepada orang yang mencuri dan orang yang tidak mempedulikan mangsa.
ReplyDeleteTHIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY IN KL-
ReplyDeletePEOPLE WILL SHY AWAY IF THERE IS SOMEONE BEING ATTACKED OR ROBBED SUCH MOTORCYCLE HANDBAG SNATCHERS WHO CAUSED MANY DEATHS BY THEIR CALLOUS ACTIONS!
JUST LIKE UMNO ROBBING US OF OUR OIL DAILY---
kejadian ni berlaku di mana bro?? negeri siapa tu??
DeleteDahysat la
ReplyDeleteDorang ingat ini di China?? tolong orang terus kana kasi salah??
ReplyDeleteMungkin mereka juga tidak menyangka akan apa yang berlaku sebenarnya. Mungkin takut dan sebagainya.
ReplyDeletesaya pernah tolong orang, tidak ada pula saya kena tuduh buat jenayah.. paling2 kena siasat pun kalau saya menyaksikan kejadian itu atau tahu apa2 tentang penjenayah..
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