Two men armed with parang reportedly robbed a woman at a food court in Puchong in the wee hours of Friday, injuring her.
Both the suspects had approached the woman at 1.10am in Bukit Puchong, pretending to ask for a cigarette, the New Straits Times reports.
One of them then allegedly grabbed her from behind in a choke hold and ordered her to remain silent, the daily said.
Subang Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Azlin Sadari was quoted as saying that the other suspect then snatched the woman’s necklace.
“In the struggle, one of the men also snatched the woman’s handbag. The woman screamed for help, prompting the duo to flee without the handbag,” he reportedly said.
A group of passers-by who witnessed the incident then chased the duo and caught one of them, he said.
The woman reportedly suffered injuries to her left shoulder, wrist and face.
