A father, fed up with his “rebellious” son’s ways, called the police to have the 14-year old arrested after the boy stole his father’s handphone.
The arrest, which happened on Monday afternoon in Wangsa Maju’s Wangsa Walk mall, took place after the father came home from a business trip on Sunday to find his Samsung Galaxy Note 4 had been stolen. Also detained were two of the son’s friends, aged 20 and 27.
“He searched the house for signs of forced entry before suspecting that his son was the culprit,” Wangsa Maju police chief Supt Mohd Roy Suhaimi Sarif told The Malay Mail‘s Jasmine Andria.
The father was especially incensed as the stolen smartphone was loaded with RM100,000 worth of software installed by his company.
“The father lodged a report when the boy returned home. He wanted us to take action against his rebellious son to make him realise crime did not pay.”
The PDRM, while surprised at the father’s request, proceeded to process the case and open an investigation.
The father reportedly did not visit his son in lockup.
On the day of his arrest, the son had not been seen at home for the previous two days.
Turns out that the son had sold the stolen phone to one of his friends for RM400, who in turn sold it to another acquaintance.
The phone was eventually recovered.
