GEORGE TOWN: A man said to be responsible for at least 25 burglaries was nabbed by police while attempting to break into a 15th floor flat in Macallum Street here.
Police found the 25-year-old, nicknamed “Spiderman”, hiding beneath an air-conditioning unit outside the flat early on Monday morning. Supt Gan said police recovered a number of rare coins which the man had stolen earlier.
He added that the man had confessed to 25 break-ins in the George Town area, and had a criminal record for break-ins and drugs cases.
The man, who is currently on remand, also tested positive for methamphetamine.
Source: TheStar Newspaper, 21 Jan 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Gated community...can it effectively guard off burglar?
Nowadays, a lot of property developers are offering gated community for landed properties. By forming a gated community, the housing area will be gated by brick walls with certain height and also at the entrance of the housing area, there will be a guard house for monitoring & checking of visitors in and out of the place.
Normally, there will be two or more security guards working by shift to watch over the entire housing area. It's interesting to note that some of these housing area will not have individual gate for the house because it's assumed to be safe enough with the guard monitoring at the main entrance.
Of course this type of service will not come for free. Inmates of this community need to pay a certain amount of maintenance fee every month which typically amounting to RM100++. Now you see that not only those staying in apartments and condominiums need to pay for monthly maintenance but also those staying in landed properties!
Well, this might continue to be a trend and for the potential house buyer, they may have no choice given the current situation but to choose a property that will at least give some peace of mind once they move in - no need to worry about their house being broken into and lose all their valuable belongings.
To answer the question on how effective the gated community can guard off burglar, we need to ask a few more questions as below:
(1) How well trained the security guard in ensuring the safety of the inmates and their home?
(2) Is there any way the inmate can alert the security guard in case or emergency?
(3) How is the checking of visitors in and out of the community is being performed?
(4) How many time the guard patrols around the housing area per day?
(5) Is there a way the burglar can get into the community through the brick wall?
(6) etc...
I asked these questions because I can see the vunerability of the homes in the community if any of these factors are not being considered properly. I had heard a case from my friend that his uncle's car actually got stolen even he stayed inside a gated community! After the incident, he refused to pay the monthly maintenance fee.
I am not saying that the gated community is useless in protecting the home of the inmates but I think much improvement needed in some of these projects so that the inmates can benefit fully from the service. I wish all of you have a home sweet home in year 2010.
Normally, there will be two or more security guards working by shift to watch over the entire housing area. It's interesting to note that some of these housing area will not have individual gate for the house because it's assumed to be safe enough with the guard monitoring at the main entrance.
Of course this type of service will not come for free. Inmates of this community need to pay a certain amount of maintenance fee every month which typically amounting to RM100++. Now you see that not only those staying in apartments and condominiums need to pay for monthly maintenance but also those staying in landed properties!
Well, this might continue to be a trend and for the potential house buyer, they may have no choice given the current situation but to choose a property that will at least give some peace of mind once they move in - no need to worry about their house being broken into and lose all their valuable belongings.
To answer the question on how effective the gated community can guard off burglar, we need to ask a few more questions as below:
(1) How well trained the security guard in ensuring the safety of the inmates and their home?
(2) Is there any way the inmate can alert the security guard in case or emergency?
(3) How is the checking of visitors in and out of the community is being performed?
(4) How many time the guard patrols around the housing area per day?
(5) Is there a way the burglar can get into the community through the brick wall?
(6) etc...
I asked these questions because I can see the vunerability of the homes in the community if any of these factors are not being considered properly. I had heard a case from my friend that his uncle's car actually got stolen even he stayed inside a gated community! After the incident, he refused to pay the monthly maintenance fee.
I am not saying that the gated community is useless in protecting the home of the inmates but I think much improvement needed in some of these projects so that the inmates can benefit fully from the service. I wish all of you have a home sweet home in year 2010.
Security alarm is a need nowaday...
I had a chat with my friend this afternoon during lunch time. As usual, our chat session consisted of a lot of topics. One of the topic that crossed my mind was about the renovation of my friend's new house. The double storey house costed him RM200k++ and close to RM300k including renovation. He mentioned that he had installed a security alarm system which costed him RM2k++ for both wired and wireless detector units and control panel.
One of the reason that prompted him to install the security alarm was the broke in case happened to his neighbour, not once but twice! This make me understand why he was willing to fork out that money - just in case!
It also made me realised that burglary case is getting more and more severe in Malaysia - in fact around the world. Nowadays, jobs are getting fewer and financial stress is getting higher and higher. We cannot deny that in most cases, we cannot do anything to get the burglar into justice. Therefore, the best way to avoid burglary is still by prevention.
I started to see it as a trend to install security alarm in house for safety reason. Some developers even go to the extend of building gated community for landed properties which we hardly heard about few years ago. This shows that secured home is really a necessity people are looking for. They don't just want a house, but a secured home.
In the near future, we may see more of these gated housing community being developed. I just hope that these gated housing community can prevent burglary cases and protect the inmates. After all, that's what a home should provides: a safe & comfortable place to stay & live happily.
One of the reason that prompted him to install the security alarm was the broke in case happened to his neighbour, not once but twice! This make me understand why he was willing to fork out that money - just in case!
It also made me realised that burglary case is getting more and more severe in Malaysia - in fact around the world. Nowadays, jobs are getting fewer and financial stress is getting higher and higher. We cannot deny that in most cases, we cannot do anything to get the burglar into justice. Therefore, the best way to avoid burglary is still by prevention.
I started to see it as a trend to install security alarm in house for safety reason. Some developers even go to the extend of building gated community for landed properties which we hardly heard about few years ago. This shows that secured home is really a necessity people are looking for. They don't just want a house, but a secured home.
In the near future, we may see more of these gated housing community being developed. I just hope that these gated housing community can prevent burglary cases and protect the inmates. After all, that's what a home should provides: a safe & comfortable place to stay & live happily.
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