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ALL RETAIL SHOPS BE WARNED!!

As 9/9/2010 was the eve of Hari Raya, our boss decide to give out the sales commission to enable the staffs to buy raya goodies.

So all the staffs were busy making arrangements to meet up with their family members to do some last minute raya shopping. Despite all the excitement the staffs continue with their chores of adding stocks colours and sizes.

While the rest of the staffs are busy doing so, in came an indian lady  ("IL") posing as a customer looking for 10 - 12pcs jubahs for a fashion show that she is organising for her insurance company. She also claimed  to be pregnant. She spent nearly 2 hours in the shop and asked one of our staff ("A") to try on all 10pcs of the jubah size S for her to see.

"A" just put on the top but was asked to try the whole set together with pants.  So "A" wore the jubah pants on top of her own jeans but "IL" asked "A" to take off her jeans  and wear the pants that came with the jubah as "IL" want to see how the whole set would look like.

It was in doing so that "A" exposed her personal belongings to danger as little did we know "A" kept her handphone, her money and just received commission in the jeans pockets.

As a precaution "A" did asked another staff ("B") to look after her jeans while "A" was sent around the shop looking for matching tudung and new designs to show to "IL".

"IL" was very patient waiting for her opportunity. She then ask "B" to go look for a matching tudung. "B" thought it was safe when she saw "A" coming back but  in B's absence "A" was then asked to go inside the fitting room to try out another design.

This was the time for "IL" to strike. IL put the jeans in her big bag and just walked out of the shop totally unnoticed by all the staff in the shop.

So when "A" came out of the fitting room, she was petrified that "IL" was not there and mortified when her jeans was also gone. What happened after that was the stuff of movies and dramas as "A" franctically ran up and down back and front of the shop looking for "IL".  She then collapsed on the floor and scream that "itu keling tipu!! Tipu duit saya".

It was heart wrenching to see her disappointment as she cried, screamed, try to hurt herself and kept mumbling and apologising to her mom for losing the money. She did have a high hopes of spending her hard earned money on her family members tonight.

So anytime you see someone that resembles the indian lady in the photo or video, please contact the police or let us know (03-26949055) as what she did to "A" is totally unforgivable since the next day is Hari Raya.

If she had stolen the company's money, at least the company can claim insurance. To steal a staff's hard earned money ("A" been working well past midnight everyday during the fasting month) is too inhumane and she must be stopped.