An elderly Singaporean couple had to extend their day trip to Johor Bahru (JB) after their valuables, including their passports, were stolen.
The incident took place at a shopping mall in Skudai on Sunday (Dec 7) afternoon, according to local media reports.
CCTV footage of the incident circulating online showed a man in a grey shirt and blue jeans trailing behind the elderly couple, both 80 years old, as they walk through a supermarket.
The suspect quickly crouched down and reached into their shopping basket, before taking their backpack and immediately walking away in another direction.
Yang Simou (transliteration), secretary of the National Taiwan University (NTU) Alumni Association in Malaysia, told China Press that the elderly man, identified as Lin (transliteration), and his wife are both alumnus.
