Businessman robbed of RM400,000 cash

KUCHING: Armed men were believed to have escaped with an estimated RM400,000 in cash when they robbed a businessman in Kota Samarahan late Tuesday night.

BRIEF CHAOS: Policemen direct traffic through the accident scene.

The incident occurred around 11.15pm when the victim, driving alone, stopped to pick up two unknown men standing by the roadside.

Sources indicated that the men, believed to be foreigners, had hitched a ride with him before relieving him of the cash at knife-point.

The money belonged to a company believed involved in the timber industry which the businessman had family links with.

The victim was not harmed in the incident.

Samarahan district police chief DSP Abdul Rahman Ahmad confirmed the incident yesterday.

Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, a security guard was robbed at knife-point by three men at Kuching Waterfront late Monday night.

The 30-year-old victim was waiting for a water taxi to go home to Kampung Tupong Ulu when confronted by three unknown men around 11.30pm.

The men, who were armed with a knife, demanded for his shoulder bag and threatened to harm him if he refused.

The guard surrendered the bag which contained RM500 and some personal documents to the men who fled on foot.

The victim managed to make his way back home and lodged a police report the next day.