Life trumps fiction yet again. The Star reports:
Being big sized was certainly an advantage for a salesgirl here when she overpowered a thief and sat on him until police arrived.
In the noon incident yesterday, a youth entered a cell phone outlet in Jalan Tun Dr Ismail here where Wong Pei Fan was manning the counter.
On the pretext of buying a new phone, the suspect asked the 22-year-old salesgirl to show him the latest model with built-in camera.
While Wong was busy entertaining another customer, the suspect fled with the phone and ran towards the central market where he had parked his motorcycle.
His luck ran out when Wong, who shouted and gave chase, caught up with him at a traffic light junction about 20m from the outlet.
Book salesman M. Jagesdwaran, 44, who was at the scene, said he saw Wong grabbing the thief’s T-shirt and pounced on him before shoving the latter on the ground.
The thief fought back but the gutsy Wong gave him a kick in the groin.
While he was grimacing in pain, Wong sat on him and shouted for help.
Jagesdwaran said Wong gave the thief another blow in the face when he tried to resist.
At one stage, the thief tried to crawl away with Wong riding “piggyback.”
I apologise for the extensive quoting but the mental imagery of the plus-sized salesgirl piggybacking on the hapless thief must be bequeathed to future generations.
