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April 29 - May 5, 2013
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FMI residents rattled by cat burglar
By Htar Htar Khin
RESIDENTS of FMI Garden City
in Hlaing Tharyar say they no
longer feel safe in their homes
following a string of burglaries
over the past three months.
A spokesperson for the housing
development’s management board
confirmed to The Myanmar Times
that there have been four breakins
since February 9.
One homeowner, who did not
want to be named but who works
in a senior position at a private
bank, told The Myanmar Times
that a burglar made off with
more than K54 million in cash
and jewellery in a brazen theft in
early March.
“On the night of March 3 we
left our house to go and see the
doctor because my daughter was
ill,” he said. “We left at about 5pm
and returned at 7pm to find that
our house had been burgled. The
thief broke into our safe and stole
more than K54 million in cash and
jewellery.”
He added that another burglary
had taken place on April 7 at a
friend’s house at FMI.
“We are all very concerned about
this but we have not seen any
increase in security at the housing
project.”
He added that the modus
operandi of the thief appeared
to be the same in both break-ins.
“I heard the April 7 break in took
place on Orchid Street but nothing
was stolen because the owner
came home and scared the thief
away. We spoke to the officers at
the Hlaing Tharyar Police Station,
who told us they believe the
burglar in both instances is the
same individual,” the owner said.
“The managers of the
development should be taking
this seriously and hiring more
security,” he said.
“But so far they have said
that they have provided enough
manpower and security.”
‘ The managers of
the development
should be taking
this more seriously
and hiring security.’
He said he had informed the
Hlaing Tharyar Police Station of
the burglary at his home on March
3 but no progress has been made
in solving the crime.
U Than Naing, a sergeant at the
Hlaing Tharyar Police Station,
said the burglaries have not been
solved yet but rejected accusations
that the police were not doing
enough to enforce security.
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“We are handling more than
just the FMI estate, we are
responsible for all of Hlaing
Tharyar township,” he said.
“We are trying to catch the thief,
and people should not blame us.
We have many responsibilities and
we’re quite disappointed to hear
complaints from people saying that
we’re not doing enough,” he said.
U Than Naing said Hlaing
Tharyar is a difficult township to
police because many vendors and
workers stay there temporarily.
The spokesperson for the
development’s management said
four burglaries had taken place
– on February 9, March 3, April 7
and April 17.
“FMI has never suffered from
many break-ins until the start of
this year,” he said. “We have more
than 50 security guards in the
development at the entrance and
doing patrols but there are 1600
houses in the compound.
“We do plan to add more
manpower to boost safety.”
The spokesperson said the
development’s management is
cooperating with police to try and
solve the break-ins and identify
the burglar.
“Homeowners are saying that
security is weak but everybody
knows what the security
arrangements are – and we have
also distributed information
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A man rides a bike ast the entrance to FMI City in Hlaing Tharyar
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security and report suspicious
behaviour,” he said.
“But the police have told us that
the thief is quite clever since he
has not been caught.”
He also urged homeowners to be
more careful.
“We found that the homeowner
who was burgled on April 17 did
not lock the door,” he said.
He said management also plans
to install CCTV cameras but could
not say when the system would
be put in.
“We don’t want these things to
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here feeling safe and secure.”
But the owner of the home
burgled on March 3 said he plans
to sell his house and move from
the estate “as soon as possible”
because of the incident.
“I chose to live in FMI City
because I thought it was safe but
this break-in has changed my
mind because I no longer believe
it’s safe to live here,” he said.
“I believe there are a lot of
poor workers living in Hlaing
Tharyar now, and I feel as if the
environment has changed in the
past two years.”
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Games food
ATHLETES competing in
the Southeast Asian Games,
to be held in Nay Pyi Taw
later this year, can look
forward to Myanmar-style
dishes, as well as a full range
of international cuisine.
Myanmar Restaurant
Association, which is
catering the event, has
signed an agreement with
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Association vice chairman
U Khin Aung Htun said
Unilever is providing the
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“We will get international
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the same time,” said U Kyaw
Myat Moe.
Unilever has invited
association officials to
Thailand to start training
ahead of the opening of the
games in December.
– Yu Yu Maw