Shoplifting is a crime, but it would be another crime to punish a poor family on the brink of hunger.<br /><br />These were the words of Petaling Jaya district police chief Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal who went out of his way as a police officer to help a poor mother caught shoplifting fever remedy and cake for her children.<br /><br />According to the assistant commissioner of police, he was informed yesterday that the district police received a shoplifting case that happened at a hypermart.<br /><br />However, something about the case boggled his mind.<br /><br />"The police report stated that the suspect was nabbed for stealing a roll of pandan cake, sausages and two packs of Kool Fever (fever-reducing ice patch) for her children.<br /><br />"So, I felt that I should go meet this suspect and ask why she did this. Because I believe that this person must be facing some problem to resort to this," he said. <br /><br />Full story: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/559845<br /><br />Video source: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=129772645574233&ref=watch_permalink
