MALAYSIAN TOURISTS ROBBED OFF THEIR PASSPORTS IN DELHI

BY P.VIJIAN

NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- A Malaysian family's year-end holiday trip to
India ended on a bitter note after two passports belonging to the family members
were stolen at a famous historical site in Delhi on Sunday.

The family was visiting the Qutub Minar, the world's tallest brick minaret,
in south Delhi, when some people stole their pouch from their bag, which
contained some cash and two passports.

"We lost some Singaporean currency, two passports and our Mykad. Four guys
came from behind and just flicked the pouch from my son's bag (knapsack), which
he was carrying on his back.

"I was so close to them but could not do anything as it happened quite
fast," Tham Kuan Tha, who lost her passport along with another friend, Yee Than
Rou, told Bernama.

Her husband Lee C.F, from Johor Baharu, said the family arrived in Chennai
on Dec 13 and had been visiting several major Indian cities before they reached
Delhi, to visit some tourist attractions prior to their departure to Malaysia on
Thursday.


"We visited several countries like Vietnam and Thailand in the past but this
is the first time such an incident happened to us.

"Luckily my son's and my passports were with us. We need to go back home
soon because I have to report to work next week," said Lee, who is in the
teaching profession.

The family is now stranded in the city and the Malaysian High Commission is
helping them to obtain the exit certificate so that they could leave India soon.

-- BERNAMA