Going into High Alert

I was in the office and thought, I need to get the car service. So I booked in half day PM for the slot then I called up the center as my colleagued said when, if you take the leave then it’s when you booked the service. As it was going to be on a Friday, the only slot they had was 8am in the morning. Changed the leave to a full day and just in time the HR e-mailed that in lieu of CNY being on Sunday, there would be no half day for the Chinese people in the company. Alright so we have the plans laid out.

So it begin as any other morning on that Friday, I got my gear hopped it and drove to the service center in Damansara. Now as I was about to reach the flyover at 1 Utama, in the distance a police cruiser was speeding away. Normally you would see any police vehicles going around the same speed as you or cruising leisurely on the right lane of any other lane for normal patrols. This time it was zooming ahead as if there was an emergency.

Then I get a phone call. Previous day I updated a site with a new generation of a test and didn’t remove it. Was suppose to be show and tell and my part I forgot to follow it up properly. So as I was turning into the center I was constantly on the phone with my colleagues confirming that I needed to do to help them solve the issue which was later managed to be solved by the user on their own part and also another colleague who was more senior than me followed up. I parked my mpv, got down and still was on the phone, a police siren could be heard in the distance and that was very strange. Before anyone knew it, hard braking screech and a crash took place just outside the center.

A mercedes benz just crashed into a lorry and the occupants in shirt and track suit alighted, looked around in fear and ran round the service center. A patrol cruiser pulled up. A cop with a MP5 got down and gave chase while the other person inspected the vehicle, the first guy ran round a bit and got back into the car and it reversed and headed round the block.

Car jacking first thing in the morning and police with sub-machine guns. One suspect was captured, the other not sure what happened as I had forgotten my wallet and needed to go back to get it, so as I was driving away, 4 officers were talking to a person in a blue shirt while they were standing over one of the suspects.

That was probably the owner who’s car got jacked. Due to the efficiency of the police, by the time I got back to the service center the 2 vehicles were gone and so were the police. Now that’s a quick clean up alright.