WELL DONE: Policeman sizing up the robbery scene at Sunway GombakHero

Fighting shy of even having his picture taken, this policeman from Bukit Aman Highway Patrol said he stopped at the place in Sunway Gombak about 9am to fill up his car while on his way home.

He noticed a commotion inside the station and rushed in to confront the robbers.

Instincts ingrained from the police academy training kicked in and he stepped up to stop the robbery attempt even though he had just finished his shift.

“I felt it was my responsibility to stop crime.

“And I guess I was at the right place at the right time.”

He said it was fortunate that the two would-be robbers — armed with a samurai sword, a short dagger, parang and two toy guns — were eventually subdued. It is learnt that the suspects — aged 21 and 24 — could have been attempting their first robbery.

A policeman for the past 11 years, Husnizaim scuffled with one of the robbers who tried to stab him with a dagger.

“The situation was quite tense. They were shocked to find out that I was a policeman.

“I asked them to surrender but they resisted until I fired the shot in self-defence.”

The shot hit one of the suspects in the ribs. On seeing this, the other robber surrendered. The injured robber was rushed to the Selayang Hospital where his condition was reported as stable.

In spite of his brave and timely crime intervention, Husnizaim, a father-of-two, remained calm yet upbeat.
“I did what I did as something that came naturally. It is my job to protect the people.”

However, a petrol station attendant, who chose to be known simply as “Tok Cik”, said the situation could have turned uglier if the policeman was not at the scene.

“Had I been all alone, the robbers would have fled with the day’s collection and I could have been injured in trying to stop them. I guess this was my lucky day.”

In his three years at the petrol station, he said this was the first time he was held up in a robbery attempt.

“I wanted to stop it, since this was the second time this petrol station was robbed.

“I wasn’t thinking of anything when I tried to stop them. Luckily, the policeman came in.”

In follow-up operations, police detained two more suspects, aged 23 and 27, believed to be accomplices.
They were picked up at a house in Taman Selayang.

They also seized 20 toy guns and three motorcycles with fake registration number plates.

Police are investigating whether the suspects were involved in other known robberies.