On Friday night around 20:45 (8:45 p.m.) a man entered the Chinese take-away restaurant at the Sikkelstraat in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and used a gun to threaten the personnel. The robber left with an unknown amount of money. The police of the district Feijenoord-Ridderster started an investigation.
Police officers have started a neighborhood search and a forensic investigation team are looking for traces the robber might left behind.
Bron: www.regionieuws.nl [27-12-2008]
Two black men with guns robbed a Chinese restaurant in Portsmouth.
They got cash from Hay Hing Chinese Restaurant on Deep Creek Blvd. on the evening of November 28.
Police say one suspect acted as a lookout as the other robbed the employees.
Authorities released surveillance camera images of the suspects, both of whom wore black clothing.
If you know anything about this robbery that can help police, call Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
bron: www.wvec.com [1-12-2009]
A deliveryman was robbed of $400 at gunpoint Thursday evening while delivering food to the Midview Crossing apartments in the 1800 block of Middle Ave.
China Wok took a food order around 6:15 p.m. for an apartment in M building, but when the 38-year-old deliveryman arrived, he was confronted by three men wearing black coats and stocking caps, police said.
Deliveryman Ai Qiu Lin told police one of the males pointed a black handgun at him and demanded his money. Lin gave the robbers $400 and ran from the area.
The deliveryman told security at the front gate what had happened. The guard at the complex told police he spotted a 17-year-old girl, often mistaken for a male because of her short hair, wearing a black coat and black stocking cap just after the incident near M building.
The security guard told police the girl and an unknown male jumped the fence and ran away when they spotted him.
bron: chronicle.northcoastnow.com [14-11-2009]
Armed robbers assaulted a Chinese company here Thursday, fleeing with cash and laptops worth 50,000 U.S. dollars, Chinese consulate officials said Friday.
round 9:30 p.m. local time (1930GMT) Thursday, five armed men broke into the company’s house in northern Johannesburg, said Zuo Baoliang, consul from Chinese Consulate General in Johannesburg.
The company, Kunsan Tongyou Electric Lift Company, started doing lift installation business in South Africa this March. It has about 36 Chinese staffs.
The 28 Chinese staffs in the house were threatened by guns and tied up during the robbery.
Local police is investigating the case. However, no arrests have been made yet.
Lou Xiandi, police attache of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, urged all Chinese in South Africa to be vigilant and take adequate measures to protect themselves and their properties.
bron: www.chinadaily.com.cn [29-8-2009]
Police are investigating a reported robbery at the New China Restaurant on Route 211 in the Town of Wallkill (Orange County, New York, America)
About 9 p.m. Monday, a woman reportedly walked into the New China Restaurant at 254 Route 211 East, armed with a black semiautomatic handgun.
Officials said the woman grabbed cash from the register and fled on foot. Police were searching the area Monday night.
bron: www.recordonline.com [10-11-2009]
Friday night, nearing Saturday morning, a robbery took place on the Tourtonnelaan, near Suristore in Paramaribo, which ended up in the victim being killed. The Chinese man was shot a couple of times just before he about to enter his vehicle. The culprits, three men of supposedly Boslandcreoolish background, had an escape car ready and fled with a bag filled with baby necessities. The robbers supposedly thought that there was money in the bag. On the way to the hospital the man died.
Thursday night there was an attempted robbery on a Chinese shopkeeper on the corner of PT. Paltan Tewarieweg and Botromankiweg, near the Eddy Blackmanstation. Two young men stepped in the shop during the evening hours. They bought a pack of cigarettes and walked outside. They immediately returned with a hammer. They attacked the shopkeeper with it. After striking him a few times they tried to open the cash till. This was harder than they thought, and when people outside the shop noticed what was going on, the robbers quickly fled. Security camera filmed this entire ordeal.
Bron: www.dbsuriname.com [30-11-2009]
This evening police are looking for a group of armed gunmen who robbed a Chinese Store on Vasquez Avenue. It happened sometime after 5:00 pm today and details are not known – but what we do know is that police responded and set chase after a car matching the description of the one that was used as the getaway car.
Late this evening, police were searching a red Toyota Corolla on Magazine Road as a possible suspect car. While we were there nothing of note was found but late reports say police found a home-made firearm inside. We’ll have more details on the robbery on Monday.
bron: 7newsbelize.com [20-11-2009]
A Japanese tourist was brutally raped and robbed in her bedroom by two teenage gang prospects, as her Opotiki host family watched television in another room.
Today her attackers Ranginui Rahi, 18, and Mark Hati, 16, both of Opotiki, were convicted and sentenced in Whakatane District Court to nine years’ imprisonment for rape and sexual violation. Judge Peter Rollo also sentenced them to four years’ jail for aggravated robbery to be served concurrently.
“It was a disgusting, brutal, degrading crime – a prolonged and violent attack on a young Japanese tourist to our country,” Judge Rollo said. He said Hati and Rahi had damaged their 22-year-old victim’s mana as well as physically injuring her internally and externally. “You treated her with degrading violence for your own sexual pleasure.”
Flanked by police officers, the teenagers stood with blank faces and hands clasped in front of them as the judge told how they broke into the Ford Street house on the night of August 31.
Rahi was armed with a baseball bat while Hati had a piece of firewood. Judge Rollo said they saw the host family watching TV and crept into the girl’s room to steal a laptop they had seen through the window.
Finding her in the room, they shut the door and each raped her several times and forced her to perform oral sex on them, all the while threatening her and searching the room for valuables, Judge Rollo said.The pair were caught by police two days later and entered guilty pleas soon after.
The judge said Hati had been prospecting for the Mongrel Mob since he was 13 and said he expected to become a patched member as a result of this offending when he was released from prison.
Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Standen said police would convey the outcome to the victim, who was still in New Zealand, as soon as she could be contacted and they had also been in touch with the Japanese Consulate.
bron: www.nzherald.co.nz - NZPA
Chinese businessmen in Angola said Sunday that armed gangs are staging “mafia-style” attacks on their workers, calling for the local government to deploy more police to fight crime.
“In the last three months, everyday I have gotten reports from Chinese targeted by robbery, rape and beatings. The criminals are so cruel that they make me feel horrible,” said Xu Ning, the head of the Chinese Business Council in Luanda, who has lived in the Angolan capital for more than 10 years.
Xu told the Global Times that gunmen took away his newly bought Mitsubishi truck Saturday near a police station. “The robbers are not afraid of the police at all,” Xu said. “Some police offices only have one policeman, and they themselves are frightened by the gunmen, not to mention helping us.”
“These are not just normal robberies. … They are planned, like mafia-style attacks. The gangs go first to inspect premises, and then they go back with AK-47s,” said Eddie Zhang, head of the Shanghai Urban Construction Group, the company building Luanda’s new football stadium for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.
Zhang said his staff had not had any problems, but he had warned his workers to take extra care. More than 40,000 Chinese workers are employed in Angola, around 90 percent on construction sites. Language, cultural barrier, and the habit of carrying cash, seem to be the reasons they are targeted.
Xu said the largest amount robbed he knew of was $700,000. “As the Chinese seldom resist, the hijackers became ever bolder,” he added. According to Xu, Angolans are allowed to carry guns, but foreigners who are not entitled to permanent residency are not.
A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Luanda said that they were aware of incidents against Chinese nationals and were working with Angolan authorities to resolve the problem.
Not only in Angola are Chinese nationals facing a rise in violent attacks, theft and extortion, according to Xinhua, but also in Kyrgyzstan. Several Chinese were injured in burglaries and road robberies in which they were attacked with sticks and guns, said a statement released by the Chinese embassy Friday.
Having been to more than 20 African countries, Liu Hongwu, director of the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University, told the Global Times ways of looking after oneself abroad.
“First, you should learn about consular protection, and know where and how to get help when an emergency occurs; second, you should have enough knowledge of the culture, religions and laws in the country and make sure you do not go against them. Finally, it never hurts to be cautious, cautious and cautious, especially when you know the place is not safe,” Liu said.
bron: china.globaltimes.cn [16-11-2009]
Agencies contributed to this story
The police of Goose Creek, in America, are looking for a man who held up a restaurant with a rifle Saturday night.
A black man with a shirt over his face entered the Ocean Island Chinese Restaurant at 5 S. Alliance Drive near College Park Road about 10 p.m. Saturday, pointed a rifle, fired two shots into the ceiling, took money from the register and ran out, Police Sgt. Thomas Hill said.
The suspect appears to be about 18 to 20 years old, Hill said. Police believe it was the same man who robbed the restaurant with another man about two weeks ago.
Anyone with information can call 863-5200 and ask for the tip line.
bron: www.postandcourier.com [9-11-2009]
