Boon Lay pawnshop robbery: Suspect stuttered and acted as a "child" during the holdup, says director

The man who attempted to arrange an armed robbery at a pawnshop near Boon Lay's MRT station stuttered when he spoke and "acted like a child," according to the director of the shop.

In a previous article, Stomp reported the attempted robbery that took place around 4:30 pm on Saturday afternoon (July 28).

The man entered the store, ValueMax, and reportedly threatened the employees with a knife and a gun replica. He asked the employees to hand over the money and jewels to the store.

The store manager immediately recognized the "gun" as a replica. An employee told Shin Min Daily News:

"The reply seemed very light, our manager immediately realized that it was a replica, and refused to hand over the items.

" He said to the man he was going to call the police, before shouting for help, hoping to catch the attention of passers-by. "

When the man's demands were refused, he threatened to blow up the store with an object that he claimed was an explosive device.The man then threw the object over the counter and ran away. [19659002] The director of the store, Mr. Huang Yizhen, 48, told reporters:

"Although I was a bit scared during this time, I thought I would protect my colleagues and asked three other employees to hide. "[19659002] He revealed that the suspect had first thrown a bag on the counter, before brandishing his" gun. "

Mr. Huang:

" After that, he kept his "pistol" in his jacket and took out a knife. He then kept it too.

"I asked him what he wanted, and I told him that there was no money here." He started pacing the store and stuttering for What he was talking about,

"When I looked at it, I felt like I was a child in a role-playing game. Finally, he left his "explosive device" and ran out of the store.

"I got out of the counter, took the camera and threw it out of the store."

The Executive Director of ValueMax pawnshop Ms. Yao Lizhen told Shin Min Daily News that all ValueMax stores are equipped with surveillance cameras and advanced systems.

She said:

"The Boon Lay branch has at least 10 closed circuit televisions."

Ms. Yao also revealed that after Saturday's incident, the company has recovered CCTV images from Certis CISCO, which quickly manages the surveillance cameras and transmits them to the police in a short time.

The suspect's photos, as well as images of the incident, were uploaded to the Singapore Police Facebook page (SPF) the same day.

It is believed that the suspect ran towards the road after the incident and escaped to the empty bridge of Jurong Block 661B West.

At the time of publication of this article, the suspect has fled the police for more than 45 hours and investigations into the case are ongoing.