Repeat offender mobbed at hospital

Repeat offender mobbed at hospital

BOGOR (JP): Visitors at PMI general hospital mobbed a repeat
offender for allegedly stealing Rp 83,000 (US$31.32) from a
patient on Sunday night.

One visitor, Nurhayati, said she witnessed 25-year-old
Zulfikar enter a hospital room, where a young boy was being
treated, and snatch the money.

The boy, who was accompanied by his mother, Ani, was left
alone in the room.

"Zulfikar later opened the patient's bag, which was put inside
a cupboard, and took the money," Nurhayati said.

She located the boy's mother but when the pair returned
Zulfikar had fled.

A group of people, who heard about the theft, immediately
began searching for the man, who was found not far from the room.

He was mobbed before the group handed him over to hospital
security guards. All the money was returned to Ani.

"The value of the money is small but I badly need it," Ani
said.

The head of hospital security guards, Kurdi, said Zulfikar was
treated at the hospital two months ago after people in Cileungsi
mobbed him for alleged thievery. (41/hhr)