Burst
Written by: Chen Kangzhi, Deng Bailiang
2019-12-14 17:16
Last updated: 2019-12-14 17:16A watch robbery occurred in Mong Kok yesterday. Four thieves broke into a watch shop on Fa Yuen Street and snatched nearly 2 million cash and over 60 Rolex watches. The incident was the fifth robbery in Mong Kok district in two months, and the robbery that was damaged yesterday was even robbed twice a month. Mong Kok District has a lot of watch shops, and the recent frequent robberies are worrying merchants. Some watch shops said they have switched to steel reinforced doors instead of pure glass doors, and some shop owners think that the number of burglaries is increasing because of "the bad guy (patrol)啰 ".
Dozens of small watch shops are located in the trend zone of Guanghua Road. The reporter went to Guanghua Road this afternoon to see if watch shops have strengthened their security facilities. One person in charge of the watch store who knew the staff of Baoda Watch Decoration Co., Ltd. said that in response to the recent burglaries, the store has deliberately replaced steel doors with steel reinforced doors to strengthen security. However, when asked if the business was affected, the owner immediately said, "It's true." The person in charge even said that he had not opened a business for more than 20 days due to law and order problems in recent months. But the shopkeeper frankly said that if he was unfortunately robbed, he still had to "fight from the canal, from the canal, the most important thing is nothing". Asked if he knew why the number of burglaries had increased in recent days, the shop owner stated that "because he sent a patrol (patrol)" and later added that the police "did not do it". The owner said that the worst situation at present is that the prisoner entered the store and snatched the cash from Jiawan. It was difficult to remember after the cash was stolen.
The door is locked
In addition, the reporter observed other watch shops at the scene and found that at least two other watch shops are installing new doors, and there are also steel materials on the doors. I believe they are all reinforced styles to strengthen security. In addition, at least two watch shops on Kuifu Street have their doors locked during business hours, and customers need to ask the staff to ring the door before opening the door. The owner of one of the watch shops said the shop had deliberately enhanced security, but declined to disclose details. When interviewed by staff at Time Gallery, located on Saijie Street, they said that in response to the recent frequent burglaries, they had a special alertness when "shopping".
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