Crimes that shook the nation: Sinister motive behind bank heist
Pix for representational purpose only. IT was a typical bank heist where the robbers barged in, held up everyone and made a grab for the cash. However, their attempt was foiled, thanks to a plucky security guard who took on the robbers with his shotgun. Little did the security guard, Abdullah Mahmood, knew that he had not merely foiled a bank robbery but unwittingly exposed a far more sinister motive of the robbers. On May 18, 2001, Abdullah, then aged 43, and his 64-year-old colleague, were on duty at the Southern Bank branch in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya. As the guards pulled down the sh...