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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 shutters when it was time to close the bank at about 3.15pm, four robbers armed with pistols and a hammer barged in.