Malaysia car thieves steal finger

[bugaboo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4396831.stm
walao fierce.


Malaysia car thieves steal finger
By Jonathan Kent
BBC News, Kuala Lumpur

Police in Malaysia are hunting for members of a violent gang who chopped off a car owner's finger to get round the vehicle's hi-tech security system.

The car, a Mercedes S-class, was protected by a fingerprint recognition system.

Accountant K Kumaran's ordeal began when he was run down by four men in a small car as he was about to get into his Mercedes in a Kuala Lumpur suburb.

The gang, armed with long machetes, demanded the keys to his car.

It is worth around $75,000 second-hand on the local market, where prices are high because of import duties.

Stripped naked

The attackers forced Mr Kumaran to put his finger on the security panel to start the vehicle, bundled him into the back seat and drove off.

But having stripped the car, the thieves became frustrated when they wanted to restart it. They found they again could not bypass the immobiliser, which needs the owner's fingerprint to disarm it.

They stripped Mr Kumaran naked and left him by the side of the road - but not before cutting off the end of his index finger with a machete.

Police believe the gang is responsible for a series of thefts in the area.

[jaskin]

So not worth it get his finger chopped off because of the alarm system.

[Ghostrider]

So much for the touted biometric security.....

Its like last time in New York pple steal Rolex...they just chop off the hand.

Now they chop off the finger....OMG...what happen if the technology uses iris as its biometric security ??!!?!??!

[rex7_vtec]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider

So much for the touted biometric security.....

Its like last time in New York pple steal Rolex...they just chop off the hand.

Now they chop off the finger....OMG...what happen if the technology uses iris as its biometric security ??!!?!??!

Then it will be like the movie "Minority Report"

[ryan]

Originally Posted by rex7_vtec

Then it will be like the movie "Minority Report"

or just give them your contact lens...

[zag]

Originally Posted by bugaboo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4396831.stm
walao fierce.


Malaysia car thieves steal finger
By Jonathan Kent
BBC News, Kuala Lumpur

Police in Malaysia are hunting for members of a violent gang who chopped off a car owner's finger to get round the vehicle's hi-tech security system.

The car, a Mercedes S-class, was protected by a fingerprint recognition system.

Accountant K Kumaran's ordeal began when he was run down by four men in a small car as he was about to get into his Mercedes in a Kuala Lumpur suburb.

The gang, armed with long machetes, demanded the keys to his car.

It is worth around $75,000 second-hand on the local market, where prices are high because of import duties.

Stripped naked

The attackers forced Mr Kumaran to put his finger on the security panel to start the vehicle, bundled him into the back seat and drove off.

But having stripped the car, the thieves became frustrated when they wanted to restart it. They found they again could not bypass the immobiliser, which needs the owner's fingerprint to disarm it.

They stripped Mr Kumaran naked and left him by the side of the road - but not before cutting off the end of his index finger with a machete.

Police believe the gang is responsible for a series of thefts in the area.

Ah! no wonder Merc sales has been down! Building a smart cars can be too good for its own especially in the neighborhood here.