PETALING JAYA: A company director today recounted his ordeal when three masked robbers confronted him at a supermarket car park in Damansara last Saturday.
Choe, who runs a jewellery business, was threatened by the trio who were armed with a pistol, an axe and a knife about 7pm.
"It happened in the blink of an eye. As I was about to get out of the car, I was confronted by the masked robbers.
"They had a pistol, an axe and a knife and threatened me to hand over a backpack containing jewellery worth RM1.2 million."
Choe said he did as ordered by the robbers as his 69-year-old aunt was with him at the time.
He said the robbers were wearing gloves and after grabbing the backpack with the jewellery they got into a car and sped off.
It is understood that the jewellery weighed approximately five kilogrammes and had just been collected from a factory in Penang.
"We were lucky not to be hurt," Choe said, adding that he lodged a report on the incident at the Damansara police station.
Petaling Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Shahrulnizam Jaafar said they were tracking down four suspects.
"Preliminary investigations via a CCTV footage review showed that the suspects were waiting inside a car until the victim drove by.
"When the victim was about to get out of the vehicle, three men armed with objects resembling a pistol and an axe grabbed the backpack the victim was carrying.
"The backpack contained jewellery belonging to the victim's company. The suspects then drove off in their car," he added.