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[quote=WANHU,407773]Dear friends For those visiting Luohu, please be aware that there are pickpockets near Wal-Mart supermarket by some boys and girls ages 10-12 (or maybe older). The girls usually watched by their parents or guardians from far while the boys usually on their own. They are bold enough to open the zipper of ladies handbags in a broad daylight. On June 4th (evening) I went to buy something from the Walmart to prepare some drinks and snacks for my group departure to HK the next day, and I was aware a man of 40s was following me around the Walmart. After purchasing some drinks I noticed the man stopped following me so I let my guard down. Unknowingly a small girl probably age 12 tried to open my sling bag across my shoulder, and she managed to open the zipper. In China when you buy things at the supermarket, you won't get a free plastic bag. So intead of paying for a plastic bag, I just carried two packets of drinks in my both hands. Luckily my nephew who was 10 metres in front saw the girl and rushed to me and held the girl's arms. The crowed gathered but I felt pity for this sm all girl, and I asked my nephew to let her go. Her face looked innocent. Suddenly the man who was following me in the Wal-Mart whisked this girl away. On August 4, I was walking along the same road going back to the hotel which is at the intersection of Shennan Dadao and Wenjin Nan Lu, I saw across the road two boys were trying to steal from 2 ladies and their hands were dipping inside the ladies handbags. I shouted at them and the boys ran away laughing with some red colour RMB in their hands. According to some people I met, pickpocketing is quite rampants in this area. Don't the authority and the police know about this unbecoming behaviour? I dread to think about the future of these young children, with no formal education and what happen if some victims retaliate in a harsh way? We should not only ask the people to beware of the pickpockets but hopefully at the same time, the relevant authority takes action to apprehend the culprit(s) behing the syndicate using children as their modus operandi. Wan[/quote]
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