Car Owners, Beware...Car Thiefs Go Japan to Study How to Steal Your Car

I posted this in amethyst boy say...but as it seems interesting, maybe i shall repost here

Even Car Thiefs Go Abroad to Study

I don't know if this should be a proud moment or a miserable one.

It seems Malaysian car thiefs are going to Japan to study how to disable alarm and duplicate car key.

NST reported that thiefs are sent by their syndicates to Japan to learn all they could about every new model that came out. The course lasted three months. 

Not only that. The syndicates also practiced specialization, where one person is expert in one area, say steering lock while another disable the car alarm. Not only that, there is also specialization by models on car. One may speacialized in Honda while another, Toyota.

The reason that spur this investment in human capital by the car theft syndicates is attributed to global demand for stolen car. Yupe, they even embraced globalization, somehow faster than the rest of the law-abiding citizens. Orders came from as far as Sierre Leone and South Africa. Never heard of Sierre Leone? Try google it =p 

Now, if you are a car owner, don't worry, all might not be lost. If you drive a Proton or Perodua, there seems to be little market for your car (you should, of all people, know why). 

If you drive a foreign brand, well God bless you. If you are in a Japanese car, just be thankful that your car is gone when you are not in it because, apparently, the car thiefs cannot master the skills to steal a Merc or BMW. Why thankful? Well, because the thief now turns robber who will wait for you to get into your car or follow your home to hijack your car.

And, if your car is gone, just get an insurance claim and forget about getting your car back because it will be shipped to a place you never hear before. And all this happens faster than you drive from KL to Penang.

No first party insurance? Well, why not, since your car is still here, get one?