Man steals durians from stall in Selangor – not once, but twice

In a literal case of daylight robbery, a durian seller in Malaysia was astonished when a man walked up and allegedly took a sackful of durians – not once, but twice.

The vendor, who sells the thorny fruit from a stall in the suburb of Puchong in Selangor, said the incident happened on the evening of July 27.

The seller posted a video of the alleged incident on Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu on July 28.

In it, a man, wearing a dark singlet and shorts, is seen taking the thorny fruits, said to be of a variant worth RM65 (S$19.60) per kilogram, and putting them in a white gunny sack.

According to Sin Chew Daily, the durians are believed to be the Musang King variants, the most expensive at the stall.

The man then calmly walked off and left in a motorcycle with the sack of durians in front of him.

According to the vendor, the same man returned later to repeat the deed.

“I have been doing business for so long and have never encountered such a thing. It’s truly disheartening,” the seller posted on the video and urged other durian sellers to remain vigilant.

“Luckily, no one was hurt,” the vendor said, adding that a police report had been lodged. “But seeing half the stall emptied like that… I was shaken.”

Some netizens asked the vendor why he took the video instead of trying to stop the man. In reply, the seller said he took the footage as evidence for the police.

The seller also claimed that the man seemed to have a weapon, possibly a knife, with him.

“I am going to install a CCTV (camera) after this,” the vendor said.