Even when you are a mayor of New York City, chances are your car may be stolen. This place which used to be even worst than Johor Bahru in terms of snatch thieves, violent crimes and carjacking, the mayor had a taste of what life used to be like before RG was the mayor. So next time, if you see some senior politicians from the island down south of Malaysia says that Johor Bahru is a den of thieves and robbers, remind him of New York, which incidentally is the city which he has recently visited.

Below is the article from Reuters.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s car was stolen on Wednesday and his assistant was punched in the face during the carjacking, police said.

Bloomberg was not in the 2001 Lexus, which was stolen while the aide was running an errand in Hackensack, New Jersey, local police said.

About 9 a.m., a woman approached the window of the car and asked Bloomberg’s employee for money, Hackensack police said. When he refused, a man opened the car door and began to argue, they said.

“He punches the driver in the face. She reaches into the car and starts grabbing at the driver and at some point … they wrestle (the driver) out of the car,” a Hackensack police spokesman said.

The car was found about two hours later, abandoned by the side of a road in Fair Lawn, N.J. Police said they were still searching for the two suspects.

Police said the employee, who helps look after Bloomberg’s personal business, was not seriously injured. Police declined to give his identity but said he was 62 years old.

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