Here's a warning to the thief who pilfers students' panties:
Stop it!
Victims at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) were so fed-up
that they have put up not one but two notices telling the criminal
off.
One even went online to berate the culprit, who made off with
assorted lingerie worth hundreds of dollars, Chinese newspaper
Lianhe Wanbao reported today (Sept 25).
The un-named student wrote on a discussion forum on Wednesday
(Sept 23):
"To the underwear thief who strikes at Hall 6 Block 33, you've
repeatedly ignored the warnings that were put up at the laundry
drying area (and) neither the security gate nor the hall's email
can deter you.
"I have little choice but to leave you this note. Stop what
you're doing."
She also mocked the thief's "refined taste", claiming the person
stole only expensive, branded lingerie.
A Year 3 undergraduate, known only as Miss Koh, said her hostel
room mate and neighbours were recent victims:
"My friend lost her underwear twice, including a pair that costs
over $100.
"She was so angry that she pasted two big notices around the
drying area at the hall's third level."
A female Year Two hostel resident recalled how they would
occasionally find sticky tape on the magnetic gate.
Perhaps this was how the underwear thief gained access, the
22-year-old alleged, by damaging the gate so it would not operate
properly.
Female students live in the upper two levels of Block 33, which
is four storeys high.
Those whom Wanbao interviewed called for closed circuit cameras
to be installed as they felt that relying solely on the metal gate
would not stop trespassers.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao