Muhd Aliff Farkhan Nashir's virgin visit to Kipmart Shopping Complex in Taman Indah Tampoi, Johor Baru, left him regretting the trip.
While they went to do some shopping, their parked car was looted of its valuables.
The studio engineer of Aliff Production & Musicworks lost $5,000 worth of personal belongings. This includes two laptops, a Nokia 6280 mobile phone, an iPod Classic, two memory cards and a 160GB external harddrive.
According to Mr Aliff, 23, although he frequently visits Johor, it was the first time that his family and him were visiting the above-mentioned shopping complex.
"We were in the vicinity to attend my aunt's housewarming party. As we had never been to Kipmart, we decided to drop by and do a bit of shopping before travelling back to Singapore," said Mr Aliff.
He also elaborated to say that it was only a three-minute car ride from his aunt's house to the shopping complex.
Upon arrival at the shopping complex at about four in the afternoon, he parked the family's Toyota Wish near the supermarket area.
He thought it was safe to park in the area even though the area would be deserted.
"Thinking that we would be buying quite a lot of things at the shopping complex, I moved my bag and the laptops to the back seat of the car and even covered them with cushions," he added.
After shopping for about 20 minutes, the family left the complex to go home. Mr Aliff claimed that as soon as he entered the car, he could smell something burning.
At that time, the car could no longer be locked but he did not suspect that anything was amiss.
The family only realised their car was broken into when they were back at Woodlands Point, Singapore.
"When we were unloading our baggage from the car, my younger brother, Muhammad Farihin, said that he couldn't find my laptops.
"I connected the issue of the missing valuables to the burning smell as well as the fact that the car could no longer be locked and it dawned upon me that we were robbed," said Mr Aliff.
His main concern now is the content that can be found in the stolen laptops. According to Mr Aliff's father, Mr Nashir Hj. Yusop, they have yet to make a police report.
