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<h2>A man was caught stealing books at a self-service secondhand bookstore in Taman Desa, Kuala Lumpur</h2>
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<p><p>In a Facebook post by <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.facebook.com/BooksNBobs/posts/pfbid0ALmmeTYZSCqoapPWtGUnFKDMn2CjasXAMJMwVAVahC7wvnTzxRtEa8CEkRXzk2Gtl">Books n Bobs</a>, the store owner, Rachel Ang, expressed her disappointment with the thief for brazenly stealing cheap, secondhand books from her small business.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a totally disgusting act, and more importantly, is disappointing behaviour.</p>
<p>&#8220;<b>The price of our books start from RM1 and is mostly within the range of RM7 to RM25.</b> Why would you want to steal cheap books from a small local business like ours?&#8221; she questioned.</p>
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<h2>The store owner said she understood the risks of opening a self-service store, but she did not expect a person to perform such a premeditated and calculated &#8220;heist&#8221; of secondhand books</h2>
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<p><p>She said the incident occurred around noon on Saturday, 17 February, and was not only caught on camera by the bookstore&#8217;s CCTVs, but also witnessed by a customer who was in the store at the time.</p>
<p>Ang said the man, wearing a cap and a face mask, <b>went into the shop with a satchel bag minutes after her staff left for their lunch break.</b></p>
<p>She also suspects that the man was familiar with her store, as he went straight to a certain section to take the books he wanted.﻿</p>
<p>Furthermore, she was aghast that <b>the thief also had the audacity to help himself to a cup of coffee that he also did not pay for</b> at the checkout counter before walking out of the store.</p>
<p>&#8220;I estimate the total cost of the stolen books to be around RM150 to RM200. However, what hurts more than the monetary loss is the ugliness of humanity,&#8221; said the bookseller.</p>
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<h2>Netizens and regulars empathised with the store owner, with some even offering to pay for the stolen books</h2>
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<p><p>It is not known if Books n Bobs has reported the incident to the police.﻿</p>
<p>SAYS has reached out to the bookstore and has yet to receive a reply.</p>
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Man Caught On CCTV Stealing Cheap Books At Self-Checkout Secondhand Bookstore