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KUALA LUMPUR: The Oxy gang has struck again, this time carting away several thousands ringgit of cash by breaking into an ATM at a bank branch here.

The incident is believed to have occurred between 2.30am and 4am at the bank branch at Jalan Wan Kadir in Taman Tun Dr Ismail Sunday.

Kuala Lumpur CID Chief Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ku Chin Wah said members of public spotted the bank was on fire and they alerted the Fire and Rescue Department.

After the department put out the fire, they realised that the ATM was broken into.

Ku said the thieves used a blowtorch to open one of the three ATMS in the branch but failed to open the other two.

"There are five CCTV in the bank, three of them were vandalised by the suspects by spraying black paint over them, he said when contacted.

The total loss yet to be determined by the bank, he added.

The Oxy gang got its name because of their modus operandi using oxy-fuel (commonly called oxyacetylene or oxy welding torches), which uses fuel gases and oxygen, to cut through the ATMs.

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This will not happen in singapore???