This video played on the train constantly when I was here last year. Alas, the YouTube clip cuts off before the bit where the woman starts describing the culprit over the intercom. Something about her accent still sticks in my head. “The bag is heavy and bulky. The man is wearing a checked shirt, black pants, and a black cap.”
Well, today I wore my hat on the MRT and was immediately pulled aside by security for a bag check. I guess I fit the profile.
The above video still plays in the train stations now and then, but it’s been replaced at the top of the rotation by a video about my duty to spend 10 minutes each day fighting dengue. Mercifully, the companion piece to the terror-themed video no longer runs. It’s the one where the lady on the train isn’t vigilant, and everybody dies.