NEW Zealand police have vowed to crack down on looters in quake-hit Christchurch, as the home of a woman feared dead was burgled while her children kept vigil near the disaster zone.<\/p>\n
Police said there had been about a dozen cases of looting in the city following Tuesday’s 6.3-magnitude quake that killed at least 98 people, including the theft of generators being used to restore infrastructure.<\/p>\n
District commander Dave Cliff said police would “saturate” the city and surrounding suburbs with patrols and strictly enforce a curfew around the cordoned off heart of Christchurch, the area worst affected by the tremor.<\/p>\n
He said Australian police and New Zealand defence force personnel in the city to assist rescue efforts would also take part in the crackdown.<\/p>\n
“There have been reports of looting and damaged businesses well outside the cordoned city areas,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n
“We want to give people an absolute assurance that those patrols will be actively looking for anyone who wants to take advantage of what’s happened criminally.”<\/p>\n
Cliff said looters were a tiny minority and urged members of the community to report any suspicious activity.<\/p>\n
“We will not tolerate crime occurring in the environment that we’re in, if people are aware of people committing crime, please contact us, don’t tolerate it,” he said.<\/p>\n
The family of television producer Donna Manning said their home was burgled on Wednesday night as her two children waited outside the flattened CTV building desperately waiting for news from rescue crews.<\/p>\n
Manning’s brother Maurice Gardiner said he felt powerless after the theft.<\/p>\n
“Bad things happen. We are all suffering bad things as a result of this earthquake that we can’t help,” he told TVNZ.<\/p>\n
“Just respect, if you know what that means.”<\/p>\n
Mayor Bob Parker urged people to be understanding about the curfew and cordoned off areas of the city, saying the measures were inconvenient but necessary to stop thieves.<\/p>\n
“We don’t want to leave the place open for those people at the bottom end of the feeding chain who think it’s just an opportunity for them to get what they want,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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