However, the feisty Chin Xin-Ci put up a fight and jumped out of the moving car just as it was exiting the car park.
Recounting the harrowing experience on her Facebook account, she wrote that she was loading her shopping bags onto the backseat of her boyfriend's car when the incident took place at about 5.20pm on Sunday.
She was on her own that day.
“Suddenly, the rear car door was slammed against my back and a meat cleaver was pressed against my throat,” she wrote.
“A man covered my mouth with his hand and whispered to me not to scream. He then shoved me onto the floor of the backseat and waved the cleaver at me, ordering me not to scream.”
Close shave: Chin was robbed and nearly abducted from The Curve’s car park on Sunday evening. (insert) Chin was fortunate just to have some scratches and bruises. — Pix taken from Chin’s blog According to her posting, which has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook, a second man appeared and took her car keys while demanding for the parking ticket.
“I told them they could take everything, just to let me go. But at that point they didn't even ask for money. Instead, one of the men started to make sexual advances.
“Then it hit me: Oh my God. Oh my God. This is really happening. I'm being kidnapped and I think I know what they want',” she wrote.
Waiting for a chance to make her escape, she said she was aware that the car would slow down as it moved out from the car park.
She managed to open the door but one of the suspects pulled her back in.
However, she put up a fight with the two suspects before making a run for it.
The ordeal from the moment she left the parking ticket payment machine to her escape took just about four minutes “but it felt like a long nightmare”, she wrote.
She also tweeted that she was fortunate to just have some scratches and bruises although she lost almost all her belongings, including her cellphone.
Meanwhile, The Curve centre manager Jazmi Kamarudin said they would cooperate with the police as well as offer support to Chin.
“We have also provided our CCTV footage to assist the police with their investigation.
“As this is an ongoing investigation, we are unable to share any details.
“We sincerely regret that this incident took place despite our numerous safety efforts,” Jazmi said in a statement yesterday.
Police confirmed that a report had been lodged and that the case had been classified as robbery.
Other Twitter users also expressed their concern about the incident.
( The above news was reported in The Stars newspaper )
It is so disturbing to read about news like this in our mainstream media.Only two months ago, we read about the case of 12 year old Nayati Shamelin being kidnapped, and his family paid RM300K in ransom to secure his release.And now, we have the above reported case quite similiar to last time Canny Ong's case.
Infact there are few similiarities between Canny Ong's case ( happened in 2003 ) and this case.Both happened in a shopping mall parking lot,both victims in the IT line and both young and beautiful ( Canny was 28 that time ) and both were alone when the incident happened.The only difference was this time the victim made a daring escape and came out alive, or else there will be another tragic news.
After the Canny Ong's incident,it was reported that shopping malls should be properly equipped with CCTV especially at secluded car park areas and security personnel should be visible at parking lots and exit areas as some form of countermeasures.It was also mentioned that security guard will also escort single ladies to their car when there is a need.
I do not know whether the shopping mall mentioned in this case has implemented any of these actions or not. I hope that the police can come out with some positive lead soon and bring the perpetrators into custody as soon as possible.
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