Girl Who Escaped Kidnapping In Mutiara Damansara Shares Good News
Last May 2012, Chin Xin-Ci grabbed headlines when she escaped a kidnapping at The Curve in Mutiara Damansara. She bounced back, with an app that can help rescue girls who get in similar kinds of danger. Chin now shares some good news that one of her kidnappers has been caught, and hopes that the others will share the same fate soon too.
By nasreenasir — 25 Feb 2013, 11:25 PM — Updated almost 11 years ago
One of Chin Xin-Ci's attackers and kidnappers charged with 10 years in jail and rotan
Chin Xin-Ci announcing on her Facebook page that one of her would be rapist and kidnapper has been caught. She thanked her friends and supporters for their support, and keep hopeful that the police will catch the other assailant soon too.
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Chin started working on the app since October last year to make it more user-friendly. "There was a lot of fear and anger from having suddenly lost my sense of security," she said.
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Chin has used the experience gained from the terrifying ordeal to good use by developing a smartphone app for personal safety.
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Cops seek info on suspected abductor
The case is being investigated under Section 394 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt during a robbery.
yahoo.comThe Curve’s management said it would continue to review its safety measures as the safety of its shoppers was of paramount importance.
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Shopping centres in Selangor and KL tighten security in the car parks in the wake of an attempted rape and kidnap at The Curve.
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Petaling Jaya Deputy OCPD Supt Meor Hamdan Meor Mohamad said the police were working hard to track down the suspects. “We hope the public can assist us in nabbing them,” he said yesterday.
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Police released the closed-circuit television camera images of two suspects believed to be involved in the attempted abduction of Internet marketeer Chin Xin Ci at the Curve shopping mall on May 27.
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Chin Xin-Ci's story
Xin Ci's personal account "30 hours ago, I escaped from being kidnapped", shared by 51,237 Malaysians.
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This young woman was not only lucid and calm but a quick thinker as well, as she appeared to cooperate with the rogues.
cj.myRecounting 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.
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The only thing that matters when you're faced with potentially horrendous fate, is the people in your life.
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The case generated wide interest as it brought back memories of Canny Ong who was abducted at the Bangsar Shopping Complex, raped and murdered in June 2003.
Similar abduction cases
A woman who nearly had her finger severed by an armed robber near TTDI. The incident occurred at around 6.30am. Lone women approaching their cars appear to be the target of armed robbers.
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A daughter of the Kuantan MCA Youth chief was found unharmed, two hours after she was believed to have been abducted in front of her house in Bukit Pelindung.
Burmese journalist Ko Minn Kyaw Minn was abducted by unknown persons & was later freed by his captors after a 12-hour ordeal. He had been released by his assailants near Kajang.
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Nayati Moodliar, a 12-year-old Dutch boy with Indian origin, was found alive and returned safely to his family after being kidnapped from a posh area in Malaysia nearly a week ago.