(Read news report at bottom)
Predators prefer easier targets and would abandon their attempt if they find that you are not an easy target.
PREVENTION (always the best):
1. Always be aware of what is around you. Do NOT do things that make you lose your awareness (like talking on phone and messaging etc.) Such people are holding a big 'pick me as target' sign.
2. BEFORE entering car park, have remote control ready. Advantages: Many cars have alarm that can be triggered from remote. It reduces time you have to spend in car park searching for keys (the longer time you spend exposed the greater the chances for attackers). Searching for key at car park also lowers your readiness and awareness of what is around you. Sharp pointed keys can be used as a defence weapon too.
3. BEFORE entering and WHEN at car parks, always scan around all the time (esp. behind you). Look out for suspicious people watching or following you. Such predators usually work in pairs but sometimes alone or more than 2.
4. Look at them to let them know that you have noticed them (they prefer easier targets that are unaware) and see what they do and re-act accordingly.
5. Abandon trip to car park or car and stay in or go back into mall where other people's presence means safety
6. At safe distance and still watching them, take out handphone to pretend to call for help
7. Wait for other people (as many as possible esp families) to enter car park before going in. Ask for their help if need be.
PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. Make sure to practice above all the time so that it becomes second nature or 'automatic'....
IF ATTACK IS IMMINENT:
1. Maintain distance. Once you sense something is not right, do NOT let them get near you (see prevention). Abandon going to car and go back to mall or places where there are other people.
2. Drop everything you holding and free your hands for self-defence. Get hold of anything that can be used for defence if any.
3. Run. If suspicious characters are between you and door back to mall, run to another entrance to mall (if you have high sense of awareness they shouldn't be that near to you or you should enter car park only when other people are entering per above).
3. Attract attention. If they are approaching you fast or try to grab you, do anything to attract other people's attention (shout or yell for help etc.) and run to places where other people can see you and start creating attention like yelling for help etc. Many cars have alarm that you can trigger from your remote - practice using it once a while!
READ UP and train yourself up on some basic self-defence techniques.
PRACTICE above self-defence regime (at least mentally) to get prepared. Better still if can practice for real e.g. by going for self-defence classes or practicing the 'movements' by yourself.
CHANCES FAVOUR THE PREPARED...
Woman abducted, almost raped at The Curve
Quick thinking and fast action helped an Internet marketeer escape after she was abducted by a couple of would-be rapists from the car park of Damansara Perdana's The Curve shopping mall.
Chin Xin-Ci, who was alone at the time of the abduction, was putting her shopping bags onto the back seat of her boyfriend's car on Sunday evening when she was bundled into the vehicle by a man brandishing a meat cleaver.
"Just as I was putting my shopping bags in the rear seat, the rear car door was slammed against my back, and a meat cleaver was pressed against my throat.
A man covered my mouth with his hand, and whispered not to scream. He then shoved me onto the floor of the backseat of the car and waved the cleaver at me, reminding me not to scream," she recounted on her Facebook page.
She said an accomplice then appeared, The second man grabbed her car keys and demanded for her parking ticket before driving the car, with Chin in the back seat, out of the carpark.
She said the first man, who was at the back with her, began making 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," Chin said.
When the car slowed down to exit the mall, she opened the door and tried to make a run for it.
She said she kicked kicked her legs out of the car, but was pulled back in by her abductor.
"At that point I remember thinking; even if I don't get out now, I need to keep the door open and my legs out the door. At the very least, it should cause a scene, and someone would see me. Or, the door might hit another car and they'll be forced to slow down.
"So I continued kicking. My right foot pushed against the wide-open car door to keep it open. I recall elbowing, struggling, kicking, and even biting. I lost my glasses, and was struggling blindly for my life."
Her actions proved to be too much for her abductors. The driver yelled at his accomplice to let her go and Chin jumped out of the still-moving car, and ran for her life.
Chin escaped with scratches and bruises, but lost most of her belongings, including her mobile phone.
The Star, in its report on Wednesday, quoted The Curve manager Jazmi Kamaruddin confirming that CCTV footage has been handed over to the police.
Meanwhile, according to the Malay Mail, Petaling Jaya deputy OCPD Supt Meor Hamdan Meor Mohamad said a report was lodged over the incident. The case is being investigated under Section 394 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt during a robbery.
Chin Xin-Ci, who was alone at the time of the abduction, was putting her shopping bags onto the back seat of her boyfriend's car on Sunday evening when she was bundled into the vehicle by a man brandishing a meat cleaver.
"Just as I was putting my shopping bags in the rear seat, the rear car door was slammed against my back, and a meat cleaver was pressed against my throat.
A man covered my mouth with his hand, and whispered not to scream. He then shoved me onto the floor of the backseat of the car and waved the cleaver at me, reminding me not to scream," she recounted on her Facebook page.
She said an accomplice then appeared, The second man grabbed her car keys and demanded for her parking ticket before driving the car, with Chin in the back seat, out of the carpark.
She said the first man, who was at the back with her, began making 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," Chin said.
When the car slowed down to exit the mall, she opened the door and tried to make a run for it.
She said she kicked kicked her legs out of the car, but was pulled back in by her abductor.
"At that point I remember thinking; even if I don't get out now, I need to keep the door open and my legs out the door. At the very least, it should cause a scene, and someone would see me. Or, the door might hit another car and they'll be forced to slow down.
"So I continued kicking. My right foot pushed against the wide-open car door to keep it open. I recall elbowing, struggling, kicking, and even biting. I lost my glasses, and was struggling blindly for my life."
Her actions proved to be too much for her abductors. The driver yelled at his accomplice to let her go and Chin jumped out of the still-moving car, and ran for her life.
Chin escaped with scratches and bruises, but lost most of her belongings, including her mobile phone.
The Star, in its report on Wednesday, quoted The Curve manager Jazmi Kamaruddin confirming that CCTV footage has been handed over to the police.
Meanwhile, according to the Malay Mail, Petaling Jaya deputy OCPD Supt Meor Hamdan Meor Mohamad said a report was lodged over the incident. The case is being investigated under Section 394 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt during a robbery.
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