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A 49-year-old woman was punched and held captive for almost 48 hours before she was released in a housing estate here early yesterday.
Yuen Mei Kien, an administrator in a construction firm in Singapore, lost her car and some cash at the end of the ordeal.
She said she would normally drive from her home in Taman Skudai Baru to Bukit Indah so that she could carpool to work in the republic daily.
"As usual, I drove to Bukit Indah about 6am on Thursday and parked my car near a fast food outlet. It was raining when I got down from my car and was opening an umbrella when a man came up to me, punched me repeatedly and grabbed me by the neck as I screamed for help."
Yuen said the man, in his 30s, then forced her into the back seat of her car, tied her hands behind her back with wire, taped her eyes shut and her legs together.
Later, she heard another man get into the car and both of them seemed to be going through the things in her handbag while speaking in Tamil to one another.
"I believe I was in the car for about 12 hours. At one juncture, when the pain in my arms became excruciating from lying in one position for too long, I lied to them that I was suffering from kidney problems.
"They then untied my hands but my feet and eyes remained taped."
The men made several stops, which Yuen believed was to withdraw money using her automated teller machine cards.
After the ordeal in the car, Yuen was taken to a house where she was kept blindfolded and tied up.
"I had no idea where I was or what my abductors would do to me while I was being held captive."
Yuen said her abductors released her in Jalan Indah 1/3, not far from where she had been abducted, about 2.30am yesterday.
Yuen, a divorcee, said her face and arms were still in pain.
Nusajaya district police chief Superintendent Aziz Ahmad said the case was being investigated for kidnapping and gang robbery.
He said Yuen lost her car, RM500 (S$208) and S$1,000.
