Most of you, especially the men, and including me, would find that it is really troublesome to carry more that one handphone especially if the handphone that we have is a big as a soap bar. For the ladies that carry handbags to all over the place, this might not be such a big problem.

Anyway, why do I ask? Do you know that having an extra handphone might get you out of some big troubles and might even save your life?

No, I am not going to tell you to keep on those heavy, bulky spare handphone with you so that you can throw at dogs that suddenly find you as attractive as some fresh, raw, juicy steak. But, I am going to tell you about a true story reported in the NST yesterday.

The news is about a woman who was abducted near her home by four men. She was walking home at 9pm and suddenly four men in a Proton Saga bundled her into the car. They then forced her at knife-point to hand over her jeweleries, handphone and wallet.

They even forced her to reveal her ATM number and withdrew some money from her account. When her mother called, they asked her to inform the mother that she was out with some friends. Then she was taken for a joy ride.

She pleaded to the abducters to let her go to the toilet and they let her. Once inside, she took out another handphone (I wonder where she hid this other phone), that the abducters did not know about and called the police.

Police arrived minutes later and the abductors took off upon seeing the approaching police car.

Now, that’s how a second handphone could get you out of trouble. Imagine what would happen to her next if she did not manage to alert the police…

It is not safe anymore out there. Avoid walking or driving alone at night, especially for the ladies and if you can, keep a spare handphone, just in case.

You can read the original news at ‘Hello police, save me, I’m in the toilet’