Singapore police rescue Chinese woman trapped in condo toilet for 4 days
- Yang was confined in the bathroom after the handle fell off and her efforts to attract neighbours’ attention by knocking loudly on the door were in vain
- The woman’s cousin called police who found her in the restroom where she spent much of her time sleeping while sitting on the toilet bowl
For some time, a woman had known that her bathroom door handle was faulty but did not get it fixed. One afternoon when she went to take a shower, the handle fell off, leaving her trapped in there for four days.
The 31-year-old, who gave her name as just Yang, tried to pound, rake and throw a corrosive chemical at the solid wood door – in the hope that she could get out or someone would hear the noise, but it was all fruitless.
Speaking to TODAY on Friday over the phone in a mixture of English and Mandarin, she said that she never gave up hope because she was confident her parents, who live in China, would find some way to rescue her.
Her four-day ordeal began on November 24 and her plight was made known on Thursday by the Singapore Police Force on its Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Yang declined to say what her profession is. She is a naturalised citizen who came from China 13 years ago and has been living in the condo apartment for a year.
