Hong Kong robbery victim dials police with toes

HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong couple tied to trees by robbers in a remote country park were saved when the quick-witted woman dialed police with her toes, reports said.

The pair, surnamed Lau, were hiking through Lion Rock Country Park when three knifemen took their wallets, 660 HK dollars (84.6 US dollars) cash and bank card PIN numbers, then bound them to separate trees.

But Mrs Lau hid her mobile phone in her bra when the robbers let her go to the toilet, then "jumped up and down until the phone popped out of her clothes," after they had gone, police told the South China Morning Post.

"She then dialed the emergency number with her foot."

Officers searched the area and found the couple within an hour, ending their seven-hour ordeal. The robbery is the latest in a string of similar attacks on hikers in lush green country parks that dot the former British colony