2007 09: Boy found loitering at Bangsar LRT station

The Star Online. News. Nation. Sunday September 2, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: Do you know this boy (pic) or his parents?

The boy, who is believed to be about eight years old, was found loitering on the ground floor of the Bangsar LRT station at about 4pm on Friday.

Brickfields Deputy OCPD Supt Arjunaidi Mohamed said a police team picked up the boy, who was clad in a pair of brown shorts and blue T-shirt, after receiving a tip-off.

“He converses well in Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia and also speaks a little English but refuses to give his name and address or talk about his family.

“The only thing he has told us is that he is eight years old, but we are not sure of this,'' he added.

Supt Arjunaidi said proprietors of the shops at the LRT station also did not know who the boy was.

“We sent him for a medical check-up and he was found to be all right,'' he said.

He added that there were no marks or bruises to show that he had been abused.

Supt Arjunaidi said all police stations had been alerted but no one had come forward or lodged a missing person's report fitting the boy's description.

He said the boy would be kept at the Brickfields police headquarters for the time being.

“If no one comes to claim him, then we will send him to the Welfare Department,'' he added.

Anyone with information on the boy can call the Rakan Cop helpline at 03-2115 9999.

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Runaway back with parents, father says child is hyperactive

The Star Online. News. Nation. Monday September 3, 2007

KUALA LUMPUR: The boy who was found loitering at Bangsar LRT station on Friday has been reunited with his parents.

The father of Ng Koh Chai, 11, believed to be a hyperactive child, said he had run away from home before but to nearby places. Friday was the first time that he “ventured” to the city.

The father, who did not want to be named, said his son needed special attention as he was very active.

“We never let him out of our sight. However, on Friday, we may have been a little bit careless and taken our eyes off him until he managed to run away again,” he said at the University Malaya Medical Centre where the boy has been admitted for observation.

He said he lodged a missing persons report at the Klang police station after discovering that the boy had disappeared.

“I only came to know my son’s whereabouts from a family friend who watched the news,” he said.

Koh Chai and his father, a vegetable seller, were placed in a special room at the hospital and heavily guarded by security guards to prevent reporters who had gathered in front of the paediatric ward, talking to them.

Brickfields deputy OCPD Supt Arjunaidi Mohamed said Klang police had taken over the case.

Koh Chai was found loitering on the ground floor of the Bangsar LRT station at about 4pm.

A police team picked up the boy, clad in a pair of brown shorts and blue T-shirt, after receiving a tip-off.

He conversed well in Mandarin and Bahasa Malaysia and also spoke a little English but refused to give his name and address or talk about his family, when the police questioned him.