The Star Online. News. Nation. Tuesday July 31, 2007
JOHOR BARU: In another case of bungling kidnappers, the abductors of a six-year-old boy released him before collecting a RM3,000 ransom here.
The boy was found wandering in Skudai hours before his family was to drop the money at a location on July 16.
Police arrested two suspects, in their 20s, one of whom was picked up in Singapore last week.
In the earlier case on July 18, a group of kidnappers released a 16-year-old schoolboy in Sungai Petani before their accomplices could pick up a RM50,000 ransom in Penang.
In the Skudai incident, it is learnt that the boy’s grandfather was sending his two grandsons to kindergarten when a car bumped into his motorcycle at 7am.
They fell and three people came out of the car and bundled one of the boys into their car and drove off.
Several hours later, the boy’s father, who works in the shipping sector in Singapore, received a call asking for RM300,000 and not to report to the police.
But the parents, who informed the police, managed to reduce the amount to RM3,000, which was to be dropped off at an undisclosed location in Skudai.
Hours before the money was to be placed at the agreed location, the family got a call that police had found the boy wondering alone in the district. The kidnappers failed to show up at the drop-off point.
Police arrested the first suspect in Woodlands, Singapore, with the help of police there last week. The other suspect was picked up in Skudai.
A senior police officer said they were looking for another suspect.
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Friday, 6 July 2007
2007 07: Police form 40-man task force to nab child abductors
NST online. Local News. 5/7/07
By : V. Shuman
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs:
City police have formed a massive 40-man task force in a move that signals their intent on catching two men responsible for separate abductions of two young girls in the Kampung Baru area over the past week.
City police chief DCP Zulhasnan Najib Baharudin said the task force comprised personnel from the city police headquarters and the Dang Wangi police headquarters.
Although Zulhasnan would not elaborate, it is understood the task force has already begun in earnest tracking the culprits behind the abductions.
In the second incident on Monday, a 5-year-old girl was taken by a motorcyclist at 3.30pm while playing in front of her father’s grocery store in Jalan Raja Bot.
The girl’s playmate told her father that the man was wearing a black helmet and jacket and had convinced the girl to follow him on the pretext of looking for his missing cat.
She was found by a passer-by at 6am on Tuesday in Kampung Baru, covered in bruises and with blood on her legs.
Yesterday, the girl was taken for a medical check-up at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital by her father, but he was told to return for another check-up on another day.
Police are waiting for the results of the check-up to see if the girl had been sexually assaulted.
In the earlier case last Wednesday, a 6-year-old girl was persuaded by a stranger to follow him to catch cats.
The man took the child to a house where he allegedly forced a brinjal into her private parts.
She was found by her mother six hours later wandering near Jalan Daud, with bloodstains on her uniform, 100m from the kindergarten where she was abducted.
Police believe the cases are not related, although there are similarities in both cases.
By : V. Shuman
KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs:
City police have formed a massive 40-man task force in a move that signals their intent on catching two men responsible for separate abductions of two young girls in the Kampung Baru area over the past week.
City police chief DCP Zulhasnan Najib Baharudin said the task force comprised personnel from the city police headquarters and the Dang Wangi police headquarters.
Although Zulhasnan would not elaborate, it is understood the task force has already begun in earnest tracking the culprits behind the abductions.
In the second incident on Monday, a 5-year-old girl was taken by a motorcyclist at 3.30pm while playing in front of her father’s grocery store in Jalan Raja Bot.
The girl’s playmate told her father that the man was wearing a black helmet and jacket and had convinced the girl to follow him on the pretext of looking for his missing cat.
She was found by a passer-by at 6am on Tuesday in Kampung Baru, covered in bruises and with blood on her legs.
Yesterday, the girl was taken for a medical check-up at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital by her father, but he was told to return for another check-up on another day.
Police are waiting for the results of the check-up to see if the girl had been sexually assaulted.
In the earlier case last Wednesday, a 6-year-old girl was persuaded by a stranger to follow him to catch cats.
The man took the child to a house where he allegedly forced a brinjal into her private parts.
She was found by her mother six hours later wandering near Jalan Daud, with bloodstains on her uniform, 100m from the kindergarten where she was abducted.
Police believe the cases are not related, although there are similarities in both cases.
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
2007 07: Five-year-old abducted by two men on motorcycle
The Star online. News. Nation. Tuesday July 3, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: A five-year-old girl was abducted by two men wearing black jackets on a black motorcycle in front of her father's shop in Chow Kit here.
A witness who wanted to be named only as Azizah, in her 40s, said the girl was playing with a friend at the shop in Jalan Raja Bot when she was snatched by one of the men at about 3.55pm.
“Passers-by who had also witnessed the incident informed the father who was at the back of the shop,” she said.
A Dang Wangi police spokesman confirmed that a report had been lodged by a man over his daughter's disappearance.
Last week, it was reported that a seven-year-old girl was molested by a man wearing a black jacket and riding a black motorcycle as she was waiting for her mother in front of a school in nearby Kampung Baru.
The man had earlier approached the girl and asked for her help to find a missing cat.
Similar tactics were used in two other cases involving two children aged seven and eight. – Bernama
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Girl abducted in Chow Kit reunited with family
The Star online. News. Nation. Thursday July 5, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: A five-year-old girl, who was reportedly abducted on Monday outside her father’s shop here, has been reunited with her family.
Businessman Usman Abdul Karim, 45, said his daughter, Suci Rahmadhani, was found with bruises on her hands and legs at a back lane of a hotel in Jalan Raja Bot.
The family believed the child’s abductors had tied her hands and legs with ropes.
A neighbour saw the girl at about 6.30am yesterday, not far from where she was snatched by two men on a motorcycle. He brought her back to her family.
She has since been warded at the paediatric ward of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for a check-up.
Usman said the girl was found lying on the roadside, looking depressed.
Two men, seen in black jackets and riding on a black motorcycle, had snatched the girl away while she was playing in front of her father’s shop in Chow Kit here at 3.55pm on Monday.
Passers-by who witnessed the incident informed Usman, who was at the back of the shop.
Initial investigations revealed that Suci was not molested or sexually abused but the police are waiting for the doctors’ report.
It is learnt that bloodstains were found on the girl’s skirt.
City police chief, Senior Asst Comm I Zul Hasnan Najib Baharuddin, said the police were still investigating the case.
He said they have not ruled out the possibility that the same men who had molested another young child at nearby Kampung Baru here last Thursday had abducted Suci.
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Task force to probe abduction
The Star online. News. Nation. Thursday July 5, 2007
RASHITHA A. HAMID
rashitha@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have formed a task force to probe the abduction of five-year-old Suci Ramadhani Usman.
Suci was found in a back street at Jalan Raja Bot a day after she went missing.
City police chief Deputy Comm Zulhasnan Najib Baharuddin said the team comprised officers from the City police headquarters and Dang Wangi station.
He said police are yet to received the medical report from the hospital and he refused to elaborate on the incident.
Suci was abducted by two men on a motorcycle on Monday while playing outside her father's shop in Chow Kit.
A neighbour found her with bruises on her hands and legs at a back lane of a hotel in Jalan Raja Bot at about 6.30am on Tuesday.
Initial investigations revealed that Suci was not molested or sexually abused but the police are waiting for the doctors' report.
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Abducted 5-year-old girl found
NST online. Local News. 4/7/07
By : Lee Shi-Ian
KUALA LUMPUR: A 5-year-old girl, who was reported missing two days ago, was found in Kampung Baru here yesterday covered with bruises and blood on her legs.
The girl was believed to have been taken away by a man, on a black motorcycle, in the same area on Monday.
The traumatised girl was found about 6am by a passer-by who was shocked at the state she was in. He informed the police who sent the girl to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.City police chief DCP Zulhasnan Najib Baharudin confirmed the incident and said police were looking for two men to assist in investigations.
"We are reviewing the facts of the incident and are appealing for witnesses to come forward. The public’s help is crucial in solving the case," he told the press yesterday.
The victim’s father expressed his happiness at his daughter’s safe return. He said he was glad that his prayers had been answered.
"My daughter had not eaten for an entire day, according to the doctor who examined her and I only saw her for a short while," he said.
However, doctors have yet to ascertain if she was sexually assaulted.
In Monday’s incident, the victim was playing with her 6-year-old cousin in front of her father’s grocery shop in Jalan Raja Bot. Her father returned to the shop at 3.30pm and found his daughter missing.
His daughter’s playmate was crying. She told the father that a man, clad in a black jacket, wearing a black helmet and riding a black motorcycle, had approached the girls.
The man told the girls his cat had gone missing and he would give them money if one of the girls helped him find the cat.
The victim, the youngest of five siblings, was wearing a green T-shirt and orange shorts when she went with the suspect.
Zulhasnan said there was a possibility the suspects involved in the incident may have been responsible for a similar incident last week.
In last week’s incident, a 6-year-old girl was persuaded to follow a stranger on the pretext of "catching" cats. She was also lured with promises of an ice cream before being taken to a house where the man allegedly forced a brinjal into her private parts.
The drama unfolded when the girl was waiting for her mother outside the Tadika Islam Masjid Jamek in Kampung Baru at 11am.
She was found by her mother six hours later wandering helplessly near Jalan Daud, with bloodstains on her uniform, some 100m from the kindergarten.
Those with information on both incidents can call the Rakan Cop hotline at 03-21159999, the nearest police station or SMS to 32728.
KUALA LUMPUR: A five-year-old girl was abducted by two men wearing black jackets on a black motorcycle in front of her father's shop in Chow Kit here.
A witness who wanted to be named only as Azizah, in her 40s, said the girl was playing with a friend at the shop in Jalan Raja Bot when she was snatched by one of the men at about 3.55pm.
“Passers-by who had also witnessed the incident informed the father who was at the back of the shop,” she said.
A Dang Wangi police spokesman confirmed that a report had been lodged by a man over his daughter's disappearance.
Last week, it was reported that a seven-year-old girl was molested by a man wearing a black jacket and riding a black motorcycle as she was waiting for her mother in front of a school in nearby Kampung Baru.
The man had earlier approached the girl and asked for her help to find a missing cat.
Similar tactics were used in two other cases involving two children aged seven and eight. – Bernama
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Girl abducted in Chow Kit reunited with family
The Star online. News. Nation. Thursday July 5, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: A five-year-old girl, who was reportedly abducted on Monday outside her father’s shop here, has been reunited with her family.
Businessman Usman Abdul Karim, 45, said his daughter, Suci Rahmadhani, was found with bruises on her hands and legs at a back lane of a hotel in Jalan Raja Bot.
The family believed the child’s abductors had tied her hands and legs with ropes.
A neighbour saw the girl at about 6.30am yesterday, not far from where she was snatched by two men on a motorcycle. He brought her back to her family.
She has since been warded at the paediatric ward of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for a check-up.
Usman said the girl was found lying on the roadside, looking depressed.
Two men, seen in black jackets and riding on a black motorcycle, had snatched the girl away while she was playing in front of her father’s shop in Chow Kit here at 3.55pm on Monday.
Passers-by who witnessed the incident informed Usman, who was at the back of the shop.
Initial investigations revealed that Suci was not molested or sexually abused but the police are waiting for the doctors’ report.
It is learnt that bloodstains were found on the girl’s skirt.
City police chief, Senior Asst Comm I Zul Hasnan Najib Baharuddin, said the police were still investigating the case.
He said they have not ruled out the possibility that the same men who had molested another young child at nearby Kampung Baru here last Thursday had abducted Suci.
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Task force to probe abduction
The Star online. News. Nation. Thursday July 5, 2007
RASHITHA A. HAMID
rashitha@thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have formed a task force to probe the abduction of five-year-old Suci Ramadhani Usman.
Suci was found in a back street at Jalan Raja Bot a day after she went missing.
City police chief Deputy Comm Zulhasnan Najib Baharuddin said the team comprised officers from the City police headquarters and Dang Wangi station.
He said police are yet to received the medical report from the hospital and he refused to elaborate on the incident.
Suci was abducted by two men on a motorcycle on Monday while playing outside her father's shop in Chow Kit.
A neighbour found her with bruises on her hands and legs at a back lane of a hotel in Jalan Raja Bot at about 6.30am on Tuesday.
Initial investigations revealed that Suci was not molested or sexually abused but the police are waiting for the doctors' report.
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Abducted 5-year-old girl found
NST online. Local News. 4/7/07
By : Lee Shi-Ian
KUALA LUMPUR: A 5-year-old girl, who was reported missing two days ago, was found in Kampung Baru here yesterday covered with bruises and blood on her legs.
The girl was believed to have been taken away by a man, on a black motorcycle, in the same area on Monday.
The traumatised girl was found about 6am by a passer-by who was shocked at the state she was in. He informed the police who sent the girl to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.City police chief DCP Zulhasnan Najib Baharudin confirmed the incident and said police were looking for two men to assist in investigations.
"We are reviewing the facts of the incident and are appealing for witnesses to come forward. The public’s help is crucial in solving the case," he told the press yesterday.
The victim’s father expressed his happiness at his daughter’s safe return. He said he was glad that his prayers had been answered.
"My daughter had not eaten for an entire day, according to the doctor who examined her and I only saw her for a short while," he said.
However, doctors have yet to ascertain if she was sexually assaulted.
In Monday’s incident, the victim was playing with her 6-year-old cousin in front of her father’s grocery shop in Jalan Raja Bot. Her father returned to the shop at 3.30pm and found his daughter missing.
His daughter’s playmate was crying. She told the father that a man, clad in a black jacket, wearing a black helmet and riding a black motorcycle, had approached the girls.
The man told the girls his cat had gone missing and he would give them money if one of the girls helped him find the cat.
The victim, the youngest of five siblings, was wearing a green T-shirt and orange shorts when she went with the suspect.
Zulhasnan said there was a possibility the suspects involved in the incident may have been responsible for a similar incident last week.
In last week’s incident, a 6-year-old girl was persuaded to follow a stranger on the pretext of "catching" cats. She was also lured with promises of an ice cream before being taken to a house where the man allegedly forced a brinjal into her private parts.
The drama unfolded when the girl was waiting for her mother outside the Tadika Islam Masjid Jamek in Kampung Baru at 11am.
She was found by her mother six hours later wandering helplessly near Jalan Daud, with bloodstains on her uniform, some 100m from the kindergarten.
Those with information on both incidents can call the Rakan Cop hotline at 03-21159999, the nearest police station or SMS to 32728.
Thursday, 28 June 2007
2007 06: Syabil Family holds ‘kenduri’ as abducted baby turns two
The Star online. News. Nation. Monday June 18, 2007
By TUNKU SHAHARIAH
SUNGAI PETANI: Mohamad Nor Syabil Syakirin Mohd Nordin, who caused a nationwide stir when he was whisked away from the Sungai Petani Hospital after he was born, is now a boisterous toddler who loves comics and sambal tumis.
He turns two tomorrow.
The baby, who made front-page news when he was abducted just 30 minutes after he was born, is the apple of his parents' eyes and a little celebrity in his neighbourhood.
The infant was reportedly carried out from the hospital in an overnight bag and was found in the home of a staff nurse four days later.
After a series of DNA tests, he was returned to couple Mohd Nordin Derais and Noryati Abu Bakar, both 35.
“Syabil is our miracle baby and I will always be grateful to Allah for his return,” said his doting mum, during a thanksgiving kenduri at their home in Lorong Sri Tanjung, Sungai Layar here on Saturday.
“Syabil is very active, loves to talk and, like me, enjoys spicy food,” added Noryati, as she fondly watched the child play with brothers Mohamad Nursyazuan, 12, and Mohamad Nursyamil, seven.
The little boy may not be aware of the adventure he went through but a thick file awaits him when he is old enough to read, said Nordin.
“My wife and I have compiled all the newspaper cuttings on his abduction and his reunion with us,” said the store assistant.
The family has also set up a trust fund for Syabil, from donations by well-wishers during the harrowing time the baby went missing.
The boy's case generated so much public interest that there was even a poll to name him.
The family named him Syabil, from the Arabic word that means, “the stars shine on the grateful.”
For them, Syabil is the star that glows in the family.
By TUNKU SHAHARIAH
SUNGAI PETANI: Mohamad Nor Syabil Syakirin Mohd Nordin, who caused a nationwide stir when he was whisked away from the Sungai Petani Hospital after he was born, is now a boisterous toddler who loves comics and sambal tumis.
He turns two tomorrow.
The baby, who made front-page news when he was abducted just 30 minutes after he was born, is the apple of his parents' eyes and a little celebrity in his neighbourhood.
The infant was reportedly carried out from the hospital in an overnight bag and was found in the home of a staff nurse four days later.
After a series of DNA tests, he was returned to couple Mohd Nordin Derais and Noryati Abu Bakar, both 35.
“Syabil is our miracle baby and I will always be grateful to Allah for his return,” said his doting mum, during a thanksgiving kenduri at their home in Lorong Sri Tanjung, Sungai Layar here on Saturday.
“Syabil is very active, loves to talk and, like me, enjoys spicy food,” added Noryati, as she fondly watched the child play with brothers Mohamad Nursyazuan, 12, and Mohamad Nursyamil, seven.
The little boy may not be aware of the adventure he went through but a thick file awaits him when he is old enough to read, said Nordin.
“My wife and I have compiled all the newspaper cuttings on his abduction and his reunion with us,” said the store assistant.
The family has also set up a trust fund for Syabil, from donations by well-wishers during the harrowing time the baby went missing.
The boy's case generated so much public interest that there was even a poll to name him.
The family named him Syabil, from the Arabic word that means, “the stars shine on the grateful.”
For them, Syabil is the star that glows in the family.
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
2007 05: 5-year-old taken on terror ride
NST online. Local news. 27/05/07
Lau Meisan
JOHOR BARU: It was an hour of hell for a five-year-old boy in Taman Puteriwangsa here on Wednesday night.
First, he watched in horror as three men assaulted his father, then the men got into his father’s car and drove off with the boy in the back seat.
The boy’s father, Tay Chee Boon, 40, tried to run after the car but the robbers sped off with his son.For about 10 minutes, the robbers drove around town in Tay’s Nissan Sentra before finally dropping the boy off at an industrial area near Taman Desa Jaya.
The boy walked around the dark factory-lined streets and went into a coffee shop that was about to close.
The shop owner tried to help the distressed boy but could not get a word out of him as he was crying.
He then checked the boy’s bag and found the name of his tuition centre in Taman Gaya. The man drove the boy there, and from the tuition centre, the victim showed the shop owner the way to his home.
Tay, who was searching the city for his son, received a call from his mother-in-law at 11pm, telling him that the boy had been dropped off at home.
"I was so relieved that my son was sent home by a kind man and immediately rushed home with my wife," Tay said. He lodged a report at the Johor Jaya police station.
He said his ordeal began soon after he picked up his son from the tuition centre.
He was driving along Jalan Puteriwangsa when his car was hit from behind by a Proton Satria.
When Tay got down to inspect the damage, he was immediately assaulted by the three occupants of the car who then drove off in his car along with his son. "I was terrified and called out for help. I even tried to hail down passing cars but none stopped to assist me," he said.
Tay contacted his wife to pick him up before calling friends and relatives to look for his son.
"I went around the town to look for my car and prayed hard that the robbers did not harm my son," he said.
Johor police chief Datuk Hussin Ismail confirmed the incident, adding that police were investigating if this robbery was committed by the same group responsible for a similar incident 48 hours later.
Those with information on the case are urged to contact 07-5561222 or 07-2218999.
Lau Meisan
JOHOR BARU: It was an hour of hell for a five-year-old boy in Taman Puteriwangsa here on Wednesday night.
First, he watched in horror as three men assaulted his father, then the men got into his father’s car and drove off with the boy in the back seat.
The boy’s father, Tay Chee Boon, 40, tried to run after the car but the robbers sped off with his son.For about 10 minutes, the robbers drove around town in Tay’s Nissan Sentra before finally dropping the boy off at an industrial area near Taman Desa Jaya.
The boy walked around the dark factory-lined streets and went into a coffee shop that was about to close.
The shop owner tried to help the distressed boy but could not get a word out of him as he was crying.
He then checked the boy’s bag and found the name of his tuition centre in Taman Gaya. The man drove the boy there, and from the tuition centre, the victim showed the shop owner the way to his home.
Tay, who was searching the city for his son, received a call from his mother-in-law at 11pm, telling him that the boy had been dropped off at home.
"I was so relieved that my son was sent home by a kind man and immediately rushed home with my wife," Tay said. He lodged a report at the Johor Jaya police station.
He said his ordeal began soon after he picked up his son from the tuition centre.
He was driving along Jalan Puteriwangsa when his car was hit from behind by a Proton Satria.
When Tay got down to inspect the damage, he was immediately assaulted by the three occupants of the car who then drove off in his car along with his son. "I was terrified and called out for help. I even tried to hail down passing cars but none stopped to assist me," he said.
Tay contacted his wife to pick him up before calling friends and relatives to look for his son.
"I went around the town to look for my car and prayed hard that the robbers did not harm my son," he said.
Johor police chief Datuk Hussin Ismail confirmed the incident, adding that police were investigating if this robbery was committed by the same group responsible for a similar incident 48 hours later.
Those with information on the case are urged to contact 07-5561222 or 07-2218999.
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
2007 05: Kidnappers free mum and boy
The Star online. Fright Crime. News. Wednesday May 16, 2007
ALOR STAR: A 40-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son who were kidnapped here last week were released in Kuala Lumpur early yesterday.
It is learnt that the woman’s husband, a prominent developer in Kedah, had paid part of the ransom money demanded for their release.
Police have yet to arrest the four suspects who allegedly kidnapped the mother and son at gunpoint at a music school about 8pm last Wednesday.
According to witnesses, four masked men forced the woman and boy into a car and sped off.
ALOR STAR: A 40-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son who were kidnapped here last week were released in Kuala Lumpur early yesterday.
It is learnt that the woman’s husband, a prominent developer in Kedah, had paid part of the ransom money demanded for their release.
Police have yet to arrest the four suspects who allegedly kidnapped the mother and son at gunpoint at a music school about 8pm last Wednesday.
According to witnesses, four masked men forced the woman and boy into a car and sped off.
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
2007 05: Crimes on Indian women on the rise
The Star online. News. Nation. Tuesday May 15, 2007
HUMAN Rights Commissioner Datuk S. Sivasubramaniam said the increase in the number of crimes affecting Indian women in the country was worrying.
There have been many incidents of kidnapping of teenage girls, and rape and sexual assaults involving Indian women, Malaysia Nanban quoted him as saying.
He said the main reason for the crimes was the irresponsibility of parents who were not interested in the welfare of their children. He urged the parents concerned to lodge police reports.
Sivasubramaniam said that if the police delayed in taking action, then this should be reported too.
He urged Indian community organisations, political parties and NGOs to come together and think of ways to resolve the problem.
HUMAN Rights Commissioner Datuk S. Sivasubramaniam said the increase in the number of crimes affecting Indian women in the country was worrying.
There have been many incidents of kidnapping of teenage girls, and rape and sexual assaults involving Indian women, Malaysia Nanban quoted him as saying.
He said the main reason for the crimes was the irresponsibility of parents who were not interested in the welfare of their children. He urged the parents concerned to lodge police reports.
Sivasubramaniam said that if the police delayed in taking action, then this should be reported too.
He urged Indian community organisations, political parties and NGOs to come together and think of ways to resolve the problem.
Thursday, 3 May 2007
2007 05: Natural mum ‘kidnaps’ girl 16-year-old missing since Saturday
The Star online. News. Nation. Tuesday May 1, 2007
PENANG: A 16-year-old girl has allegedly been kidnapped by her biological mother.
The Form Four student left home at 8.30pm on Saturday and when she did not return after an hour, the girl’s adoptive parents went out to look for her.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Azam Abd Hamid said that a few hours later, the girl sent an SMS to her adoptive mother telling her that she was on her way to Kuala Lumpur with her biological mother.
“She even provided the address. We then contacted our Kuala Lumpur counterpart and a team was sent to the address but no one was in the house,” he said yesterday.
“We have classified the case as kidnapping,” he added.
ACP Azam said the biological mother had given her daughter away when she was a baby due to poverty.
In another case, a Form Two student here was raped by a 16-year-old boy, whom she had just befriended.
The 14-year-old girl went out with the schoolboy for dinner at 8.30pm on Thursday. He then took her to the Batu Feringghi beachfront and forced himself on her.
ACP Azam said the victim was then sent home. Her parents noticed a change in her behaviour and managed to pry the truth from her.
“A report was lodged at the Patani Road police station on Saturday and the boy was picked up from his house in Batu Feringghi a few hours later,” he said.
PENANG: A 16-year-old girl has allegedly been kidnapped by her biological mother.
The Form Four student left home at 8.30pm on Saturday and when she did not return after an hour, the girl’s adoptive parents went out to look for her.
George Town OCPD Asst Comm Azam Abd Hamid said that a few hours later, the girl sent an SMS to her adoptive mother telling her that she was on her way to Kuala Lumpur with her biological mother.
“She even provided the address. We then contacted our Kuala Lumpur counterpart and a team was sent to the address but no one was in the house,” he said yesterday.
“We have classified the case as kidnapping,” he added.
ACP Azam said the biological mother had given her daughter away when she was a baby due to poverty.
In another case, a Form Two student here was raped by a 16-year-old boy, whom she had just befriended.
The 14-year-old girl went out with the schoolboy for dinner at 8.30pm on Thursday. He then took her to the Batu Feringghi beachfront and forced himself on her.
ACP Azam said the victim was then sent home. Her parents noticed a change in her behaviour and managed to pry the truth from her.
“A report was lodged at the Patani Road police station on Saturday and the boy was picked up from his house in Batu Feringghi a few hours later,” he said.
Monday, 30 April 2007
2007 04: ‘Kidnapped’ girl married
NST online. Local News. Home News in Brief. 25/04/07
KOTA BARU: A 15-year-old school dropout, who was reported to have been kidnapped from her home in Johor two weeks ago, has been found safe and well in the arms of her new husband.
The groom, though, may be in trouble as not only is he a 49-year-old married man, he is also believed to be her uncle. A police spokesman said the girl was with the man when they were detained near the border at Jeram Perdah in Rantau Panjang on Sunday. The girl has been handed over to her family while the man will be sent to Tampoi for investigation.
KOTA BARU: A 15-year-old school dropout, who was reported to have been kidnapped from her home in Johor two weeks ago, has been found safe and well in the arms of her new husband.
The groom, though, may be in trouble as not only is he a 49-year-old married man, he is also believed to be her uncle. A police spokesman said the girl was with the man when they were detained near the border at Jeram Perdah in Rantau Panjang on Sunday. The girl has been handed over to her family while the man will be sent to Tampoi for investigation.
2007 04: Finders, not keepers
The Star online. News. Opinion. Sunday April 22, 2007
Finding somebody’s child under any circumstances, particularly one who does not look abandoned at all, does not entitle you to the “finders, keepers” principle.
POINT OF VIEW: BY TAN SRI HANIF OMAR
EVEN as I was typing out my last column, I was engulfed by concern for the safety of little Nazrin a.k.a Yin who went missing outside the Sogo Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur, on March 31.
Here was a hyperactive five-year-old boy who had left his father’s side and walked out into bustling Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman to disappear into thin air, or into somebody’s arms. Both are frightening prospects to any parent at any time, particularly after a search of several hours and checks with the police and hospitals had proved fruitless.
The one thing that gave me a good feeling at that stage was the overwhelming wave of concern and sympathy that swept our society. People and organisations of all hues and cultures couldn’t care less of what race he was; he was just a vulnerable child who could be in dire danger.
In those two weeks we were all concerned Malaysians; some helping out across several states while so many others offered group and individual prayers for the child’s safety. If we can manifest this same kind of feeling for each other every time, a sympathy that cuts across racial and religious differences, we will more sooner than later be the united nation we want to be.
Remember how Cik Rozita of Kajang praised those Chinese doctors and temple committees in the Taman Kota Jaya area of Kota Tinggi who selflessly treated and fed her relatives and other victims of the December 2006, Johor floods without regard for race, religion or the lack of publicity for their efforts? They are the stuff that helps to make the sturdiest Malaysian tree.
While I am grateful that Yin has been returned to his parents safely by none other than the Myanmar refugee couple who found and kept him, I would score a negative for his father for being so careless in looking after him, particularly since he knew that Yin was hyperactive. He saw a shirt that he liked, not even one that he really needed, and he forgot about his “special” child.
Under his circumstances, he should have taken turns with his wife to look after their child or leash the child to him as my daughter used to do with her own when they were small.
As a former police officer who has seen children disappear or taken away never to return or to be found murdered and mutilated, I would strongly encourage parents to take the safety of their children more seriously.
Why do we forget so soon that recent incident where the child of a Myanmar couple in Kuala Lumpur wandered out of the house in the midst of a celebration only to be found dead near the house with both hands severed? Don’t we remember the case of the primary schoolboy in Klang who was taken away by a female stranger outside the school gate some 13 years ago? I don’t think he has been found. And the case of the primary schoolgirl a few years earlier who went out into the Jalan Tun Razak-Jalan Ipoh junction in the early hours to buy nasi lemak for breakfast only to be found dead and sexually mutilated?
I can quote several more cases. Although such incidents don’t happen every day, the point is, there are all kinds of denizens out there in the public domain among our citizens, immigrants and illegal immigrants.
In his despair, Yin’s parents’ first concern was the safe return of his child. They assured whoever might have taken him to just return him and there would be no questions asked. I would have done and said the same thing. So, when the Myanmar couple were arrested by the police for investigation into possible abduction, Yin’s parents were deluged by numerous SMS condemning them for reneging on their promise and expressing sympathy for the Mymmar refugee couple “who had kindly cared for Yin”, “who did not know that there was a search for Yin as they do not read the papers nor watch television”. “They did not know the law!”
My friends, were you among those who sent out these SMS? I hope not because I cannot believe that even in Mymmar or among the Rohingyas, finding somebody’s child under any circumstances, particularly one who does not look abandoned at all, entitles you to the “finders, keepers” principle. I am sure the Mymmar couple themselves do not subscribe to that principle in respect of their own children. So, why didn’t they report to the police or some convenient authority their finding of Yin? Why didn’t they consult their friends and relatives?
Instead, they lied to their neighbours about the circumstances of Yin’s appearance in their midst! They changed his name! I am sure that they could have coaxed out of even a five-year-old boy the name by which he is known!
If we do not show such people that their act of depriving a family of its member is a serious crime, even though they did not mistreat the child, our streets will be even less safe in a short while. Why those SMS senders cannot see this, is beyond me. Why, the boy was kept for 15 days!
No doubt the boy was returned by the couple safely but that should mitigate, not absolve them. Would they have returned the boy if there had been no such unprecedented hue and cry, and publicity that, with each passing day, would have made their secret more precarious to keep? Were they not also motivated by the promise of “no questions will be asked” coupled by the offer of a reward for his return? These can be powerful incentives to a refugee couple eking out a living.
We have thousands of such “refugees” in our country, particularly around Kuala Lumpur. Most are destitute, living from hand to mouth. Some survive by begging and by turning their children into beggars.
The UNHCR has a duty not to give their “refugee stamp” to people who are so clearly economic migrants who have illegally entered Malaysia but, if they do, then it is absolutely their responsibility to care for them so that they do not become yet another local social problem.
The idea of the UNHCR is good and necessary but sometimes its officials may be motivated more by the desire to justify their own existence!
Finding somebody’s child under any circumstances, particularly one who does not look abandoned at all, does not entitle you to the “finders, keepers” principle.
POINT OF VIEW: BY TAN SRI HANIF OMAR
EVEN as I was typing out my last column, I was engulfed by concern for the safety of little Nazrin a.k.a Yin who went missing outside the Sogo Shopping Complex, Kuala Lumpur, on March 31.
Here was a hyperactive five-year-old boy who had left his father’s side and walked out into bustling Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman to disappear into thin air, or into somebody’s arms. Both are frightening prospects to any parent at any time, particularly after a search of several hours and checks with the police and hospitals had proved fruitless.
The one thing that gave me a good feeling at that stage was the overwhelming wave of concern and sympathy that swept our society. People and organisations of all hues and cultures couldn’t care less of what race he was; he was just a vulnerable child who could be in dire danger.
In those two weeks we were all concerned Malaysians; some helping out across several states while so many others offered group and individual prayers for the child’s safety. If we can manifest this same kind of feeling for each other every time, a sympathy that cuts across racial and religious differences, we will more sooner than later be the united nation we want to be.
Remember how Cik Rozita of Kajang praised those Chinese doctors and temple committees in the Taman Kota Jaya area of Kota Tinggi who selflessly treated and fed her relatives and other victims of the December 2006, Johor floods without regard for race, religion or the lack of publicity for their efforts? They are the stuff that helps to make the sturdiest Malaysian tree.
While I am grateful that Yin has been returned to his parents safely by none other than the Myanmar refugee couple who found and kept him, I would score a negative for his father for being so careless in looking after him, particularly since he knew that Yin was hyperactive. He saw a shirt that he liked, not even one that he really needed, and he forgot about his “special” child.
Under his circumstances, he should have taken turns with his wife to look after their child or leash the child to him as my daughter used to do with her own when they were small.
As a former police officer who has seen children disappear or taken away never to return or to be found murdered and mutilated, I would strongly encourage parents to take the safety of their children more seriously.
Why do we forget so soon that recent incident where the child of a Myanmar couple in Kuala Lumpur wandered out of the house in the midst of a celebration only to be found dead near the house with both hands severed? Don’t we remember the case of the primary schoolboy in Klang who was taken away by a female stranger outside the school gate some 13 years ago? I don’t think he has been found. And the case of the primary schoolgirl a few years earlier who went out into the Jalan Tun Razak-Jalan Ipoh junction in the early hours to buy nasi lemak for breakfast only to be found dead and sexually mutilated?
I can quote several more cases. Although such incidents don’t happen every day, the point is, there are all kinds of denizens out there in the public domain among our citizens, immigrants and illegal immigrants.
In his despair, Yin’s parents’ first concern was the safe return of his child. They assured whoever might have taken him to just return him and there would be no questions asked. I would have done and said the same thing. So, when the Myanmar couple were arrested by the police for investigation into possible abduction, Yin’s parents were deluged by numerous SMS condemning them for reneging on their promise and expressing sympathy for the Mymmar refugee couple “who had kindly cared for Yin”, “who did not know that there was a search for Yin as they do not read the papers nor watch television”. “They did not know the law!”
My friends, were you among those who sent out these SMS? I hope not because I cannot believe that even in Mymmar or among the Rohingyas, finding somebody’s child under any circumstances, particularly one who does not look abandoned at all, entitles you to the “finders, keepers” principle. I am sure the Mymmar couple themselves do not subscribe to that principle in respect of their own children. So, why didn’t they report to the police or some convenient authority their finding of Yin? Why didn’t they consult their friends and relatives?
Instead, they lied to their neighbours about the circumstances of Yin’s appearance in their midst! They changed his name! I am sure that they could have coaxed out of even a five-year-old boy the name by which he is known!
If we do not show such people that their act of depriving a family of its member is a serious crime, even though they did not mistreat the child, our streets will be even less safe in a short while. Why those SMS senders cannot see this, is beyond me. Why, the boy was kept for 15 days!
No doubt the boy was returned by the couple safely but that should mitigate, not absolve them. Would they have returned the boy if there had been no such unprecedented hue and cry, and publicity that, with each passing day, would have made their secret more precarious to keep? Were they not also motivated by the promise of “no questions will be asked” coupled by the offer of a reward for his return? These can be powerful incentives to a refugee couple eking out a living.
We have thousands of such “refugees” in our country, particularly around Kuala Lumpur. Most are destitute, living from hand to mouth. Some survive by begging and by turning their children into beggars.
The UNHCR has a duty not to give their “refugee stamp” to people who are so clearly economic migrants who have illegally entered Malaysia but, if they do, then it is absolutely their responsibility to care for them so that they do not become yet another local social problem.
The idea of the UNHCR is good and necessary but sometimes its officials may be motivated more by the desire to justify their own existence!
2007 04: Shahrizat: It’s odd people didn’t notice missing boy
The Star online. News. Nation. Monday April 16, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: It is strange that with the good communication facilities available in the country, no one realised that the five-year-old boy staying with a Myanmar couple was Muhammad Nazrin Shamsul Ghazali, also known as Yin, who went missing on March 31.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said it was odd that people were not aware that Nazrin was staying in Sentul Pasar although he had been featured in the radio, television and newspapers over the past two weeks.
“Although every one is grateful that the boy was handed over to the parents safe and sound, the question still remains why no one saw him, and how it was possible the couple kept him away from the eyes of the public for two weeks.
“If claims of the boy being taken to a clinic to seek treatment for chicken pox, or that he was taken around the neighbourhood are true, then why didn’t anyone report it?
“I want the police to get to the bottom of this, as it is ridiculous that a child can go missing for such a long period without being traced.
“Children can be smuggled to other countries or be forced to beg, and we don’t want such things occurring,” she told reporters after visiting Nazrin at Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Nazrin’s father Shamsul Ghazali Shamsuddin, 34, said he agreed with Rosmah’s suggestion to strap hyperactive children, in view of the nightmare the family went through after their son went missing.
Shamsul, however, said he bore no grudges, and thanked God his son had been returned to him unharmed.
On the Myanmar couple who had been detained for questioning, Shamsul said he would leave it to the police to carry out their investigations.
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Support kept Nazrin’s parents going
The Star online. News. Nation. Monday April 16, 2007
By LOONG MENG YEE
PETALING JAYA: During the two weeks of hell he went through when his son was lost, Shamsul Ghazali Shamsuddin wondered bitterly how cold a city Kuala Lumpur could be for “swallowing” up his son without a trace.
Coming from Ipoh, Shamsul, 34, had never been too at home during his trips to Kuala Lumpur because he found most city folk in a rush and preoccupied with their own lives.
So when his son, Muhammad Nazrin, wandered off during a family shopping trip to Sogo, Shamsul never expected city folk and the nation to care much.
“The two weeks were the toughest test from God. We would not have survived the ordeal without the support from our relatives, friends and even strangers,” said Shamsul, when interviewed hours after Nazrin, fondly known as Yin, was found on Saturday.
It turned out Nazrin had been cared for by a Myanmar family after he had wandered out by himself from the shopping mall on March 31. The Myanmar family had kept him because they claimed that they did not know that Nazrin was a missing boy.
Police have since detained the Myanmar couple in connection with the case.
Kuala Lumpur folk and the nation showed their caring side by springing into action, looking for Nazrin from the day he went missing.
Family members, too, rallied around Shamsul and his wife, Nur Amizah Ahmad, 25. Besides sheltering the couple, they roamed the city distributing flyers with Nazrin’s photographs.
Shamsul, a Bank Islam worker, also went to Sogo nearly every day to look for Nazrin.
“Strangers of all races came up to me, asking me to be strong and said they were praying for Yin’s safe return,” he said.
“There were also hundreds of supporting calls and SMSes. This encouragement kept me going.”
After this incident, Shamsul will keep a tighter watch on his two sons. And he no longer regards Kuala Lumpur as uncaring, saying: “We'll be back.”
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Couple who found Yin held
The Star online. News. Nation. Monday April 16, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained the Myanmar couple who found five-year-old Muhammad Nazrin Shamsul Ghazali and kept him in their house.
The couple were picked up at their house near Sentul Pasar at about 1pm yesterday to help investigations, said City acting CPO Senior Asst Comm (I) Mohd Zulahasnan Najib Baharuddin.
“We will obtain remand orders today. They are being investigated under Section 363 of the Penal Code on suspicion of abducting the boy,” he told reporters yesterday.
Based on several reports from the public, the boy was seen in several places in Klang Valley over the past few days, he said.
However, SAC Mohd Zulhasnan refused to say what Nazrin, fondly known as Yin, was doing in those places.
“We will get the callers to record their statements,” he said.
Police are also investigating if the five children in the couple’s house were theirs, he said.
Nazrin went missing on March 31 while his father, Shamsul Ghazali Shamsuddin, was trying on some clothes at the Sogo shopping mall in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman here.
Shamsul’s friend Baharuddin Hassan picked up the boy from the Myanmar couple’s house after they called him to say Nazrin had been in their care for the past two weeks. Baharuddin's phone number was on Nazrin's missing boy poster.
Baharuddin then notified Nazrin’s parents, who were at their home in Chemor, Perak. They were later reunited with their son.
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No excuse for neglect
The Star online. News. Opinion. Tuesday April 17, 2007
I AM sure a lot of Malaysians who have been following the stories on Mohd Nazrin Shamsul Ghazali aka Yin are breathing a huge sigh of relief now that he is back in his parents' arms.
I would now like to take Yin's parents to task for being so careless with their son. I realise there are distractions in a shopping complex that can sway one's attention from one's immediate responsibilities like one's child/children.
But there is no excuse for being careless and not caring for the welfare of the child.
According to reports, when the Myanmar woman found Yin wondering along the street he was saying something that sounded like “besan”. I believe the word is “bosan”. Yin, being a hyperactive boy, must have got bored being forced to follow his parents and decided to go off by himself to look for something interesting to do or see.
With the parents' attention directed somewhere else, it would be some time before one or both of them realise they have lost sight of Yin. By this time Yin would have wondered off and following his heart. He just went off to wherever he thought was best for him.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how one looks at the situation, he decided to go out of the building into an unfamiliar world. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how one looks at the situation again, the Myanmar woman found him and decided to take him home.
From then on the only person who can throw any light on what happened to him during the two weeks he was with the family is Yin himself. But Yin cannot talk properly and being a child will not comprehend what happened to him.
So things go back to square one unless the police can glean something from the Myanmar family.
I would like to suggest that all shopping complexes provide a place that is very safe and conducive to children where parents can leave their charges and go shopping to their heart's content without worry.
Occasionally, they can check at the “centre” to find out how their child/children are faring. Of course such centres will not be free but if it is made children-friendly with all sorts of playthings and reading and writing materials, whatever fee is charged will be worth it.
These centres should be manned by experienced people in childcare, and who have the patience to deal with children.
If the owners of the shopping complexes think it is too much for them to provide such facilities, then the local authorities should provide such facilities.
The shopping complex owners then will chip in to run the care centres.
With such facilities, shoppers need not have fear losing them in the crowd. Shopping complex owners will be ensured of constant customers who will not have to worry of the whereabouts of their child/children.
Lastly, now that Yin is back in their arms, his parents will have to be extra careful with their hyperactive son. It may be difficult to keep up with him but that is what parents have to put up with when they decide to have children.
My wife and I did that for the last 30 odd years of our lives. One cannot take off one's eyes off a child like Yin. Just don't let his vast amount of energy burn out before he reaches his youth.
MOHD GHAZALI OSMAN,
Ipoh.
KUALA LUMPUR: It is strange that with the good communication facilities available in the country, no one realised that the five-year-old boy staying with a Myanmar couple was Muhammad Nazrin Shamsul Ghazali, also known as Yin, who went missing on March 31.
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said it was odd that people were not aware that Nazrin was staying in Sentul Pasar although he had been featured in the radio, television and newspapers over the past two weeks.
“Although every one is grateful that the boy was handed over to the parents safe and sound, the question still remains why no one saw him, and how it was possible the couple kept him away from the eyes of the public for two weeks.
“If claims of the boy being taken to a clinic to seek treatment for chicken pox, or that he was taken around the neighbourhood are true, then why didn’t anyone report it?
“I want the police to get to the bottom of this, as it is ridiculous that a child can go missing for such a long period without being traced.
“Children can be smuggled to other countries or be forced to beg, and we don’t want such things occurring,” she told reporters after visiting Nazrin at Kuala Lumpur Hospital yesterday with Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor.
Nazrin’s father Shamsul Ghazali Shamsuddin, 34, said he agreed with Rosmah’s suggestion to strap hyperactive children, in view of the nightmare the family went through after their son went missing.
Shamsul, however, said he bore no grudges, and thanked God his son had been returned to him unharmed.
On the Myanmar couple who had been detained for questioning, Shamsul said he would leave it to the police to carry out their investigations.
................................................
Support kept Nazrin’s parents going
The Star online. News. Nation. Monday April 16, 2007
By LOONG MENG YEE
PETALING JAYA: During the two weeks of hell he went through when his son was lost, Shamsul Ghazali Shamsuddin wondered bitterly how cold a city Kuala Lumpur could be for “swallowing” up his son without a trace.
Coming from Ipoh, Shamsul, 34, had never been too at home during his trips to Kuala Lumpur because he found most city folk in a rush and preoccupied with their own lives.
So when his son, Muhammad Nazrin, wandered off during a family shopping trip to Sogo, Shamsul never expected city folk and the nation to care much.
“The two weeks were the toughest test from God. We would not have survived the ordeal without the support from our relatives, friends and even strangers,” said Shamsul, when interviewed hours after Nazrin, fondly known as Yin, was found on Saturday.
It turned out Nazrin had been cared for by a Myanmar family after he had wandered out by himself from the shopping mall on March 31. The Myanmar family had kept him because they claimed that they did not know that Nazrin was a missing boy.
Police have since detained the Myanmar couple in connection with the case.
Kuala Lumpur folk and the nation showed their caring side by springing into action, looking for Nazrin from the day he went missing.
Family members, too, rallied around Shamsul and his wife, Nur Amizah Ahmad, 25. Besides sheltering the couple, they roamed the city distributing flyers with Nazrin’s photographs.
Shamsul, a Bank Islam worker, also went to Sogo nearly every day to look for Nazrin.
“Strangers of all races came up to me, asking me to be strong and said they were praying for Yin’s safe return,” he said.
“There were also hundreds of supporting calls and SMSes. This encouragement kept me going.”
After this incident, Shamsul will keep a tighter watch on his two sons. And he no longer regards Kuala Lumpur as uncaring, saying: “We'll be back.”
...............................................
Couple who found Yin held
The Star online. News. Nation. Monday April 16, 2007
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained the Myanmar couple who found five-year-old Muhammad Nazrin Shamsul Ghazali and kept him in their house.
The couple were picked up at their house near Sentul Pasar at about 1pm yesterday to help investigations, said City acting CPO Senior Asst Comm (I) Mohd Zulahasnan Najib Baharuddin.
“We will obtain remand orders today. They are being investigated under Section 363 of the Penal Code on suspicion of abducting the boy,” he told reporters yesterday.
Based on several reports from the public, the boy was seen in several places in Klang Valley over the past few days, he said.
However, SAC Mohd Zulhasnan refused to say what Nazrin, fondly known as Yin, was doing in those places.
“We will get the callers to record their statements,” he said.
Police are also investigating if the five children in the couple’s house were theirs, he said.
Nazrin went missing on March 31 while his father, Shamsul Ghazali Shamsuddin, was trying on some clothes at the Sogo shopping mall in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman here.
Shamsul’s friend Baharuddin Hassan picked up the boy from the Myanmar couple’s house after they called him to say Nazrin had been in their care for the past two weeks. Baharuddin's phone number was on Nazrin's missing boy poster.
Baharuddin then notified Nazrin’s parents, who were at their home in Chemor, Perak. They were later reunited with their son.
...........................................
No excuse for neglect
The Star online. News. Opinion. Tuesday April 17, 2007
I AM sure a lot of Malaysians who have been following the stories on Mohd Nazrin Shamsul Ghazali aka Yin are breathing a huge sigh of relief now that he is back in his parents' arms.
I would now like to take Yin's parents to task for being so careless with their son. I realise there are distractions in a shopping complex that can sway one's attention from one's immediate responsibilities like one's child/children.
But there is no excuse for being careless and not caring for the welfare of the child.
According to reports, when the Myanmar woman found Yin wondering along the street he was saying something that sounded like “besan”. I believe the word is “bosan”. Yin, being a hyperactive boy, must have got bored being forced to follow his parents and decided to go off by himself to look for something interesting to do or see.
With the parents' attention directed somewhere else, it would be some time before one or both of them realise they have lost sight of Yin. By this time Yin would have wondered off and following his heart. He just went off to wherever he thought was best for him.
Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how one looks at the situation, he decided to go out of the building into an unfamiliar world. Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how one looks at the situation again, the Myanmar woman found him and decided to take him home.
From then on the only person who can throw any light on what happened to him during the two weeks he was with the family is Yin himself. But Yin cannot talk properly and being a child will not comprehend what happened to him.
So things go back to square one unless the police can glean something from the Myanmar family.
I would like to suggest that all shopping complexes provide a place that is very safe and conducive to children where parents can leave their charges and go shopping to their heart's content without worry.
Occasionally, they can check at the “centre” to find out how their child/children are faring. Of course such centres will not be free but if it is made children-friendly with all sorts of playthings and reading and writing materials, whatever fee is charged will be worth it.
These centres should be manned by experienced people in childcare, and who have the patience to deal with children.
If the owners of the shopping complexes think it is too much for them to provide such facilities, then the local authorities should provide such facilities.
The shopping complex owners then will chip in to run the care centres.
With such facilities, shoppers need not have fear losing them in the crowd. Shopping complex owners will be ensured of constant customers who will not have to worry of the whereabouts of their child/children.
Lastly, now that Yin is back in their arms, his parents will have to be extra careful with their hyperactive son. It may be difficult to keep up with him but that is what parents have to put up with when they decide to have children.
My wife and I did that for the last 30 odd years of our lives. One cannot take off one's eyes off a child like Yin. Just don't let his vast amount of energy burn out before he reaches his youth.
MOHD GHAZALI OSMAN,
Ipoh.
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