Nurin Jazlin among 17 children still on police list of missing persons Star Wednesday September 19, 2007
PETALING JAYA: As the anguish continues for Nurin Jazlin's parents Jazimin
Abdul Jalil and Norazian Bistaman, there are at least 16 other parents out
there anxiously awaiting news of their missing children.
Nurin is among the 17 children under the age of nine - 10 boys and seven girls
- on the police's list of missing persons.
These children seem to have "vanished" between January and July this year, and
have yet to be found. Some left their homes, and like Nurin, never returned.
Others were lured away by friends.
They are among the 34 cases (under nine years old) reported to the police until
July. Sixteen of the cases involve boys and 18 others are girls. Police have so
far found six boys and 11 girls.
"There were other reasons as well, such as the children running away because
they were not interested in studying anymore and wanted freedom.
"Many also cited being scolded by their parents and they felt their parents did
not understand them, or they felt their parents did not care for them," said
CID director Commissioner Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee.
"But the main reason for the missing children was family dispute. Ten cases
involved one parent taking away the child without informing the other after the
couple divorced," he said.
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