KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The number of cases involving missing people has increased to a worrying level, with an average of two people reported missing daily nationwide.
Federal CID Director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Zinin said that between 2008 and last year, a total of 7,662 people were reported missing nationwide. From this number, a staggering 3,226 were teenagers between 14 and 17 years old.
'A further breakdown revealed that 1,202 were girls,' he said in an interview at the Grand Dorsett hotel in Subang Jaya on Tuesday.
Comm Bakri revealed that from the 3,226 cases, a total of 1,742 teens returned home while another 1,484 are still classified as missing.
He said more recent statistics showed that since last year, a total of 1,097 cases of missing people were reported nationwide but only 406 were considered solved after they were found or returned home.
He believed there were cases where the missing person returned home but the police were not notified and thus the case was still considered as 'under investigation'.
Comm Bakri said their investigations revealed that most missing people cases occur when the 'missing' person runs away with their loves, are influenced by their friends, or want freedom from home and their restrictive parents.
Source: ST Online
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