KUALA LUMPUR (BERNAMA) – Quick thinking by a nine-year-old girl saved her from a would-be kidnapper near her home in Bukit Beruntung near Kuala Lumpur last Friday.
The incident reportedly occurred while the girl was waiting for a school van on the ground floor of her apartment block.
Hulu Selangor district police deputy chief DSP Mohd Asri Mohd Yunus said they received a report about the attempted kidnapping from the girl’s mother at 8.56pm on the same day.
“Investigations revealed that the suspect, a local woman, tried to abduct the child but failed when the girl ran to a nearby shop, shouting for help.
“Members of the public at the scene rescued the child, but the suspect managed to flee when they tried to apprehend her,” he said in a statement yesterday.
He said police have opened an investigation paper under Sections 363 and 511 of the Penal Code.
Mohd Asri said there were no CCTV recordings at the location and the suspect’s identity has yet to be established.
However, he said the suspect is believed to have acted alone.
