Sunday September 23, 2007
Division has new task – find missing persons
KUALA LUMPUR: The CID's Sex Crimes and Children's Division, which was set up in May to tackle the rising sexual and abuse cases involving women and children, will also track down missing persons.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the division’s role would be widened to tracking down children and teenagers who have been reported missing.
“We don’t want Malaysians to be horrified with another case of a child or teenager dying a tragic death,” Musa said when asked to comment on the fate of the 319 children and teenagers still missing since January to July according to the missing persons statistics of the police.
The statistics also show that 6,270 children and teenagers had gone missing since January 2004 to May.
On Nurin Jazlin Jazimin’s case, Musa said police were studying the CCTV footage that had the images of a woman loitering around the area where her body was found and getting into a car.
He, however, could not confirm reports that a man was seen getting off a motorcycle and walking with a sports bag into the building at the time.
Federal CID Director Comm Datuk Christopher Wan Soo Kee said police would soon get 101 trained counsellors who would be placed under the Sex Crimes and Children's Division.
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