Search Ongoing for Missing Four-Year-Old Autistic Boy in Baling

Search Ongoing for Missing Four-Year-Old Autistic Boy in Baling

BALING, March 29 — A four-year-old autistic child has been reported missing after leaving his home at the Irrigation and Drainage Department (JPS) Quarters in Kampung Landak Paya, Kupang, around 12:30 pm yesterday.‍

BALING, March 29 — A four-year-old autistic child has been reported missing after leaving his home at the Irrigation and Drainage Department (JPS) Quarters in Kampung Landak Paya, Kupang, around 12:30 pm yesterday.

The child, Mohamad Fayyad Affan Mohd Fakhri, who has autism-related speech delay, is believed to have exited the house through the back door.

Baling Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) chief, Assistant Fire Superintendent Zulkhairi Mat Tanjil, said his team received a call about the incident at 2:36 pm and immediately deployed a team to the scene to begin the search.

“The search operation was launched in the area where the child was last seen and is being conducted in collaboration with the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM), and local villagers,” he said in a statement yesterday.

As of now, the search efforts remain ongoing. — Bernama

A search team is carrying out investigations at a river located 50m from the missing child's home. — Picture via Facebook

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