MELAKA — A 17-year-old girl with learning disabilities, reported missing in Melaka on Saturday, has been found unharmed in Kedah, police confirmed today.
Melaka Tengah district police chief ACP Christopher Patit said the teenager was safely recovered during a 4 am operation in Sungai Petani, where officers arrested a 40-year-old man driving the silver Perodua Kelisa seen in earlier CCTV footage.
“Initial investigations revealed that the suspect admitted to taking the victim in the car to drive around areas including Seremban, Ipoh, Bukit Mertajam, and then to his village in Baling,” Christopher said in a statement.
“Further checks found no illegal items in the car of the suspect, a trader residing in Melaka.”
The police chief confirmed the girl had no prior connection to the suspect and showed no signs of physical injury.
The detained man, who has a prior drug-related criminal record, is being investigated under Section 363 of the Penal Code for kidnapping.
The teenager had vanished on April 5 after playing at her local playground in Taman Rambai Idaman. — April 7, 2025