Stop giving false leads, mum of missing girl pleads

Editor’s note: This article has been amended on Aug 9, 2024 to remove the girl’s name.

The mother of a six-year-old girl who was reported missing from a shopping mall in Iskandar Puteri last Saturday has appealed to the public to stop spreading inaccurate information about her child as it was hampering police investigation.

Leo Qieo Xin, 37, who has been at the shopping mall since the incident, said she was very worried about the safety of her child and would remain at the location of the disappearance until her daughter is found.

“I am very angry and disappointed when there are many inaccurate reports relating to the disappearance of my child. Please stop... I am very sad about this incident, I have no appetite because I am too worried,” she said today at the location where the child went missing.

The incident is understood to have happened during the Bon Odori festival at the mall which ended yesterday. Leo was manning a drinks stall at the time.

A Bernama check at the shopping mall found the police K9 unit personnel deploying two tracking dogs to locate the missing child.

It was also business as usual at the mall with shops open for customers.

Separately, certain parties on various social media platforms, offered rewards of up to RM50,000 to members of the public who find the child.

Yesterday, Iskandar Puteri police chief M Kumarasan reportedly asked for the public’s help to locate the child, who went missing at the shopping mall at about 8.30pm on Saturday.

Kumarasan was quoted as saying that the child is 120cm tall, has long black hair and fair skin, and is moderately slim. She was wearing shorts and a white T-shirt with “Mickey Mouse” printed on it.

- Bernama

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