Editor’s note: Story amended for clarity on number of victims.

A goreng pisang seller has been arrested for allegedly abducting an eight-year-old girl in Jeram, near Sungai Buloh, Selangor, police said.

Selangor police chief Hussein Omar said the child was reported missing on July 19 at about 6.30pm at Taman Ikan Emas.

However, the girl was returned to the nearby Taman Kelisa on the same day, he said in a statement.

He said the girl was returned “with another child” but the suspect was only arrested for allegedly kidnapping the eight-year-old.

The suspect, a 32-year-old Malaysian, allegedly transported the victim in a black Perodua Bezza, investigations found.

The suspect was arrested at 2.40am two days later at Jalan Pawang Jalil in Jeram, Hussein said.

Selangor police chief Hussein Omar

He is expected to be charged tomorrow at the Sungai Besar Magistrates Court under Section 363 of the Penal Code, which deals with kidnapping.

If convicted, he faces up to seven years in jail and a fine.

The incident comes after a six-year-old girl was safely found at a budget hotel in Batang Kali, Selangor yesterday, after she went missing in Iskandar Puteri in Johor on July 20.

Police have arrested five suspects related to Teo’s alleged kidnapping.

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