JOHOR BAHRU, July 23 — The six-year-old girl who was reported missing and believed abducted at a shopping mall in Iskandar Puteri on Saturday was found safe at a budget hotel in Batang Kali, Selangor, early this morning.
Johor police chief M. Kumar said Albertine Leo Jia Hui was rescued at 4.45am by a team of officers from the Johor and Bukit Aman Commercial Criminal Investigation Departments.
He said police also arrested a 31-year-old Malaysian man found with her.
“The girl is safe, there are no (visible) physical injuries so far, and she has been sent to a hospital for a medical examination,” Kumar told the press here today.
He said the motive for the abduction is still being investigated as the victim’s family did not receive a ransom call.
Kumar said the detention of the man in Selangor brings the arrest total to five. None of them are related to the child.
He said two men and two women aged 28 to 55 were arrested around Iskandar Puteri yesterday, while the man arrested in Batang Kali will be taken to Johor for investigation.
Kumar said further probes are being done in accordance with Section 365 of the Penal Code and Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017.
— Bernama
