Missing teen found safe and sound

Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar

PETALING JAYA: Fourteen-year-old Nur Amirah Atirah Abdul Majid who went missing on Sunday has been found unharmed.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar (pic) revealed the update at 8.10pm via his Twitter account on Thursday.

“The girl Nur Amirah Atirah who was said to have been kidnapped has been found safe.

“@PDRM will issue a statement soon. Please avoid any speculations,” he said via his tweethandle @kbab51.

On Wednesday, it was reported that police had set up a special team to investigate the case as a kidnapping.

Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Abdul Samah Mat said the investigation was launched after the girl’s mother lodged a report around 8.20pm on Monday.

The mother said the girl had been missing since 2.30pm on Sunday. The girl left the house to meet her boyfriend and they were last seen at a restaurant in Port Klang at around 7pm on Sunday.

However, the girl called her mother on Tuesday and said she had been kidnapped by two men on her way home.

The girl claimed that she was brought to a warehouse in a white van.