Father appeals to authorities to help locate missing children

Mohd Saleem (fourth from left), Rajiv (third from left) and Kalsum (fourth from right) at the press conference.

A FATHER of two has lodged a police report that his children were taken out of the country by their mother about five months ago.

Mohd Saleem Mohd Aslam said the authorities told him that his son Muhammad Raheel Khan, six, and three-year-old daughter Aleeya Reyhana Khan were not in Malaysia.

He said he was worried about his children’s safety and wanted to know their current location.

“As a father, I am concerned about their condition and whereabouts.

“The case has a lot of confusing and confidential details,” said Mohd Saleem, 31, at a press conference attended by his sister Kalsum Mohd Aslam and Bukit Gasing assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran.

Mohd Saleem and his wife divorced in 2016.

Kalsum said the Petaling Jaya police headquarters told them that Mohd Saleem’s ex-wife, a New Zealand national, and their children left the country from KLIA and were headed to Singapore.

“However, the Immigration Department details state that his ex-wife’s immigration status is still in Malaysia, but the children have left the country.

“We are confused with the information given to us by the authorities and we hope the Government can help us,” Kalsum said.

Mohd Saleem’s lawyer Muhamad Akmal Arif Shamsul Kahar said he hoped the police could provide more details on the case.

“We were surprised and shocked to hear that the children could leave the country without their Malaysian passports, because their passports are with their father,” said Muhamad Akmal.

Rajiv said a custody dispute should not resort to one parent taking the children away from the other parent.

“There is a weakness in our (Immigration Department) system, which needs improvement,” added Rajiv.