Nearly 4,000 Malaysian children went missing in 2014 and 2015


Studies have found that there is a big difference in brain development between children from higher-income homes and poor families. Photo: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 3,937 children, aged between 6 to 18 years old, have been reported missing between 2014 until Jan this year, the Dewan Rakyat was told.

Deputy Home Minister Datuk Masir Kujat said the police have prioritised the cases of missing children as they could be linked to human trafficking.

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