A video grab picture of the chained boy.
GEORGE TOWN: The state Welfare Department is looking for the mother or close relatives of the eight-year-old boy who was stripped naked and chained to the stairway of a high-rise in Paya Terubong here,
Department director Said Sidup said it would look for the boy’s family members so that he could be placed with them.
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