Search underway for missing family of five who went camping


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 19 Jan 2025

SEPANG: Police are searching for a family of five comprising a husband, a wife and their three children who were reported missing on Jan 18.

Sepang district police chief ACP Norhizam Bahaman said that a report on the family's disappearance was lodged on Jan 19 by the younger sibling of the missing 37-year-old woman, who disappeared along with her husband and three children (two boys and one girl).

According to the report, the family left their residence in Persiaran Rimba Permai, Sepang, in a grey Perodua Alza with registration number WWT 8248 at 11.30pm on Jan 17.

"On Jan 19, the complainant received a video recording from her sister, informing that she and her family were safe and at an unspecified campsite.

"However, police are continuing efforts to locate the complainant's sister and her family," he said in a statement on Sunday (Jan 19).

Norhizam urged those with information on the family's whereabouts to contact Investigating Officer Sergeant Kamaruzaman Shamsuddin at 03-8318 2222 or the Sepang police headquarters at 03-8777 4222.

Word of the family's disappearance went viral on social media, with Instagram user @hudaamirhamzah, the younger sibling of the missing woman, sharing updates on the incident. – Bernama

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