NSTnation Wanting freedom is among the major factors children and teenagers run away from home, according to the police.
Sexual, Women and Children’s Investigation Division principal assistant director ACP Choo Lily said out of the total 1,302 cases of missing children, involving those aged between 12 and 15 last year, 662 of them ran away from home because they wanted freedom from family or guardians.
“There are also cases of teenagers running away with their lovers or their mother or father, in the case of divorced parents, and some run away from home because they have no interest in studying and wanted to work," she said in a recent interview with Bernama.These missing teenagers, when found by the police, refused to return to their family because they are comfortable with their their newfound lives, she added.
She said Johor had the highest number of missing children cases in 2019, involving 193 people, followed by Selangor , Sabah and Sarawak . “Through this Nur Alert, we are able to trace the victims fast with information provided by the public,” she added.
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