A foreign national's attempt to kidnap a child was stopped when he was caught by passers-by at Kampung Bunga Raya, Kuang here on Tuesday (Oct 22).
Social media posts showed the suspect being detained by the public.
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00:00A foreign national's attempt to kidnap a child was stopped when he was caught by passers-by
00:06at Kampung Bungaraya in Kuang on Tuesday.
00:10Videos of the suspect being detained by the public have gone viral.
00:13According to Sungai Buloh District Police Chief Superintendent Mohamed Hafiz Mohamed
00:18Nor, a 47-year-old woman who reported the incident heard her neighbor's cries for help
00:24around 12.40pm, claiming someone was trying to take her child.
00:29She went to her neighbor's house and saw the suspect attempting to flee, but he was chased
00:34down by locals and captured near a garbage disposal area.
00:38Investigations revealed that the kidnapping involved a two-year-old boy in the living
00:42room of a house, and the suspect appeared to have acted alone.
00:48Superintendent Mohamed Hafiz said the suspect claimed to be a cleaner before trying to kidnap
00:53the child and was caught approximately 500 meters from the scene.
00:59The suspect was handed over to the police for further action.
01:02An investigation paper has been initiated under Section 363 of the Penal Code.