Key to Avoid Child Kidnapping

"Better Be Safe Than Sorry"

It doesn't take a lot of our time and it doesn't cost us much to be safe. But more often than not, we take things for granted and we choose to be sorry than safe.

Think about this: -

1. Should we leave our children in the car, locked, by themselves without adult supervision just because it trouble us to bring them with us?

2. Should we ask our children to go to the shop on their own without being accompanied by adult just because we choose not to go on our own?

3. Should we let our child to go to the playground by themselves and play without adult supervision just because we want to stay at home and feel kinda boring to be at the playground?

4. Should we let our children to play by the roadside on their own just because we want to be seen as a "cool" parents that gives freedom to our children?

5. Should we leave our children with someone whom we know for a very short period of time other than maid and babysitter just because we thought it would be safe to do so?

Think of whether we have done any one or more of the above. If the answer is yes to any of the questions above, DO NOT ever think that we did the right thing. We were just lucky that nothing bad happened.

Remember this! If we do not bother about our children's safety, at least think of Section 31(1) of the Child Protection Act 2001 that provides fine of up to RM20000 or imprisonment of up to 10 years or both to those who has the responsibility over child but found to have abused, neglected, abandoned or exposed the child in a manner likely to cause him physical or emotional injury or caused or permitted him to be so abused, neglected, abandoned or exposed or sexually abused the child or caused or permitted him to be so abused.

Kanak-kanak Adalah Rapuh

Kami telah nyatakan sebelum bahawa kanak-kanak adalah rapuh dan tidak dapat membezakan yang mana baik dan yang mana buruk. Mereka amat mudah terpengaruh dengan anasir-anasir jahat di luar sana yang boleh melekakan mereka. 

Maka menjadi peranan kita sebagai ibubapa/penjaga untuk mengawasi segala tingkah laki dan gerak geri mereka. Tidak salah dan bukannya susah untuk mengambil tahu aktiviti seharian anak-anak kita dan dengan siapa mereka berkawan. Bertindak cepat sebelum terlambat.

Berita diambil dari sini

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Termakan hasutan kawan bagi mendapatkan wang dengan cara mudah, seorang kanak-kanak lelaki berusia 11 tahun berasal dari daerah ini bertindak nekad melarikan diri dari rumah lebih 10 kali sejak hampir dua tahun lalu untuk menjadi pengemis di beberapa negeri.

Malah, kanak-kanak yang dikenali sebagai Shah itu meninggalkan persekolahan semata-mata mahu mengikut kenalannya, seorang warga asing berusia 20-an, menjadi peminta sedekah di Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Kuala Lumpur, Melaka dan Johor.

Bagaimanapun, Shah kini insaf dan kesal dengan perbuatannya selepas ditangkap ketika asyik bermain di pusat permainan komputer di Melaka sebelum diserahkan kepada keluarganya, Julai lalu. 

Sepanjang tempoh menjadi pengemis dan melarikan diri dari rumah itu, kanak-kanak terbabit menginap di hotel murah yang dibayar menggunakan wang hasil mengemis selain menjual surah Yasin kepada orang ramai dengan harga RM3 senaskhah.

Shah berkata, pendapatan diperolehnya antara RM60 dan RM200 sehari dibahagikan dengan rakannya selain diasingkan untuk membayar hotel, membeli pakaian serta makan.

Held for Kidnapping Teen

May justice be served and may the culprits be punished accordingly for the heinous crime they committed. Obviously there are things we can learn from this episode. The world is not as safe as it  used to be. So, always be careful and be alert with your surroundings. Do not take things lightly. Better be safe than sorry.

News take from here

ALOR SETAR: Police have arrested a division chief of a political party over the kidnap of a 13-year-old boy here two weeks ago.

The temple building contractor, who is in his 50s, was nabbed after attending the party's state liaison committee meeting in Sungai Petani on Saturday.

Four of the five suspects arrested earlier were his workers.

Kedah CID chief Assistant Comm Zakaria Ahmad said the suspect was arrested in front of a restaurant in Jalan Sekerat in Sungai Petani at about 6pm.

“He and the other suspects have been remanded until Thursday to help with investigations,” ACP Zakaria said.

It was earlier reported that the boy, the son of a dermatologist, was kidnapped at about 10pm on Sept 25 after attending a tuition class at Kampung Pisang in Lebuhraya Darulaman here.

The kidnappers had asked for a RM500,000 ransom from the boy's family who reportedly paid RM350,000 after negotiations.

Police arrested three men at 2am on Sept 28 at a construction site at Taman Sutera in Sungai Petani while two were detained here a day earlier.

One of them was nabbed at a Hindu temple in the housing estate.

It was reported that police recovered RM349,700 which was taped to the temple ceiling to avoid detection.

Of the five suspects, aged between 30 and 50, one is a Myanmar national while another is a relative of the dermatologist from Tamil Nadu, India. The man was working as a driver for the family.

Remaja Hilang

Nama: Erman Fazli Hadi Kamin
Umur: 17 tahun
Tarikh hilang: 16 Sept 2012
Asal: Kampun Repoh Batu Kurau
Jika anda ada sebarang maklumat berhubung Erman Fazli, sila hubungi IPD Taiping di 05-8291222 atau Zulfazly di 012-4521130
Fakta kes: hilang selepas keluar rumah untuk ke tempat kerja. Beliau tidak hadir di tempat kerja pada 16 Sept 2012 dan hanya berbekalkan RM10 sahaja.

Remaja Hilang

Nama: Khadijah Binti Dzuliloniny
Umur: 16 tahun
Asal: Taman Saujana Bukit Katil Melaka
Tarikh hilang: 21 Ogos 2012
Sila hubungi 0196526478 atau 0139487311 jika anda ada sebarang maklumat mengenai Khadijah
Fakta kes: Keluar beraya bersama kawan lelaki bernama Saiful yang berasal dari Felda Neram, Kemaman, Terengganu

Konflik Rumahtangga Penyebab Kanak-kanak Melarikan Diri

Konflik dalam keluarga antara penyebab berlakunya kejadian kanak-kanak hilang. Walaupun mereka ini diklasifikasikan sebagai menghilangkan diri, namun harus diingat bahawa mereka juga terdedah kepada pelbagai bentuk bahaya di luar sana. Apa yang harus kita fikirkan ialah apakah punca kanak-kanak ini melarikan diri? Salah siapa? Sebagai ibubapa, hendaklah kita menunjukkan contoh yang baik kepada anak-anak kita.

Berita dipetik di sini KUALA LUMPUR: Akibat tabiat si bapa yang gemar memukul ibunya, anak perempuan pasangan berkenaan berusia 12 tahun menunggang motosikal tanpa lesen sejauh 40 kilometer (km) untuk mencari hiburan sebelum dicekup dalam Ops Samseng Jalan Raya di sekitar ibu kota, semalam. Kanak-kanak bawah umur itu juga berhenti sekolah sejak sebulan lalu kerana mendakwa tidak mampu fokus pada pelajarannya akibat krisis keluarganya.Ketua Unit Kuat Kuasa Khas Trafik Kuala Lumpur (U3K), Asisten Superintendan Azmi Wahid berkata, kanak-kanak itu yang menunggang motosikal jenis Yamaha Lagenda bersama seorang rakannya berumur 16 tahun ditahan untuk pemeriksaan. Menurutnya, pemeriksaan mendapati kedua-dua remaja berasal dari Kajang itu tidak memiliki lesen memandu dan tidak membawa kad pengenalan.“Siasatan lanjut mendapati mereka keluar dari rumah pada awal pagi menaiki sebuah motosikal milik ahli keluarga dan menuju ke Kuala Lumpur untuk mencari hiburan.“Mereka mengaku mencari ketenangan dan mengalami tekanan akibat tabiat bapa yang suka memukul ibu di depan anak-anak,” katanya kepada Metro Ahad, semalam.

Katanya, kedua-dua mereka dibawa ke Balai Polis Trafik Kuala Lumpur sebelum ibu bapa masing-masing diminta hadir untuk diberi amaran.Azmi berkata, turut ditahan seorang lelaki berumur 24 tahun yang bekerja sebagai pekerja landskap atas kesalahan menunggang motosikal dalam keadaan mabuk.

“Sebanyak 92 saman dikeluarkan selepas memeriksa 230 kenderaan dalam operasi yang dijalankan dari 12 tengah malam hingga 3 pagi,” katanya.

Life Imprisonment for Child Kidnapping

They deserve the punishment for what they did. But the punishment aside, just imagine what would happen to the child if... We are lucky that the child was returned to the family, but what if...? There are so many "what if", so many possibilities but the best that we can do is to prevent it from happening. Hence, the question of "what if" and other worse possibilities won't arise if we work together to prevent this from happening.

Be a concerned citizen. It is ok to be busy body in this situation. Prevention is better than cure

Georgetown: Sepasang kekasih dihukum penjara seumur hidup semalam selepas didapati bersalah menculik seorang kanak-kanak lelaki sembilan tahun dan memperoleh wang tebusan RM200,000, tiga tahun lalu.

Lai Khan Mei, 35, dan teman wanitanya, Gao Bingju, 25, seorang warga China, didapati bersalah melarikan dan mengurung mangsa di rumah di Taman Gemilang Ria, Bukit Mertajam, jam 5.30 petang, 19 Disember 2009.

Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman, Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah turut menjatuhkan hukuman 15 kali sebatan terhadap Khan Mei selepas mendapati pihak pembelaan gagal menimbulkan sebarang keraguan munasabah terhadap kes pendakwaan.

Wang pemberian rakan

Beliau berkata, mahkamah menolak keterangan Khan Mei yang mengatakan wang yang ditemui ketika dia dan Gao ditangkap di Genting Highlands adalah pemberian kawan-kawannya.

“Mahkamah mendapati keterangan dikemukakan pihak pendakwaan berjaya membuktikan identiti kedua-dua tertuduh terlibat dalam kes ini,” katanya. - BERNAMA

Translation 
 
A couple was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday after they were found guilty for kidnapping a child age 9 years old and secured ransom of RM200,000, three years ago.

Lai Khan Mei, 35 and his girlfriend, Gao Bingju, 25, a China national were found guilty for kidnapping and detained the victim in a house in Taman Gemilang Ria, Bukit Mertajam at 5:30pm on 19th December 2009. Judicial Commissioner, Mohd Amin Firdaus Abdullah further sentenced Kah Mei to 15 strokes of rotan as he was satisfied that the defence team had failed to raised reasonable doubt on the prosecution's case. 

Money given by friends

He further said, the Court dismissed the statement by Khan Mei that the money found with him when he and Gao were arrested in Genting Highlands was gift from friends.

"The Court found the evidences tendered by the prosecution team shows the accused's involvement in the case," he said. - BERNAMA     

Taken from here 

Our Children's Activities Online...Do We Care to Know?

Being online nowadays is a norm. In fact, it is not common for people not to have facebook account, twitter account or any other types of social media account especially among the younger generation.

When MfMC's volunteer, Mohd Khafiz Bachok did a solo cycling from Johor Bharu to Kota Bharu in August 2012 to spread MfMC's message, he stopped at 2 primary schools to educate the children about their safety. When asked how many of them have facebook account, more than half of the students raised their hand. 

Having facebook or twitter or any form of social media account is not an issue. The issue is what can and cannot be shared online. Or rather, what should and should not be shared online.  How safe is our personal information online?

Now, as parents and adults in the house, do we care to check our children's activities online? Children are naive when it comes to their own safety. They rely on adults to keep on reminding them. They share all sorts of their personal information and life online. They thought because it is password protected, all the information they posted online are safe. They are wrong. And if we, the parents and adults thought that it is ok not to check on their online activities, we are more wrong than them.

Let's watch the following video for you to understand the message: -