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I just read in Malay Mail here that many people, including journos in the Malay Mail, received text messages describing how Nini had been found in Ulu Yam yesterday. However police have not confirmed these reports and from the headlines “My Daughter is Alive”, I am assuming what they purportedly found were her remains. Whatever it is don’t get unduly alarmed and let’s await official police updates. Let us pray that Nini will be returned to us alive and well. Amin!
There’s not much progress to report except that the police are stepping up efforts on all fronts. Prior to Nurin and Nini, I wonder if the police and everyone else had ever taken a serious view of missing children? I wonder if they might find many more such cases as Nurfarah Ain, the four year old who went missing from her home in Kuala Selangor two years ago (read below). If she was still alive she would be six years old this year. I wonder how many more of these unsolved crimes have involved young children below ten? Is there a trend to this or are these just cases of careless and neglectful parents? Nurfarah Ain’s case is shocking if the scant details in yesterday’s Harian Metro says that she was taken from her own home in the dead of night that even her parents were unaware that she was not sleeping soundly by their side. How many such unsolved cases are there and in which area have these occurred? I believe many of us, including the police, never took such cases seriously enough as thse are often viewed as isolated cases. Maybe some of us even turned up our noses muttering useless remarks about careless parents. Whatmore that these children have mostly come from poor neighbourhoods with their families busy trying to make a living. Is there a method to this madness? I truly wonder as the perpetrators must have been lying in wait for that careless moment in certain crowded working class residential areas where they can just pounce on an unprotected child and wisk her away unnoticed. This wouldn’t have happened in Damansara Heights would it? Just a thought!
Bernama reports here: “Police are stepping up intelligence work, focusing on Selangor, to find missing five-year-old Sharlinie Mohd Nashar.Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said the move was made after the house-to-house search conducted with the cooperation of other agencies failed to locate the girl.”With better intelligence operation and reliable information from the public, God willing, we will be able to locate Sharlinie’s whereabouts,” he told reporters after visiting the RM53 million new Manjung police district headquarters here today. He said police and Sharlinie’s family had been swarmed with false information from pranksters and other irresponsible individuals. “We received a lot of information but they are mostly pranks. The family has suffered enough with Sharlinie missing, but these irresponsible people are making them even more miserable,” he lamented. Musa who believes that Sharlinie is still in Selangor, said that efforts were being intensified to find the girl. He said he had asked all district police and police station chiefs to take the necessary action when they received information on Sharlinie from the public. “Our operation to find Sharlinie has been extended to the border checkpoints where checks on vehicles entering and leaving the country are being intensified.” Asked on the possibility of Sharlinie being taken out of the country via sea route, Musa said the police force would not be able to station its men at every location due to the country’s long coastline. Musa said it was not wrong for Sharlinie’s family to ask for anyone’s help to find her, referring to the 50 bomoh who recently performed a ritual to locate the girl but the police could not use the information from the bomoh.Sharlinie went missing from a playground near her home in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya on Jan 9.”
I’ve been too busy to blog today and not sure what to do anymore about finding Nini but giving up is not an option. As I passed a toll plaze, she was staring at me from a poster plastered on the side of the toll booth with that curious tilt of her head as though asking me the question: “Mak cik, are you giving up looking for me already?”. Child, where are you?” was the response from my heart to her unspoken plea. Despite all our efforts, there is still no sign of you little girl? There was hardly a mention of her today on TV3 except a brief visual report about the house-to-house search. I am telling you it’s easy to believe there are mysterious forces at work that is keeping her hidden from mortal eyes. What else can explain her disappearance. Obviously by now her abductors are fully aware that we are looking for her, yet they remain hidden and refuse to return her. Is she alive? I want so much to believe in promises of her return because I hate to confront the worst. What do we do?
While we mourn the loss of one little girl and keep busy searching for the other, there was another little girl who was reported in Harian Metro here as having been lost without a trace more than two years Then four-years-old, Nurfarah Ain Razali was reported missing on 21 August 2006, while sleeping with ther mother, father and five year old brother in the living room of their home. Her mother realised Ain was missing when she woke up at 4.15 am to prepare nasi lemak. Anyone with information on Ain is requested to contact her mother Anita at: 017-6151470 or to call Rakan Cop at 03-21159999. If only we had her photo and the forensic artist could do an age progression photofit of what she would look like now as recommended here, here and here.
Age Progression of Children Missing Two or More Years
Row 1: Joseph Carson
Missing at age 2; Age Progression age 7; Recovery age 7
Row 2: Sara Eghbal-Brin
Missing at age 3; Age Progression age 7; Recovery age 8
Row 3: Jonathan Ortiz
Missing at age 1; Age Progression age 10; Recovery age 10
(Source: National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children)
And while the whole country wonders if anything is amiss in these unusual cases of missing children, we can never forget little Nurin Jazlin Jazimin. Many sceptics and the perpetually disgruntled ask why Nurin’s case seems to be getting so much media attention whereas other missing child like Nurfarah Ain seem all but forgotten? May I just remind all those who somehow always find a way to voice their toxic opinions that the very reason Nini’s case is getting this unusual amount of attention, both from the police and from the media, is because of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin. The brutal torture this innocent child suffered at the hands of her perpetrators shook us up from our complacent slumber. And now, with the yet unexplained return of Nurin’s lifeless remains and the bizarre discoveries in Ulu Yam as well as the ceremonial splash of the bomohs I wonder if we are dealing with a new phenomenon? In digging up all missing persons files, I hope the police can solve these mysteries and stop sweeping all unexplained cases into the pile of unsolved crime filed under cold cases. Could it be possibly linked to devil worhips that calls for sacrifice of innocent children? It is not the truth or falsity that I question but the possibility that in their twisted minds bent by greed and evil, that the life of an innocent child is the ultimate offering?
In the meantime, Nurin’s tragedy is still being exploited as the Harian Metro report ”Pertikai slot drama Gerak Khas” questions:
“Diam tak diam, hampir lima bulan ia berlaku. Sepanjang tempoh itu, kes pembunuhan Nurin belum selesai dan dalam siasatan. Bagaimanapun, drama Gerak Khas yang disiarkan RTM2, baru-baru ini ‘mengingatkan’ semula penonton pada kes itu. Aktivis dan Penganalisis Jenayah, Kamal Affandi Hashim, berkata dia terkejut dengan jalan cerita yang dipaparkan drama itu sebaik menontonnya dua minggu lalu. Katanya, kisah drama itu saling tidak tumpah seperti peristiwa yang menimpa Allahyarham Nurin. “Pada saya, ia bukan saja mempunyai persamaan kes Nurin tetapi jalan cerita digambarkan hampir tiada perbezaan. Kisahnya menceritakan seorang kanak-kanak diculik di pasar malam dan akhirnya ditemui meninggal dunia. “Lebih mendekatkan kisah itu dengan Nurin apabila objek timun dan terung turut dipaparkan dalam drama berkenaan. Malah, ia juga dikaitkan kes ceti haram (along) yang digambarkan kena-mengena dengan si bapa. “Sebagai orang yang menonton, saya dapat meneka paparan drama itu ada kaitan kes Nurin. Selain itu, saya menerima banyak panggilan telefon daripada orang ramai mengenainya. Rata-rata, mengakui cerita itu kisah Nurin,” katanya. Kamal berkata, pada mulanya dia tidak tahu mengenai penayangan episod Penjenayah Seksual Kanak-Kanak dalam drama Gerak Khas itu. Namun, disebabkan kenalan yang memaklumkan dan dia tidak melepaskan peluang menonton bahagian kedua episod itu. “Selepas menontonnya, saya dapati persamaan memang ada. Bagi saya, kalau itu cerita rekaan kenapa mesti ada objek seperti timun dan terung. Tidakkah ada objek lain yang boleh gunakan seperti ranting, kayu dan batang cangkul,” katanya. Kata Kamal, penulis skrip drama itu seharusnya lebih peka. Jika mahu menyiarkannya juga, skrip perlu diolah sebaik mungkin supaya ia tidak mengganggu sensitiviti pihak lain. “Saya pun tidak tahu sama ada mereka (pihak penerbitan drama Gerak Khas) pernah berjumpa Jazimin Abdul Jalil (bapa Nurin) untuk berbincang mengenai skrip. Pada saya, seelok-eloknya adakan perbincangan supaya ia tidak terlalu menjurus pada kisah sebenar. “Setakat jadikan media rujukan, itu tidak cukup. Oleh itu, bila keadaan seperti ini berlaku seeloknya pihak berkenaan berjumpa Jazimin untuk memohon maaf. Saya tidak tahu bagaimana cerita ini boleh disiarkan sedangkan kes belum lagi selesai,” katanya.”
Yes, that’s lateral thinking on the part of Hard-T.
We shd all thank him.
This child went missing on Jan 9. Today is the 24th. How many days is that?
We can only pray to the Almighty to hear the poor child’s cries and that He puts fear in the hearts of the evil people who took her to not want to harm her. Amin
Hi passerby, thanks for stopping by. I am at a loss as to what avenues we have to explore. Imagine how the police must feel. Because they have come up empty handed, the sceptics are coming out of the woodwork with criticism of what the police, the parents, the media and everyone else should have done. This time I am dumbfounded as I believe that everyone is doing their utmost. If little Norfarah could be wisked away from under her parent’s noses in their own home I truly wonder really?
Allah is testing us and making us examine what ails society. There is much that needs to be corrected. The perpetrators are merely oppoturnists who seized the moment. But this trend is worrying.
sis, I agreed with your statement,
“Allah is testing us and making us examine what ails society. There is much that needs to be corrected. The perpetrators are merely oppoturnists who seized the moment. But this trend is worrying”
Allah did test us in many ways, the way that currently I’m facing. But I’m thankful for his blessing of giving me the test so that I know He never forget me.
When I read all the comments especially from Munira, then only baru I terfikir, maybe they have changed Ninie’s look, botakkan kepala, pakaikan dia baju budak lelaki maybe…
Pray hard Sis, that our litle Ninie will come back home.
Hi The Confused. it is only when we are tested that we can know our true mettle. Iron is moulded by fire. When tested, human beings have been known to rise to the fore, break free from their perceived limitations and in so doing conquered new worlds. Sometimes the only thing that we fear is fear itself.
The Confused, we learned so much from what has happend. But the ultimate lesson to learn is prevention. Very expensive lesson to learn from painful experience but learn we must or we will keep repeating the same mistakes.
Keep well dear! Together we pray Nini will come home soon! InsyaAllah!
tembam, good publicity may lead to saving ninie while bad publicity only gave tabloids their field day, plus undue stress on the already stressed-max parents. While I do believe it’s very much parents resp on their children’s safety, but things like this happens and there’s nothing we can do to avoid it. if we can look beyond saving a child, maybe we should look at preventing it. Children need space and activities within a safe environment. Quite often, working parents living in tight apartments had no choice but to let them out at times, I wouldnt but it’s not their fault if they did either.
it’s still back to all the old unsolved cases as where perps goes scots-FREE and this worrying trend gives way to sickos on the prowl. I really hated the way the Police acted during Nurin’s case, during her dissapearance and even after death, but they did clean up their act this time on Ninie. However, police are also not psychic thus without proper leads, they’ll be lost too. Again,this bomoh thingy could be a publicity stunt but STILL – i hope that they are right about her being returned back soon.
It is kinda frustrating to not receive any good news on her,but what can we really do except pray? As for the still missing girl, it is so sad that nobody knows where she is, dead or alive? Cant even imagine how her parents feel now.
Please Ninie-come home soon and safe.
Mary Kate, I find it sad that the perps know where to go for their prey. In child psychology, perps always tend to pick on the shy and quiet ones who tend to linger on the periphery, unsure of themselves and very much in need of attention. These are children easily coaxed to follow such perps and because they are almost invisible, no one really notices that they are gone before it’s too late. Many of these children come from troubled homes or poor families living in cramped areas. They have nowhere to play except the playgrounds or the streets. If you have ever been to those low cost flats and housing areas you will know what I mean. Rich pickings for people with evil intentions.
The houses of the rich will have police patrolling the area, high fences and well equipped indoor playgrounds swimming pools and security guards. Would anyone venture into such areas to pluck an obscure child off the streets? Not everyone can live in such ideal surroudings, So what do we do? Condemn them not only to poverty but to be at the mercy of such perpetrators? I feel so saddened by Nurfarah Ain. Why did no one bother to find her? What can you do in such cases?
Mary Kate, when I read your fun blog I was so touched by your current interest in baking cupcakes and decorating them with the names of your children’s friends as surprise presents. That is such a sweet gesture. Keep up the good mommy work! Most important!
tks tembam 4 visiting, d cupcakes are not very good for my growing spare tyre. Anyway, of the kids, I’ll go bonkers if I lose any of them and yes, track record seemed to be pointing to these kids-easy prey, makes me real sad
no child or person deserves these type of ‘experimentation’ from all sickos, whether for sex or black magic purposes. Maybe the punishment shd be much harsher, I was told crime rate in Singapore is lesser due to its severe punishment, but first, Police have to catch those looneys of course. As days and weeks goes by, and I see Nini’s pictures staring at me everywhere, I feel even sadder that she is in the hands of evil people. Nurin is really our angel as she set the pace for so many things for Ninie and the future, but she was an unfortunate sacrifice and we all failed her when she went missing, esp the Police. please-whoever it is-return poor Ninie back to her family. See u soon.
Helo Kak,
Ya, must not give up. They people involve should not give up too.
Otherwise, the ding dongs will know….that people are fickle minded…easily forget and give up.
Hi again Tembam.
I am only a member of the public with no special knowledge of anything. All I know is that after Nurin, after Shalinie, when I hear my 3 kids (ages 2-6) whining to be let out to play, I drop everything and supervise them at play, even if it’s within our own compound and the gate’s locked. What is a mound of dirty clothes or dishes compared to my kids’ safety?
We never can be too careful. And in the end, we have to leave it to the Almighty.
Yes, Allah is testing us. But I wish the someone (like the blogging Mufti of Perlis?), would write words of comfort and at the same time strengthen our faith in Him. I a Muslim yes, and still I question: why make the children suffer? Why so much evil? I beg God’s forgiveness.
Get there safely and hope I am not late Mary Kate.
Nightwing, at least through our blogs she will not be forgotten. When we drive anywhere or go anywhere, we will be on the lookout. I will also lookout for a boyish looking kid that may seem very ill at ease and asthmatic. I doubt they will bring her out in the open but I have a feeling the house to house search will flush them out.
I hope we find her soon and yes, we must not give up!
Agree with you passerby. The test Allah sends us is to make us realise many things. To put the right values first. Like you said, our children before the dirty laundry and dishes.
I regret I did not spend as much time as I could with my own children as I was busy with work. I hope I will be a better grandmother one day. We do what we can passerby. Allah tak akan mengubah nasib seorang melainkan kita berusaha mengubaj nasib kita sendiri. In Allah we trust for there is wisdom in all God’s doings. Only we have to find the meaning ourselves and to seek God’s guidance at all times.
Have faith and Allah be with you and yours!
tembam,
The rumour circulating via the short messaging service (SMS) that Sharlinie was found dead is not true. Am so relieved to hear that. Alhamdullilah. Phew!
Bernama has the story. Here’s the link.
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=310273
January 25, 2008 20:40 PM
SMS On Sharlinie Not True
PETALING JAYA, Jan 25 (Bernama) — Petaling Jaya OCPD ACP Arjunaidi Mohamed said today the rumour circulated via the short messaging service (SMS) that Sharlinie Mohd Nashar, 5, was found dead is not true.
He warned that the police were taking a serious view on the circulation of false information via the SMS and other channels and would not hesitate to take stern action against those involved in such activities.
“Stop the dissemination of false information and please respect the feeling of Sharlinie’s family,” he told reporters at his office, here.
He was commenting on the dissemination of false information received by members of the public via the SMS since yesterday claiming that Sharlinie had become a victim of a black magic practitioner and that her remains had been found.
The false SMS had been circulated by people, whose identity was unknown, who claimed that the news was obtained from the local media.
Arjunaidi said: “So far, we have not received the latest report on Sharlinie and police were continuing the search.”
He said the house-to-house checks were being continued and so far, more than 16,000 premises in Petaling Jaya had been checked.
– BERNAMA
p/s: I psoetd this earlier to the wrong thread. Sorry lah, tok mommy blur sikit Maybe banyak) malam ni!
If that’s another prank text messages, it’s a nasty one. These people takde otak ke?
There are low risk attackers. Then there are high risk attackers. Nurin and Nini’s abductor is a fine example of a high-risk attacker – no plannings, no precautions – more on opportunity and “Just do it!”. I don’t know why people always choose to blame the victims and their families, when the crux of the matter is the perp himself. The illness of the society does not lie with the victim for becoming the victim of the crime, rather it lies with the very person who chose the commit the crime. The question should be how and why the victim was chosen to be victimised for that specific crime by the offender. I know it’s a lot easier to blame the victims – hey by blaming the victims it makes the situations so much easier to be comprehended by certain parties – plus it’s the easiest way to resolve the issue. Case solved. It’s the victim’s fault to be there in the first place, blah blah blah.
People need to remember that the victims are never responsible for the behaviour of the criminal. This kind of moral and judgmental reasoning has no place in a criminal investigation.
As for the comparison of similarities between Nurin and Nini (ie their health status) – it’s not really a big mystery. I’ve read some reports on how sexual offenders choose their victims. It’s all pertaining to their body language. In one interview, the rapist in question admitted that he could “read” his potential victim. He just knew who would be an easy target, and who wouldn’t. Sometimes an offender would “misread” – like Ted Bundy when he picked the wrong victim, and didn’t expect her to fight back, and she became an important witness in his trial. Kak T, you hit the nail on its proverbial head with your comment on the perp’s tendency to pick on the quiet, shy ones. It’s basically all due to the perp’s choice of victim, really. Which is why now a lot of the investigations work in the West have started to focus on the victims (Victimology) to try understand why that particular victim was chosen for that particular incident in violent crime cases.
Police work in Malaysia may have to go through some revising. I am not criticising them, well not harshly anyway. I admire our boys in blue (and girls), always have. But people need to remember that times have changed, and not everyone is able to keep up. I do believe that our police force had a glorious reputation before, but perhaps with how everything has changed, ranging from the various degrees of violent acts an offender would perform to the differing techniques in crime-fighting, it’s pretty hard to keep up. It was a whole different scene back in the yesteryear, but today not only a cop has to be competent physically, he has to be competent academically and scientifically. I guess it’s really up to the administration on how to handle this. Billions of ringgit on equipments is not always the right solution, though it might be a good start. I know I’ve voiced my support for CCTV installments, but I hope CCTVs are not being viewed as a quick-solution for a long-term problem, all the same.
Kak Ton thanks for that update. I just read it after coming back from the meeting I officially closed. Kahkahkah!!! Betul Kak Ton I sampai just as the meeting was about to end. Story of my life Kak Ton. Is bad sense of direction hereditary? I hope my kids don’t inherit it from me.
My excuse? A series of bad decisions including leaving the office late, deciding to head towards Jln TAR thinking the other road was badly jammed. It turns out I got caught in far worses jams all the way. But I did get there, after I tawaf the entire Padang Sukan PKNS. I must have passed your house probably too ‘cos it was dark and I know I passed the Surau, the golf course, some very nice looking houses and basically circled the globe to get from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore.
Hey, but at least I made it there and back.
Salams and hope hubby is feeling better after his eye ops. Isn’t it wonderful that he has you to take good care of him? Hope he realises what a lucky man he is.
PS. Kamal misses your Mee Rebus Tuesdays. If he promises to play the piano and do a striptease at the same time, I will take emergency leave to be there!
Cheers!
Munira, after reading that brilliant comment I am officially voting you Prime Minister**! That is so well articulated that my comment box has now become officially known as “Munira’s sub-blog!!!” and it sure is attracting it’s own fan base too. Heheheheh…!! Thanks for choosing my blog to lay it on the line girl.
Just came back from a ‘the’ meeting and feeling good baby, feeling good! Can’t say much ‘cos I only came just in time to close it, hahahah…serious! Just wait for Jasni and others to blog about it soon.
Girl you are fiery when your are hot and this time you’re burning bebeh! I particularly love this gem of an ‘in-your-face’ statement:
Didn’t the IGP learn this in police school when the Nurin case happened? Well okay2 he redeemed himself during Nini’s case and I am so glad he wised up. Makes him look human without that halo on top!
Another beauty was this statement:
I agree totally. When police are mentally and physically equipped, the bad guys won’t subject them to so much ridicule. They would be in awe of them. Well, maybe that is stretching it a bit but cops really do have to stay two steps ahead of the bad guys these days.
**So that makes my choices for PM thus far as; You, the Chief Bomoh Nasir, Adi Putra and Shahrizat. Looks like I’m gonna have a dream team already!
Dear Tembam
I have become very paranoid these days. Even when I am at work I worry about my two daughters in standard 2 and 4. Not that there are anything wrong with them, But with the sicko that abducts children at large I think every parent should be worried about their children.
However this is not the case, as I was at the pasar malam last weekend when I saw a five or six year old girl walking alone. I asked her where she is going? She said that she is buying keropok lekor. I then asked her where are her parents, she answered that “ummi dalam kereta”. It is really beyond my comprehension how a mother can let loose a child alone in a crowded pasar malam, after all the publicity surrounding the disappearance of Sharlinie.
On a more positive note, most mosques in Kuala Lumpur held Sembahyang Hajat for the recovery of Adik Sharlinie after the Friday prayers. I was at the Taman Tun Dr Ismail mosque, and joined the hajat prayers. I noticed many stayed behind to pray. Just goes to show that most Malaysians are concerned and are praying for the safe return of the girl. InShaAllah!
Hi Miqdad, I am glad you are taking serious precautions about your own children. Once the initial paranoia passes, you will calm down and I am sure the children will relax a little too. Kids take their cue from their parents, so knowing how much you care for them will make them take good care. Nothing like knowing your parents love you that will make a child realise that he or she shouldn’t do anything that will upset their mommy and daddy.
Children sense these emotions instinctively. Just make sure you don’t let them out of your sight in crowded places and, like passerby, put their need for attention and playtime first. Go with them if they want to go play at the taman. The chores and the golfing or whatever can wait but your kids won’t wait. With or without you they will grow up anyway.
How wonderful if they could grow up having warm memories of their daddy and how he used to play with them. If you have read Awang Goneng’s book “Growing Up in Trengganu” which I am doing now, you will realise how much of the memories of childhood a child can retain and how often those treasured memories are recalled, mulled over and retold to children and grandchildren one down. Make some memories with your kids that are not based on paranoia but filled with love and laughter.
I know I’ve seen many parents so very careless about their children. I don’t understand why they can be so unconcerned despite Nurin and Nini. For those children’s sakes, I hope nothing bad happens to them. Strangely enough, the children left to grow up on their own are like weeds, sturdy survivors. But those delicate blooms we tend so lovingly can’t survive even the slightest storm. We need to do a fine balancing act between paranoia and too much laxity.
Alhamdullilah that Jemaah surau of yours are that concerned for Nini. I had a lump in my throat reading that Miqdad. For the mosque to hold a hajat prayer for another man’s child, one who is a complete stranger to them shows the good people of Taman Tun Ismail have their hearts in the right place. May Allah bless you all!
true of u!we should work together in helping the police to locate her.The person who did this will get his/her retribution from allah. but for now,wat we can do is pray for her safety and may allah save her.Not oniy that ,we must play the part in finding Sharlinie.if we did not play a part in helping the police,we are selfish.we dont want to be that sort,right?we cannot blame the police 4 this.we must play a part too.till this,i hope this will be a motivation for all.lets us pray sharlinie will be saved.may allah save her.