Tan Lay Khiaw (left) and her husband, Kee Bak Siang, with a picture of Hao Kit.KUALA LUMPUR: A 1-year-old boy has gone missing from his home and his family suspects that he has fallen into the hands of a human trafficking syndicate.
The toddler, Kee Hao Kit, was believed to have been abducted by a worker in his father's coconut plantation in Sungai Air Tawar, Sabak Ber- nam, Selangor, 12 days ago.
To date, his family has not received any ransom demand for his release.
Hao Kit's parents, Kee Bak Siang and Tan Lay Khiaw, are worried that their only child may have been smuggled out of the country.
"Nobody has contacted me for a ransom. He is just a baby," said Kee, 33, adding that the family did not have enemies nor did he owe anyone money.
Hao Kit went missing on April 10, when his mother Tan, left their house to go to a nearby shop at 4pm. She left her son in the care of her nephew and niece, both aged 13.
As she was leaving the house, Tan saw three men at her back door who claimed they were waiting for her husband.
"One of them was our gardener, who started working for us five days earlier. He was from Sabah."
When Tan returned home half an hour later, her nephew and niece were playing in front of the house but the baby was nowhere to be found. The two teenagers did not know that the baby had disappeared.
Witnesses told the grieving parents that they saw the child with their gardener who was riding a motorcycle.
The gardener has since gone missing and his mobile phone number is no longer in service.
"I can't asleep at night. Hao Kit is still a baby and needs me to comfort and feed him," said Tan, a housewife.
They have lodged a police report and have sought the help of the media to highlight their baby's disappearance.
A woman contacted them recently, claiming she had seen Hao Kit in Taman Maluri, Cheras. Police checked out the tip-off but to no avail.
Yesterday, the couple sought the assistance of MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong.
The couple urged those who had seen their son to contact them or a nearby police station. They can be contacted at 016-5963109 and the department at 03-21615678.
To date, his family has not received any ransom demand for his release.
Hao Kit's parents, Kee Bak Siang and Tan Lay Khiaw, are worried that their only child may have been smuggled out of the country.
"Nobody has contacted me for a ransom. He is just a baby," said Kee, 33, adding that the family did not have enemies nor did he owe anyone money.
As she was leaving the house, Tan saw three men at her back door who claimed they were waiting for her husband.
"One of them was our gardener, who started working for us five days earlier. He was from Sabah."
When Tan returned home half an hour later, her nephew and niece were playing in front of the house but the baby was nowhere to be found. The two teenagers did not know that the baby had disappeared.
Witnesses told the grieving parents that they saw the child with their gardener who was riding a motorcycle.
The gardener has since gone missing and his mobile phone number is no longer in service.
"I can't asleep at night. Hao Kit is still a baby and needs me to comfort and feed him," said Tan, a housewife.
They have lodged a police report and have sought the help of the media to highlight their baby's disappearance.
A woman contacted them recently, claiming she had seen Hao Kit in Taman Maluri, Cheras. Police checked out the tip-off but to no avail.
Yesterday, the couple sought the assistance of MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Michael Chong.
The couple urged those who had seen their son to contact them or a nearby police station. They can be contacted at 016-5963109 and the department at 03-21615678.
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