Attempted abduction
Nurin Jazlin, Adik Nini and Asmawawi are the names that would click our mind when we heard about child abduction. My hunch is that there could many more incidents unreported. Safety is a nightmare word for all parents. I want to relate to one incident that happened near my house recently (Sunday, 24th May 2009). A boy aged 12 years old walked along the footpath next to the playing ground, and near a surau.. He lives there not far from the surau. There were still activities on the playing field. Time around 6.30 p.m. Suddenly there was a van with five males from a certain race. One of them approached him with a piece of paper asking for some directions...After that he showed a knife and cornered the boy inside the van. Tied him and asked " awak anak orang kaya atau miskin". "Kalau anak orang kaya kami nak minta duit, kalau anak orang miskin kami nak bunuh!" Just like that..If your a rich kid we want to demand ransom if you are not rich we just kill you". The abduction episode was not realized even though there were people in the field..A cold blooded statement..no mercy for the boy. Alhamdullillah , the boy with Allah's help managed to create a story that the parents are divorced..The van stopped at the traffic light at the UiTM junction and so the boy with his intelligence successfully jumped from the van and escaped..went to the UiTM gate and guard house. The criminals did not try to run after him since he was in the UiTM compound. However they threw parangs and other weapons, luckily did not hit the boy. He is still traumatized by the incident..kept saying that the parents are divorced. After the escape he did not remember his house. Someone sent him to a condominium guard house not far from his place. He was in a state of shock and grief...the father found him there around 9.00p.m..Alhamdullilah safe and sound back to the family.
The police report was made..the van registration number was belonging to a Mercedez benz reported lost in Johor Bahru. Despite the event the boy remembered the vehicle number , Alhamdullillah.
Lessons
1. To train our children do not respond to unkown faces
2. Members of the public must be aware and report all weird events.
3. Lots of crime preventions tools to be available such as contact numbers.
Social ills
The society is very sick now with the rising crimes. Everyday we would read or hear someone was murdered, raped, abducted and other ills ....It is scary and a feeling of insecurity in the place we called our home country...Who to blame?...Name it all..One thing for sure it has to start from one's home...Amar maaruf and Nahi mungkar..Everyone has to do it..
Wallahu'alam
Puziah
P/s Mashitah's Lesson no.4 - Parents should know the child's whereabout.
Tonight, Thursday night of 28th May '09 the community members of the housing area will hold a meeeting with the police and MBSA councillors(MPPzone 3) to discuss this pertinent matter.
