Ketengah help for Sharlinie's family

Mohd Nashar Mat Hussain and his wife Suraya Ahmad building their house. At right is their daughter Sharliena.

DUNGUN: The Central Terengganu Development Authority (Ketengah) will help complete the home of the family of Sharlinie Mohd Nashar, the girl who went missing from her home in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, earlier this year.

The family had moved here earlier this month to find peace and security and to start a new life, and Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said has ordered Ketengah to aid them.

The family is staying at Sharlinie's paternal grandfather's house while waiting for their new home to be completed.

"I hope Ketengah can help complete the house as soon as possible to help ease the family's burden," said Ahmad, who is also Ketengah's chairman.

He was speaking to reporters after visiting the family at Sharlinie's aunt's house in Kampung Padang Pulut. Also present was state Tourism, Culture, Arts and Heritage Committee chairman Datuk Za'abar Mohd Adib.

Ahmad added Ketengah would also look into other ways to help the family.

Sharlinie went missing from her home in Taman Medan in Petaling Jaya on Jan 9.

Sharlinie's father, Mohd Nashar Mat Hussain, 29, said Hari Raya celebrations this year would be a quiet affair as Sharlinie was not around.

"She was the most cheerful and loved to go to the Ramadan bazaars. She would also drag her siblings along to go out," he said, adding that Sharlinie loved otak-otak, rendang and lemang.

Mohd Nasar said a bomoh he contacted two weeks ago told them that his daughter was still alive and was in the country.

- NST

Sharlinie’s dad still hopeful she will return

Saturday September 13, 2008

DUNGUN: The father of missing five-year-old Sharlinie, still harbours belief that his daughter is alive and well.

Mohd Nashar Mat Hussein also believes his youngest child, who went missing in in Petaling Jaya on Jan 9, is still in the country.

“Yes, I received news from Petaling Jaya police a couple of months ago that they have obtained leads that my child is alive and still in the country. It’s only matter of time before our daughter will be reunited with us,” the father of three said after Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said visited him and presented Hari Raya aid to the family yesterday.

Mohd Nashar decided to move out from his rented house in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya, and return to his family home in Kampung Padang Pulut here to get over the bitter episode. The family shifted here last week and are helping out at a food stall ope­rated by Mohd Nashar’s elder sister.

Mohd Nashar said another confirmation of his daughter’s wellbeing was given by a traditional medicine practitioner from Perak.

“He told us that Sharlinie is safe and would return to us very soon. It may sound ridiculous, but I am optimistic that my girl will be found,” he said.

Mohd Nashar said Sharlinie’s two other siblings, Nurul Amirah, 11, and Sharliena, eight, also miss their sister deeply.

“Buka puasa is a quiet affair for all of us and that why we decided to return to our hometown to erase the painful experience we endured when Sharlinie went missing,” he said.

He said Sharlinie often accompanied him to the Ramadan Bazaar at Taman Medan during the previous fasting month.

“This time she is not here. My wife (Suraya Ahmad, 28) is gloomy, she still can’t forget the episode,” he added.

“Maybe this Hari Raya will be a new beginning for my family with her returning very soon,” he said.

Earlier, Ahmad announced a Hari Raya gift for Mohd Nashar’s family. The state government has agreed to build them a new home.

The new house will be built on a plot of land owned by Mohd Nas-har’s father Mat Hussein Awang Kechik, 60.

- Star Online

Sharlinie's family seeks peace, hope in Dungun

PETALING JAYA: Although they now call Dungun, Terengganu, their home, Sharlinie Mohd Nashar's family has not given up hope of finding her.

A visit yesterday to the home of the 5-year-old girl, who has been missing since January, to find out how the family was coping proved to be futile as their neighbours in Taman Medan here said the family had moved to Terengganu on Sunday.

Contacted later by telephone, Sharlinie's father, Mohd Nashar Mat Hussain, 29, said the decision to move was not to forget the incident but instead for the family to seek peace and start a new life.

"Ramadan this year will be quiet without Sharlinie.

"That's why we decided to move and celebrate Ramadan in a village atmosphere that is peaceful and calm," he said.

The pressures of the higher cost of living in the city was also a reason why the family decided to move, he said, adding that he was still looking for a job to support his family.

He said memories of Sharlinie's antics when she followed him to the Ramadan bazaar still lingered in his mind.

"Her mother is still sad and both her sisters often ask 'when is Nini coming home ... we can celebrate Hari Raya together'.

"It breaks my heart."

Mohd Nashar said the family now lived at his father's house and Sharlinie's sisters, Nurul Amirah, 11 and Sharliena, 8, would begin studying at a new school in Dungun tomorrow.

"Our move may be temporary. We have not decided yet whether or not we want to stay here for good or return to Kuala Lumpur."

Sharlinie's mother, Suraya Ahmad, 28, said that she had never lost faith that her daughter would one day be found.

"During this month of Ramadan, we hope that Sharlinie will return.

"I hope that whoever took my daughter will give her back to us so that we can celebrate Hari Raya with Nini," she said.

Sharlinie was reported missing around 11.30am on Jan 9 while playing with her sister at a playground located 200 metres from their house in Taman Medan. -- Bernama

Still hopeful of finding Sharlinie

“WITHOUT Nini around, our house has been quiet. She was always chattering about one thing or another. She had just learnt how to talk, you see,” the voice of the clearly anguished mother trails off quietly.

It has been almost eight months since Suraya Ahmad, 28, last saw her daughter Nini, or Sharlinie Mohd Nashar. Nini, five, went missing while playing at a playground about 200m from her house in Taman Datuk Harun in Petaling Jaya in January.

Although their hope of finding her is fading fast, her family vows to never give up looking for her.

The terrifying tale of a 13-year old abducted girl who saw a picture of Sharlinie in the van she was held captive in before she escaped could not shatter their hope in getting their daughter back.

It was reported that five men in a van tried to abduct the Form One student while she was waiting at a bus stop near Sungai Kapar Indah in Klang more than a week ago.

The girl claimed that besides seeing Sharlinie's photograph in the van, there were also pictures of other young girls, some with faces marked with an “X”.


“We don't know if we will see her again and many have even told us that they think it is too late, she is already gone. But until a body is found, we will still hope and search for her where we can,” says her uncle Yazrin Abdul Aziz.

Waiting with hope: Suraya looking through Sharlinie’s new clothes from last Hari Raya with her daughters Nurul Amirah (left) and Sharliena. The family still hopes for the safe return of their youngest member.

He says that his family, especially Sharlinie's father Mohd Nashar, still go out to look for the missing girl.

“Her father will follow any lead he gets. He’s mostly been to pasar malams, parks and other public areas. Sometimes we get worried about him. He was the closest to Sharlinie, so he is really taking it very hard.”

He adds that Mohd Nashar even travelled to Surabaya, Indonesia, last April in search of his missing daughter. However, like all previous leads, it had led to nowhere.

Yazrin says his brother-in-law has fallen into a worrying routine.

“Previously, when he comes home from work, he will play with Sharlinie and the whole house will be filled by her laughter and squeals. Now he comes home and sits quietly in the corner, deep in thought.”

That is why the family hopes that members of the public will not lead them on any wild goose chases.

“We appreciate all the help and leads that people have offered but we hope people can be considerate and verify the leads before informing us or the police. It is hard on us and we are especially worried about her father. We are scared because we can see that it is slowly eating him up. He loves her so much,” he says.

According to Yazrin, information on the hotline has frittered down and the last time the family heard anything from the police was over two months ago.

“We don't blame the police for not solving the case; we understand that they are doing the best they can. It is just sometimes hard to keep faith when we don't hear anything from them.”

Sharlinie's disappearance has definitely taken a toll on the whole family but for now, says Yazrin, they can only hope and pray that they will get to see her again.

“We all miss her. Her sisters, Sharliena (eight) and Nurul Amirah (11), sometimes ask why she does not want to come home. I don't know what to say,” says Suraya.

“We appeal to those who have her to return her to us safely. We appeal to the public not to forget about Sharlinie and still keep an eye out for her. Please help us find her.”

- Sunday Star

Bapa bimbang kes Sharlinie makin dilupai

KUALA LUMPUR 1 Jun - Ahli keluarga kepada Sharlinie Mohd. Nashar, 5, yang hilang berhampiran rumahnya di Petaling Jaya kira-kira enam bulan lalu, khuatir orang ramai mula melupakan kes tersebut.

Bapanya, Mohd. Nashar Mat Hussein, 29, berkata, perkembangan itu akan menyebabkan usaha mencari anaknya hanya bergantung kepada polis dan ahli keluarganya sahaja.

Ini kerana jelasnya, bantuan orang ramai terutama dalam menyalurkan maklumat amat diharapkan supaya anaknya dapat ditemui segera.

''Hari ini sudah 145 hari Sharlinie hilang tetapi kami sekeluarga tidak putus asa mencari dan berdoa dia selamat dikembalikan.

''Baru-baru ini pegawai dari Ibu Pejabat Petaling Jaya menghubungi saya memberitahu mereka masih menyiasat kes itu dan berharap saya terus bersabar,'' katanya ketika dihubungi di sini hari ini.

Sharlinie hilang, dipercayai diculik ketika dalam perjalanan pulang selepas bermain bersama kakaknya, Sharliena di padang permainan yang terletak kira-kira 200 meter dari rumah mereka di Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya pada 9 Januari lalu.

Sejak itu, selain polis, pelbagai pihak termasuk media dan orang perseorangan menghulurkan bantuan mencarinya tetapi sehingga kini usaha itu masih gagal membuahkan hasil.

Mohd. Nashar dengan nada sedih menyatakan mereka sekeluarga amat merindui Sharlinie.

''Sejak kehilangannya, kehidupan kami sekeluarga tidak seceria dahulu.

"Kami rindukan suaranya, tolonglah pulangkan kembali Sharlinie ke pangkuan kami," luahnya dengan penuh harapan.

Sementara itu, Ketua Polis Daerah Petaling Jaya, Asisten Komisioner Arjunaidi Mohamed ketika dihubungi menegaskan, pihaknya terus berusaha menjejaki kanak-kanak itu walaupun maklumat terbaru mengenainya semakin kurang diterima.

Beliau berkata, kes itu tidak pernah ditutup dan gerakan mencarinya akan berterusan sehingga pihak yang bertanggungjawab dikenakan hukuman setimpal.

- Utusan Malaysia

Bantuan dan maklumat cari Sharlinie perlu diteruskan: Hishammuddin

PUTRAJAYA: Orang ramai perlu terus menyalurkan bantuan dan maklumat kepada keluarga Sharlinie Mohd Nashar, 5, yang hilang sejak Januari lalu bagi membantu usaha mengesan kanak-kanak malang itu yang sudah berlanjutan lebih 100 hari.

Menteri Pelajaran, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, berkata bantuan termasuk semangat dan sokongan boleh memberi keyakinan kepada ibu bapa Sharlinie, Mohd Nashar Mat Hussin, 29, dan Suraya Ahmad, 28, untuk terus menjejaki anak mereka.

"Kesedihan yang ditanggung kedua-dua ibu bapa adik Sharlinie sebenarnya turut dirasai semua rakyat Malaysia dan saya mendoakan keluarga mereka supaya terus tabah serta sabar dalam menghadapi dugaan ini.

"Justeru, saya berharap orang ramai akan terus beri maklumat dan semangat supaya mereka tidak putus asa," katanya pada sidang media di sini, hari ini.

Terdahulu, beliau menyampaikan cek sumbangan warga Bahagian Pendidikan Guru dan Institut Pendidikan Perguruan (IPG) bernilai RM21,800 kepada Mohd Nashar dan Suraya.

Sharlinie, 5, dilaporkan hilang 9 Januari lalu selepas keluar bermain di taman permainan berdekatan rumahnya, di Taman Medan PJS 2, Petaling Jaya.

Sementara itu, Mohd Nashar, ketika ditemui pemberita, berkata beliau masih berusaha mengesan Sharlinie di sekitar kediaman mereka dengan bantuan jiran dan ahli keluarga.

"Saya tidak akan berhenti dari mencari anak saya kerana yakin anak saya masih selamat...cuma ketika ini tidak tahu di mana dia berada...hanya Tuhan saja yang tahu," katanya.

- Berita Harian

Polis tidak putus asa siasat kes Sharlinie, Nurin

KANGAR 10 April - Polis tidak akan berputus asa dalam menyiasat kes kehilangan Sharlinie Mohd. Nashar dan Allahyarham Nurin Jazlin Jazimin kerana itu tanggungjawab serta amalan kerja pasukan itu.

Timbalan Ketua Polis Negara, Datuk Ismail Omar berkata, polis masih berusaha menjejaki petunjuk-petunjuk baru bagi menyelesaikan kes-kes tersebut.

''Kita tidak akan menutup begitu sahaja kes-kes ini dan akan mencari jalan (menyiasat).

''Kerjasama semua pihak termasuk media diperlukan bagi memastikan mereka yang bertanggungjawab atas jenayah yang dilakukan itu diheret ke muka pengadilan," katanya di sini hari ini.

Beliau bercakap pada sidang akhbar selepas melancarkan Kor Sukarelawan Siswa Siswi (Suksis) Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMap) di Dewan Kapitol UniMap di sini hari ini.

Pada 9 Januari lalu, Sharlinie diculik ketika perjalanan pulang selepas bermain bersama kakaknya di padang permainan yang terletak kira-kira 200 meter dari rumahnya di Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya.

Allahyarham Nurin pula hilang ketika keluar seorang diri ke pasar malam berhampiran rumahnya di Seksyen 1, Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur sebelum mayatnya dijumpai pada 17 September lalu iaitu selepas 27 hari kehilangannya.

- Utusan Malaysia

Poster Sharlinie terus diedarkan

KUALA LUMPUR 30 Mac – Keluarga Sharlinie Mohd. Nashar, 5, tidak pernah mengabaikan tanggungjawab mereka dalam mencari kanak-kanak tersebut dan akan terus mengedar posternya kepada orang ramai.

Bapa kepada kanak-kanak malang itu, Mohd. Nashar Mat Hussain, 29, berharap masyarakat tidak cepat berputus asa dan meminta orang ramai sama-sama membantu dalam misi mencari anak bongsunya itu.

“Buat masa ini, poster Sharlinie sudah habis diedarkan dan saya harap orang ramai tidak akan melupakan anak saya begitu sahaja walaupun tempoh kehilangannya sudah terlalu lama.

“Saya juga mengucapkan terima kasih kepada mereka yang sentiasa membantu dalam membuat rondaan mencari Sharlinie, mengedar poster dan menyalurkan maklumat kepada polis,” katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini.

Sharlinie dilaporkan hilang ketika dalam perjalanan pulang bersama kakaknya, Sharliena, 8, dari padang permainan kira-kira 200 meter dari rumah mereka di Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya pada pagi 9 Januari lalu.

Kehilangan Sharlinie yang kini masuk hari ke-82 terus menjadi misteri kerana tidak ada sebarang petunjuk yang dapat mengesan penculiknya serta lokasi kanak-kanak itu.

Menurut Mohd. Nashar, beliau masih lagi menunggu laporan daripada pihak polis untuk mengetahui sebarang perkembangan tentang kes anaknya itu.

Bagi pihak beliau, katanya, mereka akan terus membuat rondaan di kawasan-kawasan tertentu yang dipercayai dijadikan tempat penyembunyian Sharlinie.

“Kami tetap akan membuat rondaan dan menyerahkan kerja siasatan kepada polis,” katanya.

- Utusan Malaysia

Keluarga Sharlinie tertekan terima dua SMS ugutan

Oleh ZULKIFLI MANZOR

PETALING JAYA 24 Mac – Bapa Sharlinie, Mohd. Nashar Mat Hussian, 29, mengakui beliau dan keluarganya kini bertambah tertekan serta keliru mengenai nasib sebenar anak perempuannya itu ketika ini.

Mohd. Nashar berkata, keadaannya itu ekoran dua khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) berbau ugutan yang diterimanya daripada seorang individu tidak dikenali baru-baru ini.

Menurutnya, walaupun polis telah menahan seorang pemuda Pakistan berusia 32 tahun disyaki penghantar SMS tersebut, namun kedudukan sebenar anaknya belum diketahui.

“SMS itu meminta wang RM25,000 daripada saya sekiranya mahu Sharlinie dibebaskan.

“Saya tidak pasti sama ada apa yang ditulis melalui SMS tersebut benar atau tidak,” katanya ketika ditemui pemberita di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Petaling Jaya di sini hari ini.

Utusan Malaysia hari ini melaporkan seorang pemuda Pakistan yang mendakwa dirinya peguam, ditahan petang kelmarin kerana disyaki menghantar khidmat pesanan ringkas (SMS) ugutan dan meminta wang RM25,000 untuk ‘membebaskan’ Sharlinie Mohd. Nashar, 5, yang kononnya ada dalam jagaannya di Sabah.

Dia yang merupakan orang ketiga ditahan setakat ini kerana menghantar SMS ugutan berhubung kes kehilangan Sharlinie, direman selama empat hari bermula semalam hingga 26 Mac ini.

Lelaki Pakistan itu yang sebenarnya merupakan perunding teknologi maklumat (IT) menghantar SMS dalam bahasa Inggeris yang bermaksud, “Sharlinie dalam jagaan saya, disimpan di rumah Elisiah binti Abat, Kampung Rampai, Peti Surat 139, Kudat, Sabah.Jika anda bawa RM25,000 ke Sabah, dia akan dipulangkan. Jangan lapor kepada polis atau dia (Sharlinie) hilang selama-lamanya. QNB. 013-3653253).”

Mohd. Nashar berkata, beliau pada mulanya tidak percaya pada SMS itu ketika ia dihantar kali pertama, tetapi beliau menjadi takut apabila menerima satu lagi SMS daripada nombor sama.

Jelasnya, SMS pertama diterima pada 21 Mac lalu, kira-kira pukul 3.30 pagi manakala SMS kedua diterima keesokannya pada waktu hampir sama dan beliau kurang memahami maksud SMS tersebut kerana ia dihantar dalam bahasa Inggeris.

SMS kedua itu dalam bahasa Inggeris bermaksud: “Jika tak dapat RM25,000 sebelum Isnin, Sharlinie akan dibunuh dan dibuang ke Laut KK. Kamu diingatkan QNB adalah penasihat undang-undang Alqaiada, perancang pengeboman Lahore dan pembunuhan Benazir.”

Mohd. Nashar berkata, beliau dan isteri dipanggil polis hari ini untuk memberi keterangan dan menyerahkan sepenuhnya perkara itu kepada polis.

Sementara itu, ibu Sharlinie, Suraya Ahmad, 28, berkata, beliau tidak pasti sama ada SMS itu palsu atau benar kerana harapannya cuma Sharlinie ditemui secepat mungkin.

Jelasnya, beliau berasa amat sedih kerana masih ada pihak yang tidak faham akan kerisauan mereka dan mempermainkan mereka sekeluarga dengan menghantar SMS ugutan dan palsu.

“Sehingga kini saya yakin yang Sharlinie masih hidup dan selamat,” tegas Suraya.

- Utusan Malaysia

Giant bantu kurangkan beban bapa Sharlinie

KUALA LUMPUR: “Terima kasih banyak-banyak. Saya tidak sangka ada syarikat besar yang sudi menghulurkan bantuan,” kata Mohd Nashar Mat Husin, 29, bapa kepada kanak-kanak hilang, Sharlinie,5.

Beliau mendapat sokongan kewangan berbentuk tajaan gaji selama tiga bulan daripada pengendali Pasaraya Giant, GCH Retail (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd.

Katanya, dia tahu mengenai penajaan itu sejak seminggu lalu dan amat terharu dengan sikap prihatin ditunjukkan syarikat berkenaan.

“Saya dalam dilema ketika ini kerana terpaksa memikirkan bagaimana menanggung keluarga kerana sudah masuk tiga bulan tidak bekerja.

“Dengan tajaan gaji ini, sekurang-kurangnya dalam tempoh beberapa bulan akan datang, saya boleh tumpukan perhatian dalam usaha mencari Sharlinie,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, semalam.

Mohd Nashar bekerja sebagai juruelektrik di Bandar Tasik Permasuri di sini, terpaksa mengambil keputusan berhenti kerja untuk mencari anaknya.

- Harian Metro

Polis yakin Sharlinie masih hidup

KUALA LUMPUR 2 Mac. - Polis menafikan dakwaan sesetengah pihak yang mengatakan Sharlinie Mohd. Nashar yang hilang sejak 54 hari lalu tidak dapat dikesan kerana kemungkinan kanak-kanak malang itu telah meninggal dunia.

Sebaliknya, menurut Ketua Polis Daerah Petaling Jaya, Asisten Komisioner Arjunaidi Mohamed, polis percaya Sharlinie masih hidup memandangkan tiada petanda yang menunjukkan kanak-kanak itu telah tiada.

"Kita yakin Sharlinie masih hidup. Setakat ini, walaupun maklumat yang diterima agak terhad, tetapi ia tidak bermaksud polis percaya kanak-kanak itu telah tiada dan seterusnya menghentikan operasi mencari," katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas Majlis Pecah Tanah Sempena Pembinaan Balai Polis Baru Bandar Utama dekat sini hari ini.

Tambahnya, misi mencari Sharlinie, 5, masih diteruskan walaupun berdepan dengan kesibukan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-12.

"Kita masih terus mencari Sharlinie berpandukan maklumat yang ada tetapi menggunakan pendekatan berbeza," jelasnya.

Sharlinie, 5, hilang ketika dalam perjalanan pulang bersama kakaknya dari padang permainan di Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya kira-kira pukul 11.30 pagi 9 Januari lalu.

Pada majlis yang sama, Arjunaidi memberitahu, pembinaan balai polis baru berkonsepkan futuristik tersebut adalah bagi menggantikan pondok polis lama yang beroperasi dalam sebuah kontena sejak empat tahun lalu.

"Balai polis baru ini bakal dilengkapi bilik siasatan, bilik tahanan sementara, bilik senjata api, bilik taklimat dan juga dua unit kuarters apabila siap sepenuhnya pada April 2009."

"Selain itu, kemudahan logistik seperti kenderaan meronda, alatan komunikasi dan senjata juga turut diambil kira sejajar mewujudkan suasana bandar yang selamat seterusnya dapat memberi keyakinan kepada penduduk dan masyarakat di sini," katanya.

Turut hadir pada majlis itu ialah calon Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Bukit Lanjan, Datin Paduka Yong Dai Ying, calon Ahli Parlimen Subang, S. Murugesan dan Pengarah Pembangunan Bandar Utama Sdn. Bhd., Datuk Teo Chiang Kok.

- Utusan Malaysia

Family holds ‘doa selamat’

By NABILLAH ABDUL TALIB

THE home of Sharlinie Mohd Nashar was filled with relatives, neighbours and well-wishers who attended the kenduri doa selamat yesterday.

The ceremony after Isyak prayers saw the guests reciting the Yaasin and other prayers.

Also present was Batang Kali State assemblyman Datuk Zainal Abidin Sakom. Amidst the sombre mood, numerous theories were bandied about her disappearance.

A neighbour, who only wished to be known as Che Ani, believed that black magic could be involved.

“Just look at the case of Nurin Jazlin. Until today, police still can’t find the identity of the man carrying the bag in the CCTV footage. I believe the man who kidnapped Nurin is the same culprit who has Sharlinie now.

“He’s practising some sort of black magic and that’s why Sharlinie can’t be found.”

Another neighbour, Saiton Bidin, 53, said that before the child was reported missing, the girl always came to her house to buy ice-cream.

“Sharlinie and her sister always came over to buy ice-cream. But on the day she went missing, she didn’t show up at all. I miss her. She is just a little child, she doesn’t know anything.

“It’s hard to believe that she has been gone for 22 days,” she said.

- The Malay Mail

Bomoh proved wrong

PETALING JAYA: Yesterday was the day a group of bomoh had "divined" that Sharlinie Mohd Nashar would be reunited with her family. The day came and went without any sign of the missing 5-year-old.

What is worse is that police still have no clue as to her whereabouts. They have no photofit of the suspect, nor do they even know how she disappeared three weeks ago.

This is because their only witness, Sharlinie's elder sister Sharliena, is unable to give an accurate account of what happened that day nor can she give a proper description of the perpetrator.

Still, police are trying their best to locate the girl, with daily search operations not merely in the district, but in surrounding areas and the rest of the Klang Valley and neighbouring states.

Even border checkpoints have been on high alert for the past three weeks for anyone even remotely resembling Sharlinie, as her kidnapper could have somehow altered her looks so that no one would recognise her, especially with posters of her having been put up all over the country.

Police had not pinned their hopes on the bomoh's predictions.

"They are only voicing out their opinions which will be investigated by the police," said district police chief Assistant Commissioner Arjunaidi Mohamed.

Until today, however, not a single bomoh has come forward to help police in their search.

Arjunaidi said the search plan changed from day to day depending on information received from the public.

Most of these bits of information included suspected sightings of Sharlinie. All were checked out and all have been proven untrue.

- New Straits Times

Nini's Straight Face

It has 15 days now since Nini went missing. While the Police has been conducting search and rescue operations on a rather massive mode, no good news has been forthcoming.

It has also been 15 days now that we have been seeing Nini's "official" photo with her head tilting and no fault of the press or the authorities, it seems that tilted photo is the only recent picture of Nini that the family has.

A fellow blogger has "rectified" the photo and what you're seeing now on this page is how Nini would look like with her head straight.

According to his blog, he will also be coming up with probable images of Nini taking into account of the possibility of her changing features as anticipated by the Police as reported here.

In the Nurin Alert paper submitted to the authorities last year, one of the recommendation is for parents to have a clear and recent photograph (together with basic details of their child like height, weight, skin colour etc) so that it would become handy when lodging a police report if at all the child goes missing.

I guess it would be in the interest of all parents to note and to act on this small but practical recommendation.

Jasni AJ

Pranksters not welcomed

Dear Editor, READING reports about unscrupulous individuals feeding police with false inform ation on the kidnapping of Sharlinie Mohd Nashar makes me sick.

How is it some people find pleasure in such acts?

Are they not aware of the trauma they are causing the family and that police will be wasting valuable time chasing false leads?

I’m glad police have arrested such people. It’s about time we came down hard on them.

Every time there’s a kidnap ping or murder which makes the news, we have some strange people who find pleasure in putting obstacles in the path of the police.

What’s worse is when such people contact the distraught family members to make de mands, threaten them or scold them for being bad parents.

The parents of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin faced the same problem as did the parents of Mohd Nazrin Shamsul or Yin, who went missing at a department store.

We need people who keep their eyes and ears alert to any sign of the missing children. Instead, we have pranksters and those who are downright malicious.

It saddens me that there are such people in Malaysia. Aren’t we supposed to be a caring society?

If only we could put ourselves in the shoes of the parents who have lost a child, we would never do such mind less acts.

Every time a kidnapping occurs, society has to play a role, not just in ensuring that the child is found and returned to his or her family, but in making sure that such events do not take place.

Rita Kandiah
Petaling Jaya

- The Malay Mail

Cari rumah ke rumah -- Ketua Polis Negara gerakkan strategi baru kesan Sharlinie

Oleh RAMLI ABDUL KARIM dan ZULKIFLI MANZOR

KUALA LUMPUR 20 Jan. – Selepas lebih 10 hari Sharlinie Mohd. Nashar, 5, hilang dipercayai diculik, polis menggerakkan strategi baru untuk mengesan kanak-kanak itu dengan melancarkan operasi mencarinya dari rumah ke rumah di seluruh negara.

Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Musa Hassan telah mengarahkan semua ketua polis daerah (KPD) melaksanakan gerakan itu serta-merta.

Bercakap kepada Utusan Malaysia di sini hari ini, beliau memberitahu, strategi tersebut telah mula dilaksanakan oleh semua KPD di sekitar Lembah Klang sejak beberapa hari lalu.

“Bagi KPD di luar Lembah Klang termasuk Sabah dan Sarawak, arahan telah diberikan supaya mereka menjalankan operasi sama di kawasan masing-masing secepat mungkin,” katanya.

Musa menambah, operasi mencari itu juga akan meliputi semua kawasan yang disyaki menjadi tempat Sharlinie disimpan atau lokasi persembunyian penjenayah.

“Dalam hal ini, kalau kami dapat sebarang maklumat daripada orang awam, walaupun belum dipastikan kesahihannya, kami akan gerakkan operasi mencari besar-besaran dari rumah ke rumah di lokasi yang dinyatakan.

“Selain itu, semua KPD juga perlu melancarkan operasi di lokasi-lokasi yang berpotensi memberi petunjuk seperti di kawasan-kawasan setinggan dan rumah tinggal,” ujar beliau.

Musa yakin arahan itu dapat dilaksanakan di seluruh negara tanpa sebarang masalah.

Sharlinie yang akan genap berusia enam tahun pada 30 Januari ini hilang dipercayai diculik pada kira-kira pukul 11.30 pagi 9 Januari lalu. Ketika itu kanak-kanak berkenaan dalam perjalanan pulang bersama kakaknya, Sharliena, 8, dari taman permainan yang terletak kira-kira 200 meter dari rumah mereka di Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya.

Ekoran itu, polis melancarkan gerakan mencari kanak-kanak malang tersebut berdasarkan petunjuk-petunjuk termasuk kaitan kehilangannya dengan satu kes culik lain di taman yang sama sehari sebelumnya melibatkan kanak-kanak berusia enam tahun, Nur Fatiha Zaidi.

Berjuta-juta poster Sharlinie termasuk yang dicetak akhbar Utusan Malaysia diedarkan di seluruh negara dan ditampal di pintu-pintu masuk di sempadan dan lapangan terbang.

Pelbagai pihak mengambil inisiatif mengedarkan poster-poster Sharlinie. Ada bank menampal gambar Sharlinie pada mesin pengeluaran automatik (ATM) bagi membolehkan para pelanggan bank itu membantu mencari kanak-kanak berkenaan.

Kes kehilangan Sharlinie turut mendapat perhatian Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yang merayu penculik kanak-kanak itu supaya memulangkannya kepada keluarga secepat mungkin.

Atas arahan Musa sendiri, pihak polis menubuhkan sebuah pasukan khas sehari selepas kehilangan Sharlinie melibatkan pasukan dari Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman dan Polis Kontinjen Selangor.

Sehingga hari ini, polis Petaling Jaya sahaja telah melakukan pemeriksaan ke atas 10,000 rumah di daerah itu bagi mencari Sharlinie namun belum ada petunjuk yang dapat menemukan pihak berkuasa dengan kanak-kanak itu.

Penyelesaian kes Sharlinie diharapkan turut dapat menyelesaikan beberapa kes lain yang belum diselesaikan oleh polis termasuk penculikan empat kanak-kanak di Kampung Baru di sini pada tahun lalu dan juga kes culik dan bunuh Allahyarham Nurin Jazlin Jazimin.

Kes-kes itu dikaitkan dengan lelaki dipanggil ‘Abang Kucing’ yang menggunakan modus operandi memujuk mangsa-mangsa membantunya mencari kucing atau burung yang hilang.

Diperketatkan

Dalam pada itu, Musa memberitahu, beliau juga telah mengarahkan supaya kawalan di sempadan diperketatkan bagi menghalang cubaan melarikan Sharlinie ke luar negara dan menyekat penjenayah yang menculiknya daripada lolos.

Pada masa yang sama, katanya, beliau sendiri telah menghubungi polis Thailand dan Singapura memaklumkan kehilangan Sharlinie dan meminta kerjasama pasukan keselamatan negara-negara jiran itu membantu mengesan kanak- kanak itu.

“Saya juga puas hati dengan penglibatan banyak pihak dalam kes Sharlinie. Ia usaha yang baik dan kalau ada maklumat betul sila lapor kepada polis... pastikan ia bukan maklumat palsu,” katanya.

Mengenai pandangan sinikal sesetengah pihak dan masyarakat terhadap kredibiliti polis dalam menangani kes Sharlinie berikutan kegagalan pasukan polis menyelesaikan jenayah culik lain termasuk kes Allahyarham Nurin Jazlin, Musa berharap orang ramai terus menaruh kepercayaan kepada polis.

Katanya: “Polis harap orang ramai bantu salurkan maklumat sahih kepada polis. Selagi maklumat tidak ada, susah untuk kita menyelesaikan kes ini dan juga kes lain kerana tiada siapa nampak kejadian culik itu berlaku.

“Setakat ini banyak maklumat yang diberi tidak betul. Jika kita ada maklumat yang telus seperti nombor kenderaan yang digunakan atau maklumat mengenai suspek, sudah pasti ia memudahkan siasatan.”

Sementara itu, beliau berharap keluarga Sharlinie banyak bersabar dan berdoa kepada Allah supaya diberi petunjuk di mana kanak-kanak itu sekarang atau semoga hati penculiknya dilembutkan untuk memulangkan semula Sharlinie.

“Saya sendiri rasa geram selagi tidak dapat tahan penjenayah itu.

“Sharlinie bukan saja anak kepada ibu bapanya tetapi dia sudah seperti anak saya sendiri. Begitu jugalah perasaan pegawai-pegawai polis lain yang terlibat mencarinya,’’ kata Musa.

- Utusan Malaysia

SERVES HER RIGHT

By MOHD YAAKOB YUSOF

THIS was Jazimin Abdul Jalil’s reaction to the arrest of an Indonesian maid in Johor Baru early yesterday.

The 27-year-old woman had been sending text messages to Sharlinie’s parents, saying the girl was abducted out of revenge.

She also said Sharlinie wouldbe released in a few days.

“This is not funny. These are human lives we are talking about and crank calls and SMSes only add to the misery of Sharlinie’s family.”

Jazimin was a target of pranksters when his daughter, Nurin Jazlin, went missing for nearly a month before her body was found stuffed in a sports bag in Petaling Jaya last year.

“I know the agony and ordeal of Sharlinie’s parents. Why send them on a wild goose chase with information like where she was.

“If you spot the girl, act or call the police. Why bother sending such SMSes to the parents when the girl could have been taken far away by then,” said Jazimin.

TIRED of running around on a wild goose chase, police showed they meant business when they arrested an Indonesian maid at her employer’s house in Johor Baru at midnight yesterday.

The 27-year-old woman had been sending text messages to missing girl Sharlinie Mohd Nashar’s parents, saying the girl was abducted out of revenge.

She also said Nini (Sharlinie’s nickname) would be released in a few days.

Selangor Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner II Mazlan Mansor, who announced the arrest yesterday, said the woman was playing around but the real motive has yet to be known.

The woman has been remanded for three days until tomorrow at Petaling Jaya police station.

The prank calls have hampered investigations as many hours and manpower are spent on checking information received from the public.

This upset Mazlan who vowed to get tough with the pranksters. He said he would not hesitate to charge them in court.

Mazlan declined to reveal details of pranksters who have would be rounded up soon.

Pranksters can be charged under Section 193 of the Penal Code for giving false information.

On the missing girl, Mazlan said: “The task force, comprising officers from Bukit Aman and the Selangor contingent, are working hard to find Sharlinie with support from other divisions and contingents.”

Asked if the two security guards, who were nabbed recently, are connected with Sharlinie’s abduction, he said: “We are still investigating. Give us time as we do not want to jump to conclusions.”

Sharlinie’s family has received many prank calls and text messages.

Sharlinie’s uncle, Shahrizal Satirin, 34, speaking on behalf of the visibly tired parents, said there were also messages that wrongfully accused the children’s parents of borrowing money from people.

“The father earns enough to feed the family and they have never borrowed money from anyone. They also never had any quarrel with anyone,” he said.

“I have advised the parents to ignore the calls and SMSes or they might just become crazy.”

Shahrizal said among the pranksters were schoolchildren.

“They have nothing better to do. But we are suffering here. Nini, who is suffering from asthma, is still missing and there are people who taunt us daily,” he said.

Nini was reportedly abducted about 11.30am on Wednesday, while walking home with her sister, Sharliena, eight, from a nearby playground in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya.

The case is being investigated under Section 363 of the Penal Code for abduction, which carries a sentence of up to seven years’ jail upon conviction.

- The Malay Mail

Finding Sharlinie is most important

By LOONG MENG YEE

LAST year in September, we were determined never to forget Nurin Jazlin Jazimin as we laid the battered and murdered child to rest.

We vowed to keep our children safe and never let another suffer the horrible nightmare Nurin went through.

But just 100 days on, the nation is again reliving the anguish of looking for another abducted child.

This time, we are praying, searching and hoping for the safe return of Sharlinie Mohd Nashar, the five-year-old who went missing about 200m near her house in Taman Medan last week.


Be strong: Jazimin (right) giving words of encouragement to Mohd Nashar at the latter’s house in Taman Medan last Friday.

One father knows exactly how wrenching the waiting can be. Nurin’s dad, Jazimin Abdul Jalil, has been a pillar of support to Mohd Nashar Mat Hussain. Jazimin has made at least two trips to Mohd Nashar’s double-storey link house in Taman Medan.

The first time last Friday, he spent nearly four hours huddled with Mohd Nashar, his wife and other relatives in the kitchen, offering words of encouragement and, more importantly, advising the worried parents on ways to deal with the painful situation.

“Pray, pray hard. God will give you the strength. Keep strong, don’t crumble under pressure and ignore the vicious talk, focus on the effort to find Sharlinie,” Jazimin told the family.

The part about ignoring vicious words was particularly personal to Jazimin. He and the wife faced all sorts of unkind allegations while the search for Nurin went on.

Some people actually called and verbally abused them, accusing them of being unfit parents for letting their child roam unattended. (The fact is: it was the first time Nurin had ever gone to the night market alone. The mother had assumed Nurin was with her sister.)

Some media also dug into Jazimin’s past, alleging he owed money to Ah Longs, when in reality, he had taken a legitimate loan of a few thousand ringgit to settle an accident involving his taxi. He had fully repaid the loan.

When the press met up with Jazimin at Mohd Nashar’s home, he was obviously wary of reporters. He only relented and agreed to speak to the press after much persuasion.

Even then, he kept reminding the media to be fair to Mohd Nashar, not print unfounded allegations or keep harping on the fact that Sharlinie’s parents had been negligent.

Jazimin had a point when he said “the focus should be on finding Sharlinie”.

“All other angles can be pursued once she is found. If the media keep insisting the parents were negligent, or print untrue allegations, kind-hearted Samaritans might be put off from helping,” he said.

Mohd Nashar seemed to have taken Jazimin’s advice. Right after Jazimin left his house at about 4pm on Friday, Mohd Nashar held an impromptu press conference denying his other daughter’s account of a woman with shoulder-length hair luring Sharlinie away.

“This is a matter of life and death for Sharlinie. I urge the media not to publish misleading facts about my daughter,” said Mohd Nashar, adding his police report never mentioned such a woman.

Just as Jazimin was trying to rise above the pain of losing his daughter, his elder brother, Jasni, was working tirelessly since the death of his niece to set up a national response system to help look for abducted children.

Working with a group of concerned citizens, Jasni was determined to implement Nurin Alert, an emergency response system galvanising the authorities, the press, the community and the nation to help save abducted children.

The system is modelled after the successful Amber Alert in America. Amber is the acronym for “America’s Missing: Broadcasting Emergency System”. Amber Alert was set up in memory of Amber Hagerman, a nine-year-old who was abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas, in 1996.

“Some mechanism in the Nurin Alert has been acted upon. For instance, it was three days before the media publicised Nurin’s disappearance.

“In Sharlinie’s case, she was mentioned on television the day she went missing. Newspapers swung into action the very next day.

“Speed is crucial because it has been proven that the first 48 hours are the most critical in getting back abducted children,” he said.

Jasni said Nurin Alert advocators were also pleased with the swift and serious action taken by Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Jalil in appealing to the mass media to flash and print news about Sharlinie as often as possible.

Jasni and other Nurin Alert members have blogged about Sharlinie and put up the photofit of the alleged abductor in their respective blogs as well.

He has also set up a blog in memory of Nurin. It is nurinjazlin. blogspot.com. It has since become an information centre in cyberspace dedicated to find abducted children.

“It is comforting to know we have learnt from our past mistakes. Action by the authorities, the community, the media and other concerned parties has been swift,” said Jasni.

Hopefully, it is swift enough to help save Sharlinie.

- The Star

An evening at Taman Sri Medan

In my earlier posting in December last year entitled "Of hypnotic and mystical help", I relayed the family's experience in engaging the various practitioners as alternative tracking methods of the then missing Nurin. I summarised the article by giving credit to 2 practitioners whom I thought as had able to provide a more accurate reading.

So naturally, when Nini went missing, the thought of introducing the two more reliable practitioners crossed the mind. Encouraged by fellow visitors to the blog, I paid a visit to Nini's parents last Saturday enquiring whether they would like to engage the practitioner's assistance in their pursuit of finding Nini.

So there I was at about 5.00 p.m. Saturday. The minute I was there I can't help but reminiscing the chaotic situation at Jazimin's place during the height of the searching operations for Nurin.

There were scores of people there. Reporters and cameramen were everywhere. Policemen and Rela personnels were "almost" in full force - cordoning the area.

Wah, I thought - "this is something else, a real red alert!". But I wondered a while on why were so many Rela and Policemen there, have they found her? But no, she was still missing. Then shouldn't the Rela and Policemen and the scores of people be somewhere else looking for Nini? Then I realise the reality check, the scores of people, the swamp of reporters, the "platoons" of Policemen and Rela personnels were actually there because there were some VVIPs at Nini's grandparents house at that time. So that's the reason for the cordoning, diversion of traffic and the heavy presence of Rela and Policemen! Aargh! I really felt like a fool thinking something big was happening there.

But something big was happening indeed. Our PM's wife and the Selangor MB and his wife were there, at Nini's grandparents house. And judging by the quick disappearance of the scores of people soon after the VIPs left the place, I can safely say most of them (except for the Security forces and the reporters) were actually there to have to sneak "direct" view of the PM's wife. As for the Security forces and reporters, I guess they just had to "cover" the VVIP visit. Soon after the VIPs left the house, the crowd of people, the policemen and Rela personnels also disappeared.

I do hope that at least the Policemen and the Rela personnels went somewhere else to look for Nini after that!

Though most of the crowd left the place soon after the departure of the VIPs, there were still well wishers coming by to render their support and to console the "troubled" parents. There were still reporters there, but of course not as many as earlier in the day.

Until late night, the parents were still receiving visits from various quarters, from Gerakan 4B to members of a Motorcycle Rider Club committing their respective assistance.

Caring neighbours volunteered in the upkeeping of the place. Some provided refreshments, some tidying up the place etc etc.

The spirit of neighbourliness shown to Nini's parents was indeed a reassurance that the Malaysian caring society is very much a reality and not a myth.

I managed to meet Nini's parents and told them about the practitioners. They agreed to see them and so I called the Silat Master over.

I thought I had helped them but I'm not really sure whether I have done the correct thing. It never occurred to me what would be their reaction if the readings are negative. Do they have the strength to accept negative readings?

Jazimin was strong and confident when Nurin went missing, partly because he believed his child was safe. I don't think he would be that strong if someone were to tell him that his child was being cruelly abused during the time we were searching for her!

When Jazimin knew that I brought the Silat Master there, I got a scolding! And come to think about it, I think I really deserved it. Jazimin has a point. He said,"What is the point if all you get are vague clues that you can't do anything much with!". "What if the reading suggests that Nini was in the hands of Nurin's abductor cum murderer?". "You will drive the parents crazy!"

Though I'm not suggesting what the Silat Master actually told the parents, but perhaps we can just ponder on the points Jazimin made. Vague clues will indeed drive a person go nuts. Negative readings is as bad either.

I do try to be positive about it and I hope that both the Silat Master and Dr. Sazali whom I believe is already working with the Police could be able to substantially help in tracking Nini through their special and gifted skills.

From what I understand, the remote sensing methodology practiced by Dr. Sazali is not something that you inherit. It is a skill that can be learned. In fact, such skills are actually taught at his Academy called Akademi Simfoni Minda.

While roaming the area looking at the spot where Nini was abducted, I just can't help noticing at this particular tree. The tree had a poster on Missing Nini. Somehow the poster was torn. And I'm pretty sure that it was not due to wind. I wonder what type of a person can do this. Small kids with itchy hands? If indeed it was done by a small kid with itchy hands, perhaps we have to do more to instill civic mindedness in our young.

Jasni AJ

Cops sparing nothing

PETALING JAYA: Police will deploy all methods at its disposal to trace Sharlinie Mohd Nashar and her abductor while the reward for information on her whereabouts has increased to over RM20,000.

Petaling Jaya Police Chief ACP Arjunaidi Mohamad said police would use all the methods available including hypnoteraphy and psychology.

"We welcome cooperation from the public to help find Sharlinie.

Whatever the methods, we have to try them," he said.

Hypnotheraphy was used by police when invesitgating the abductions of Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, 8, and Mohd Nazrin Shamsul, 5, last year.

Mohd Nazrin or Yin was found safe after missing for two weeks while Nurin Jazlin was found murdered a month after her abduction.

Arjunaidi said police believed Sharlinie was being hidden as members of the public had reported sighting her in several districts.

Police have mounted a massive search for Sharlinie, distributing her posters and photofits of the suspect all over the country, including at the border.

He said police did not rule out the possibility that Sharlinie was abducted by the same suspect responsible for abducting and murdering Nurin Jazlin in September last year.

Nurin Jazlin's father Jazimin Abdul Jalil, 35, claimed that the photofit of the suspect was about 70 per cent similar to the suspect wanted for her daughter's murder.

Meanwhile the rewards keep on pouring, including from GMH Property (RM5,000), MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Datuk Michael Chong (RM2,000) and an anonymous businessman (RM5,000).

The rewards offered have increased to more than RM20,000.

- The Daily Express