Eighty-year-old taxi driver goes missing in Kajang

The Star, Tuesday January 20, 2015

 by nicholas cheng

KUALA LUMPUR: An 80-year-old taxi driver, who has 20 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, has gone missing in Kajang together with his vehicle.

The family of Mariappan Vadivelu are now appealing to Malaysians to help locate their patriarch after he went missing in Kajang, Sunday morning.

Mariappan, a retired army technician, reportedly left his home in Bandar Baru Bangi at about 9am on Jan 18 in his taxi (bearing plate number BJH 9244) and headed towards Kajang town to do his rounds.

"He would come home by 5pm every day. However, he didn't come back on Sunday and my brother, who is also a taxi driver, checked at stands around Kajang but no one had seen him," said his son M. Paramesvaran.

He said the family was worried as Mariappan, though healthy, was in his later years and had no means of communicating with his family as he did not own a mobile phone.

The taxi Mariappan was driving, bearing the number plate BJH 9244.

"He has been a taxi driver for about 10 years. We tell him he doesn't need to do it and that we can take care of him, but I think he just wants to keep active.

"We have checked all the hospitals in the area and he hasn't been admitted. We are worried and we don't know what could have happened to him," he said.

The family has lodged reports at the Bandar Baru Bangi and Kajang police stations. 

  

Those who have seen, or have information on Mariappan's whereabouts can contact Param (013-3226369), Mani (012-6071720) or Jeya (013-6086076).

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The Star, Saturday June 23, 2012

Elderly woman missing after leaving house

KAJANG: An 83-year-old woman who was last seen leaving her house in Batu 9, Cheras on Monday has gone missing, her family said.

Lam Ah Lan had reportedly left the family home in Taman Megah at around 7am on that day.

Her daughter, Christine Liew, 44, said: “I heard my mother getting up and doing some chores.

“I did not think much of it at the time as my mother likes to keep herself occupied.”

The last she heard of her mother was when Lam opened the front gate of the house, said Liew yesterday.

The family lodged a police report on Tuesday after they searched for her in vain in the neighbourhood and nearby areas.

Kajang OCPD Ass Comm Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab said the matter was being investigated as a missing person's case.

Those with information on Lam's whereabouts can call 016-3986 268 (Christine) or 012-3155 442 (Annie) or contact the nearest police station.