Missing boy did not enter electrical shop, says salesman

The Star

By LOH FOON FONG and JASON YU

foonfong@thestar.com.my

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SUBANG JAYA: Recordings from a closed circuit television belonging to an electrical shop showed that William Yau Zhen Zhong did not enter the outlet where his mother was looking at washing machines.

Onking Chain Store (M) Sdn Bhd salesman Kelvin Beah said the mother Goh Ying Ying, 26, had come to the shop in Putra Heights on Wednesday and then left about 10 minutes later.

“She returned shortly after, crying and asking me whether I had seen her son. I said I had not,” he said, adding that he then helped her to scour the area for the boy.

“I was on a motorcycle with another supervisor and we searched the entire area for William but he was nowhere to be found,” he said.

Beah said that from their CCTV recording, there was no sign of William entering the store, which was only a few metres away from the parked car.

Separately, Goh and her husband Yau Kok Kang, 32, have not been to their motorcycle shop since their son's disappearence as they continued their daily search for him.

The mechanic who works at Yau's shop Lim Say Kim, 26, said he had been looking after the shop since.

“I am sad to hear of the incident because William is like a son to me. I see him every day in the shop.”

Asked if they had been harassed by anyone before the incident, Lim said “no”.

Goh said that besides searching for William, she and Yau had been visiting temples to pray for the safe return of their son.

Police scrutinising footage in hopes of finding clues to William’s disappearance

Reports by STEVEN DANIEL and EILEEN NG

SUBANG JAYA: Police are poring over CCTV footage recorded from several locations in and around the area where six-year-old William Yau Zhen Zhong went missing.

Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Ramli said so far, there had been no CCTV footage of William although they had collected a recording from a restaurant near the electrical store where the boy was last seen.

“In that footage, the boy is not seen. But we will be taking a closer look at the footage in the hopes of finding an image of a small boy in a car or whatever, which can give us a lead to work on.

“Similarly, we will examine CCTV footage obtained from toll booths after 8.30pm on the day of his disappearance,” he said.

Admitting that this was a time-consuming process, ACP Yahaya said the police were however committed to this task as every minute counted in the search for William.

On Wednesday, William who is 110cm tall with an old scar mark on his right elbow was reported missing in Jalan Putra Mahkota, Putra Heights, near here after he came out of his family car to look for his parents.

Those with information on the missing boy can contact Sjn Goh Lai Than at 03-5631 9800 or 012-2197133 or William's father, Yau Kok Kang at 016-969 1616.

Don’t judge William’s parents, say cops

SUBANG JAYA: Police are urging the public not to be harsh on the parents of six-year-old William Yau Zhen Zhong, urging them not to judge them but to instead focus their full attention on finding the boy.

Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Ramli said police had recorded eight statements from various people including his parents, Yau Kok Kang, 32, and Goh Ying Ying, 26, neighbours, the couple's seven-year-old son and workers at the electrical store where he is believed to have been last seen.

“We strongly believe William is from a loving home, has good parents and rule out any possibility that the boy had been mistreated in any way,” he said.

“Our investigations revealed that he is a quiet and well-behaved boy while his elder brother is the exact opposite of him but there is no indication to suggest he was mistreated.

“Meanwhile, the scar he has on the left side of his forehead was from a fall he suffered a long time ago, not from any sort of physical abuse. In fact, I'm told the scar is barely visible now.

He also warned the public to stop misusing the contact numbers of William's parents as they could face criminal charges if they do.

ACP Yahaya Ramli said some of the calls made to William's parents were “insensitive and some, downright disgusting.”

This included a phone call demanding RM80,000 for William's release in two days' time.

The family has lodged a police report.

“I urge the public to please consider the heartache and torment the family is going through and to be considerate.

“If you see anyone who looks like William, please do not hesitate to call the numbers listed but do not misuse them,” he said.

ACP Yahaya Ramli warned that as part of the police task force set up to find William, the family must inform them of every SMS and call they receive and they would investigate any threatening or prank calls.

He added that police were also looking into a lead from a caller, who claimed to have seen a boy matching William's descriptions, wearing a yellow T-shirt and walking with two men at a mall a few days ago.

MCA service team hits the streets to help find boy

Getting the word ouf: Ng taking a picture of the poster of missing boy William as Chew holds it up.

PETALING JAYA: The 1Malaysia Petaling Jaya Service Team, launched last year by a group of MCA members, went down to the ground to distribute A4-sized posters of six-year-old William Yau Zhen Zhong, who has gone missing for almost a week.

Student Michelle Ng, who saw the group distributing the flyers on the child at the SS2 commercial area here, quickly whipped out her iPhone and took photographs of the poster.

She said she would pass it on to her family and friends via her Facebook and Twitter accounts as well as on her WhatsApp instant messaging application.

“I hope he is found safe and well soon,” said the 20-year-old, who felt sad the boy has been without his family for six days.

Students A. Joycee and K. Lilavathy expressed their worry over the boy's wellbeing, while postman Mohd Sanusi Mustapha said he would keep a lookout for William.

“I saw the news on TV. I cannot imagine the heartache and worry his parents are going through right now,” he said.

Fast food delivery rider Ridzuan Bohari, who has three young siblings, aged eight to 12, said he could relate to the distress of the missing boy's parents.

“I worry about my siblings' safety all the time. I hope William's parents will get good news soon,” he said.

The 1Malaysia PJ service team kicked off its search for William by handing out 500 posters of the missing boy, with his personal details, to shopkeepers, commercial outlet owners, the police and the public in the SS2 area.

Team member Chew Hoong Ling said they would continue their effort until William is found.

“We do a lot of social services and we will distribute more posters in the next few days,” she said.

Petaling Jaya Utara MCA division deputy chief Datuk C.K. Lim hoped William would return in time to celebrate the Chinese New Year with his parents.

“To those who may be detaining William, please release him. His parents are worried sick,” he pleaded.