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Student Fabricates Kidnapping Attempt In Police Report To Avoid Punishment For Coming Home Late

today27 September 2022

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Most of us have stayed out well past our curfew at least once or twice, and even at the semi-ripe ages of adolescence (Ed’s Note: hello Gen Z), we still dread the chiding from the elders that we’re anticipating at home.

But how far would you go to avoid being punished over tardiness?

A Year Four male student was allegedly willing to file a false police report upon ‘experiencing fear’ after nearly being abducted in Taman Angsana, Kulim, Kedah, as per Oh My Media.

Subsequent investigations revealed that the child actually made up the account of the incident documented in the police statement filed on September 17, according to Kedah Police Chief Datuk Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad.

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The student had reported that at around 3.30pm, an unknown man approached him and his 13-year-old brother in a residential street and inquired about where a school was…

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Written by: Lara Lee