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Published: Sunday September 30, 2012
Mother appeals to daughter to return after going missing for second time

KUALA TERENGGANU: A distraught mother in Chendering here appealed to her 17-year-old daughter who has gone missing for the second time this year to return home.

Zakiah Abdul Majid, 49, said her daughter, Noor Farah Hieza Mokhtar first went missing in May.

She has then gone missing again since Aug 20 and had left the house dressed in a t-shirt and pants about 2pm.

The girl was found in Johor Baru, 17 days after she disappeared the first time, she added.

"I believe she left with only her identity card as her purse and mobile phone are here," said Zakiah, here Sunday.

"We don't know if she has a boyfriend as she spent most of her time with us since dropping out of school after Form Three and helped with our small business," she said.

Meanwhile, the girl's father Mokhtar Harun, appealed to anyone with information on his daughter's whereabouts to contact him at 014-8324040. - Bernama

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/9/30/nation/20120930185852&sec=nation

Summary
After 17-year-old Noor Farah Hieza Mokhtar went missing for the second time this year, her mother, Zakiah Abdul Majid, 49, appealed for her to return home. The girl was believed to have ran away with her identity card. The girl's father Mokhtar Harun, appealed the public to contact him on his daughter's whereabouts.

Opinion
I think it is very important for parents to talk to their children and pay attention to them. No matter what it is, parents and their children should be able to talk it out. This practice, of course, must be practiced since the children are young. That would make everything easier. When the parents know what is going on in their children's life, it would be easier to monitor them.