Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Media Frenzy.... Child kidnabbed again!!

Have you seen her?

If you live in Malaysia and have read the papers or watch news on a daily basis the picture above would not be something new to you. Thats right! the child in the poster is Sharlinie who was recently kidnabbed from a playground 200m away from her home. Its been more than 2 weeks now and still no word about her whereabouts. Somehow i think the massive media attention on this case as well as how the search is conducted may infact put her life in danger. With pictures of her posted every where, flyers being passed about and pictures of her flashing across the T.V screens... Whole Malaysia is looking for her.

Now put yourself in the kidnapper(s) shoes, imagine a whole country is looking for the child in your custody... wouldnt you be pressured and scared? furthermore there is a RM 100,000 prize reward given to anyone who has any leads to her whereabouts. The only way to get away scott free is to dispose off whatever that you have in custody which in this case is the child! what if the child has a good memory and can give the police a photofit of what you look like? the child might get killed because dead man tell no tales.... This is what i believe happened to Nur Jazlin the child who was found dead in a sport bag with signs of sexual abuse a few months back... that came under media spotlight in a case very similar to what is happening now.

I dont know a better way to do look for her but the media frenzy must stop! a childs life is at stake! moreover the media should focus on educating the public to keep a keen eye on their kids! How can those who negelect their children call themselves parents.... when even animals keep their young by their side at all times until they are able to fend for themselves.

1 comment:

Watomato said...

and life goes on... sad... but true...