PUBLISHED : 12 Jan 2024 at 04:00
Close to 300 children were reported missing last year, a 17% increase on the previous year and the highest number recorded in the past five years, according to the Mirror Foundation, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to helping find missing people.
Ekaluk Loomchomkae, head of the foundation’s missing persons information centre, said that 296 children were reported missing and that up to 58%, or 172, ran away from home due to various factors, including rows over game addiction and other family problems.
Another 19% of cases were associated with intellectual disabilities, while five children were abducted by sexual predators, said Mr Ekaluk.
Children aged between 11 to 15 years old proved to be…
