KUANTAN: Four teenagers, including three siblings, who allegedly ran away from a hostel for the poor and orphans in Kempadang here on Sunday (June 19) night, were found safe in a house belonging to an uncle of one of the teenagers.

       Kuantan OCPD Asst Comm Wan Mohd Zahari Wan Busu said the boys, aged between 13 and 15 years old, were found by a police team who searched around the lorry attendant’s house at 10pm Monday (June 20) night.

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       "The 35-year-old man informed (the police) that all the teenagers were at his house and safe. The uncle’s house was located about 1km from the hostel,” he said in a statement Tuesday (June 21).

       It was reported on Monday that the teenagers made an exit through the back door of the hostel at about 12.30am after they were prohibited by the hostel warden from using their mobile phones.

       The warden then lodged a police report when the boys could not be located. - Bernama