Police to collaborate with Facebook to spread info about missing children

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Facebook will issue alert on their newsfeed to inform its users about a missing child.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police will collaborate with Facebook to spread information about missing children in the country among its users.

Bukit Aman CID Sexual, Women and Children Investigation Division principal assistant director ACP Ong Chin Lan said it was part of the measures to locate the missing children.

“This social networking site will issue alerts on their newsfeed to inform its users about a missing child.

“This matter has been approved by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar and will be launch in September.

“With this collaboration, Facebook becomes our 36th members for the National Urgent Response Alert (NUR Alert) system,” she told a press conference here today. – Bernama