Police have yet to find missing three-year-old child in Kota Kinabalu

Police have yet to receive any lead on the disappearance of a three-year-old child who was abducted in a Hilux-Vigo vehicle left by his father at a petrol station in Kampung Air, here early Friday morning.

Kota Kinabalu police chief, ACP Jauteh Dikun said a search operation for the victim, Low Min You, was being carried out including intensifying the search throughout the state and setting up road blocks on several streets in the city centre.

"Police have no new developments on the case. We have not found any trace of the victim as of this afternoon," he said when contacted by Bernama, here on Saturday.

He said police had taken statements from several members of the family to assist in the investigation into the case.

He said members of the public with information on the case could contact telephone numbers 088-529270, 088-529207 or call the investigation officer at telephone number 016-3572935.

In the incident at about 6am, the victim who was wearing a white t-shirt and short pants was believed to be asleep in the four-wheel-drive vehicle before police found the vehicle at the Clock Tower, Bukit Bendera at about 9.30am on Friday.