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Boy, 15, falls asleep in container and wakes up 2,000 miles from home
来源：shippingazette 编辑：编辑部 发布：2023/01/31 14:59:16
A BOY aged 15 was found exhausted but safe after falling asleep in a shipping container and waking up six days later 2,000 miles from where he started.
The young man, identified only as Fahim, found himself stuck in the container during a game of hide and seek with friends in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on January 11. After falling asleep, he was locked in the container and sailed with the Integra container ship across the Indian Ocean the next day.
He was found by Malaysian port staff and police in Port Klang nearly a week later, on January 17, exhausted, dehydrated and crying for food, according to UK's Mail Online.
The boy was found with a fever and taken to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital nearby for treatment, where his condition has since been described as stable.
Fahim was discovered after a member of staff heard knocking on one of the containers. The Marine Police Force, local immigration department and health department came to investigate.
Authorities at first feared Fahim was the victim of human trafficking, but soon managed to communicate with the boy, who is making a recovery.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Cha Hoong Fong said: "There was no foul play in the incident."
Minister of Home Affairs Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail told local media: "When the vessel arrived at West Port and the container was unloaded, authorities found the boy inside. He is the only one found inside the container. A police report has been lodged and the boy, who has a fever, was taken for a medical examination.
"We are now in the process of repatriating him. We are not linking this to human trafficking because the initial investigation found that he entered the container, fell asleep, and (was transported to) Malaysia."
Police added that Fahim's case had been passed on to immigration officials so he could be sent back home on the same vessel.
The young man, identified only as Fahim, found himself stuck in the container during a game of hide and seek with friends in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on January 11. After falling asleep, he was locked in the container and sailed with the Integra container ship across the Indian Ocean the next day.
He was found by Malaysian port staff and police in Port Klang nearly a week later, on January 17, exhausted, dehydrated and crying for food, according to UK's Mail Online.
The boy was found with a fever and taken to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital nearby for treatment, where his condition has since been described as stable.
Fahim was discovered after a member of staff heard knocking on one of the containers. The Marine Police Force, local immigration department and health department came to investigate.
Authorities at first feared Fahim was the victim of human trafficking, but soon managed to communicate with the boy, who is making a recovery.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Cha Hoong Fong said: "There was no foul play in the incident."
Minister of Home Affairs Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail told local media: "When the vessel arrived at West Port and the container was unloaded, authorities found the boy inside. He is the only one found inside the container. A police report has been lodged and the boy, who has a fever, was taken for a medical examination.
"We are now in the process of repatriating him. We are not linking this to human trafficking because the initial investigation found that he entered the container, fell asleep, and (was transported to) Malaysia."
Police added that Fahim's case had been passed on to immigration officials so he could be sent back home on the same vessel.