Disappearance of Sharlinie Mohd Nashar

The disappearance of Sharlinie Mohd Nashar occurred on 9 January 2008, in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. The three-year-old girl went missing after playing at a playground with her eight-year-old sister. Like Tin Song Sheng who went missing in 1996, no evidence of Sharlinie's death was ever found, nor were any kidnapping or murder charges ever filed. Her disappearance occurred not long after the Nurin Jazlin Jazimin case, three months earlier.

Early life Sharlinie, known by her nickname Nini, was born on 30 January 2004 in Petaling Jaya, Selangor to her parents Suraya Ahmad and Mohd Nashar Mat Hussain. She was the youngest of four siblings, and required salbutamol to treat her asthma.

Disappearance On 9 January 2008, Sharlinie and her eight-year-old sister Sharliena went to a playground located just 200 metres from their two-storey terrace house in PJS 2, Taman Datuk Harun, Petaling Jaya. The two of them played together for 30 minutes before the incident at 11:30 a.m. Her younger brother told their mother, Suraya Ahmad, about Sharlinie's disappearance. Her family then filed a police report after spending two hours searching for her at the playground.

Search efforts and investigation The police opened an investigation into Sharlinie's disappearance and began a massive search effort to track her down. The massive searching for her conducted by the police and the public. Thousands of homes in the area were searched by authorities, but Sharlinie was never found. There were allegations that the child was tied up with candy by an unknown woman before being forced into a black car.

Sharlinie's disappearance also received a response from the then-Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He called on the kidnappers to return the girl to her family. In addition, political parties like UMNO, MIC, MCA, PAS, DAP and PKR also assisted in the case. Apart from the party leaders' visit to Sharlinie's parents' house, posters of Sharlinie's disappearance were also distributed to the public.