A 17-year-old British student mysteriously vanished a month ago after secretly boarding a one-way flight to Malaysia.
David Balisong was last seen at Manchester Airport at 6:30 AM on June 6, according to the Manchester Evening News.
His family discovered he had taken his passport
According to the Daily Mail, David has switched off his phone and stopped responding to emails since.
David told his brother he was heading out early for school on the day of his disappearance. He was in the middle of his A-level exams when he left home and flew alone to Kuala Lumpur without informing anyone.
When he left the United Kingdom (UK) a month ago, he had just £1,200 in his bank account. Although born in the UK to Filipino parents, he has no known ties to Malaysia.
His family raised the alarm when he didn’t return home from college on the evening of Friday (June 6), and they later discovered he had taken his passport.
The police later confirmed that he had boarded a flight alone from Manchester Airport and had been granted a 90-day visa upon arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
“The emotion feels like a tsunami”
Meanwhile, his 50-year-old mother, Minerva, is clinging to hope that David is still alive and has pleaded with him to reach out to her.
She shared that David had been on study leave for his ongoing A-level exams and had continued leaving the house as usual to attend school. On the day he disappeared, he left a bit earlier than usual, believed to be on his way to catch a 9:30 AM flight.
“We never saw this coming. We just woke up, and the next thing we knew, our son was gone. We just want him to get in touch. We’re not angry, we love him and care about him more than he knows. We won’t force him to come back to the UK if he doesn’t want to, but we need to know that he’s safe.”
Stay tuned for more updates!
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