Kuala lumpur: Police today have confirmed receiving a report on the disappearance of a family of three, including a nine-year-old boy, after the case went viral on social media.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Kubang Pasu police chief Supt Mohd Radzi Abdul Rahim stated that the report was lodged yesterday at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Police Station by the woman's father. He expressed concern for the family's safety after being unable to contact them since July 20.

The missing family members are Siti Zulaikha Ahmad Sabri, 36, her husband Khairul Azhar Ahmad, 39, and their son Adid Khairul Azhar, 9. "A review of closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage at their residence showed them returning home in a car at 1.12 am yesterday, before leaving again in the same vehicle at 2.20 am," Mohd Radzi said in a statement today.

Mohd Radzi revealed that the complainant last communicated with the family on July 20. Upon contacting his grandson's schoolteacher, he discovered that the boy had been absent from school. Earlier, family members took to social media, sharing posts and appealing to the public for any information regarding the whereabouts of the missing three.