Kuala lumpur: Police are seeking the public's assistance to locate a 12-year-old girl who was reported missing after she was sent to school in Likas yesterday. District police headquarters, in a statement today, said the missing student had been identified as Gwynne Mia Erbin, who is of Lundayeh ethnicity.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, she was last seen at 5.55 am after being dropped off in front of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Lok Yuk, but was found not to have attended classes and has not been located since. Gwynne was reported to be wearing a blue pinafore school uniform, white shoes, and carrying a white floral-patterned bag. She is of medium build, with a fair complexion, stands about 155 centimetres tall, and has short black hair and brown eyes.

The girl's family has made various efforts to locate her, including sharing information through WhatsApp groups and with the local community, but she has yet to be found. Those with any information on her whereabouts are urged to contact the Kota Kinabalu police operations room at 088-529222 or investigating officer Insp Kamarul Rashdan Suffian Long at 014-8458490.