KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 6 -- A Malaysian mother is imploring Malaysian authorities to find her three-year-old daughter who went missing months ago after being allegedly taken away by her biological father in violation of an existing court order.

V. Thevitthra claimed her daughter was "taken" by the child's father, R. Kannan, during a supervised visit last September amid an ongoing application for custody of the child that was still being heard at the High Court at that time.

Based on court documents sighted by Malay Mail, Thevitthra eventually succeeded in obtaining a mandatory injunction granting her full custody of the child from the Shah Alam High Court on November 21, 2023.

In the mandatory injunction, High Court judge Datuk Julie Lack ...