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A teenager from Bangladesh was accidentally locked in a container and shipped to Malaysia.
Fifteen-year-old Fahim, identified only by his first name, was discovered in a shipping container in West Port, Malaysia, after the ship he was on journeyed six days from Chittagong, Bangladesh, according to Malaysian National News Agency Bernama.
“The boy was just believed to have entered the container, fell asleep, and found himself here,” Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said, according to the news agency.
“He was the only one found in the container. A police report was lodged as he was having a fever.”

15 year old boy from Bangladesh was apparently playing hide and seek with his friends, he decided to hide in a shipping container, he fell asleep and was found 6 days later in Malaysia. pic.twitter.com/dVJSuEWNDn
— Mike Rotchburns (@M_Rotchburns) January 28, 2023

The Times of India reported that Fahim was playing hide-and-seek, hid in the container, and got locked inside.
On Reddit, a viral video showed the child being discovered in the container, disoriented and confused after days without food or water. The video showed authorities taking him away on a stretcher.
Ismail added that Fahim received a medical exam and that “the authorities are in the process of repatriating him through the legal channel.”
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Officials initially feared it may have been a case of human trafficking, according to multiple reports.
“The relevant authorities have investigated the case and their investigations found no elements of human trafficking,” Ismail said, according to Bernama.
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The 15-year-old, identified only as Fahim, reportedly got locked inside the shipping container while playing hide-and-seek in Chittagong
He was discovered six days later in Malaysia’s West Port, disoriented and confused after days without food or water


The 15-year-old reportedly got locked inside the container while playing hide-and-seek in the port of Chittagong. He was discovered six days later in Malaysia’s West Port.


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