Taipei City Police Department

Recently, the Anhe Road Police Station, Daan Precinct, Taipei City Police Department, received a 110 call reporting that a lost child needed police help. Sergeant Hsu Yung-Tung and Officers Hsu Chia-Wei and Lin Wei-Chin immediately went to assist. Upon arrival, officers noted the child appeared to be a foreign national and could only speak English. Looking scared and confused, the boy could not give any contact information for his family. Due to the cold weather and concern for his safety, the officers took the child back to the police station for temporary shelter.

After returning to the station, officers immediately reviewed the nearby surveillance footage to understand what had happened. The footage showed the boy had initially been with his mother shopping at Carrefour but had slipped away unnoticed while his mother was distracted, which led to him becoming lost. 

Just as the police were getting ready to look for the mother, they received a timely phone call from a woman reporting her child missing. The officers compared the information provided by the caller with the details of the foreign child at the station, confirming a precise match. After verifying the identities, the police successfully helped the foreign mother and son reunite. 

Seeing her son safe, the child's mother was so emotional that she cried with happiness. She expressed deep appreciation and admiration for the Taiwanese police's kind assistance and quick, active search efforts.

The Daan Precinct takes this opportunity to remind the public: if you have young children, you must never leave them alone at home. When you go out, pay extra attention to where your children are so they don't get lost. If a child does get lost, please call the 110 emergency hotline right away, or report the situation at the nearest police station to help officers find the family more easily and quickly for a safe reunion.