Dubai: A five-year-old boy who was found wandering at Reef Mall in Deira on September 7 has been taken to the Dubai Foundation for Women and Children (DFWAC), Dubai police had stated.
The boy had been under the care of officers at Al Muraqqabat Police Station for more than a week.
The Dubai Police posted the photo of the boy on their social media platforms, looking for help to try tracing down the boy's parents.
Mohammed Ali Rustom bu Abdullah, Advocate-General and Head of the Juvenile and Family Prosecution, stated that the boy's case file has not been referred to them yet.
He explained that if the five-year-old remains unclaimed, the prosecution issues an approval for the abandoned child to be left in the care of a foundation.