The 32-year-old came to Malaysia alone on Nov 15 and rented a unit at the Mercu Summer Suites along Jalan Sultan Ismail here.

He was last seen on Dec 28, a day before his tenancy was to expire.

“He was supposed to check out from the unit on Dec 29, but did not do so. His personal belongings are still there. Police are intensifying the search for him,” he told a press conference here today.

He said checks showed his passport has not been used to exit the country.

Anyone with information on him is urged to contact the Dang Wangi police headquarters at 03-26002222 or its control centre hotline at 03-26977099 or the nearest police station.

The international media has reported his disappearance after his family lost contact with him.

On an unrelated case, Mazlan said that police busted the “Geng Along Besi” that was stealing steel drain covers around Putrajaya.

They arrested two men, aged 32 and 37, in raids in Taman Bukit Mewah Ampang and Taman Prima Kajang last week.

Police recovered 332 missing drain covers worth RM29,880 in the raids, he added.