However, the name was soon changed to Nationwide Urgent Response (NUR).

An activist is now asking the government to revert to using the original name.

Ananti Rajasingam, the CEO of Yayasan Chow Kit, a centre for at-risk children and teenagers, said she felt Nurin deserved the honour.

In a recent interview with FMT, Nurin’s father, Jazimin Abdul Jalil, said he disagreed with the name change and appealed for the hotline’s original name to be reinstated so that people would remember what happened to his daughter.

Ananti said she understood Jazimin’s feelings. “I feel changing the line from Talian NUR to Nurin can make a difference. It will remind us all that Nurin mattered and still matters.”

Hannah Yeoh, who was deputy minister of women, family and community development when Pakatan Harapan was in power, said the significance of a name in cases similar to Nurin’s could raise awareness.

“The name speaks for itself,” she said. “It may not be a bad idea because many people remember Nurin as the missing child.”

Nurin was abducted just outside the family’s rented apartment in Wangsa Maju in August 2007. Her remains were found 28 days later stuffed inside a gym bag in front of a shop in Petaling Jaya, more than 20km away. She had been raped and killed.

The culprits have not been found.