Bentong police chief Zaiham Kahar said the woman’s 43-year-old husband lodged a report at 7.34pm the same day.

He said the woman, M Rekha, 41, and her children, aged 4 to 19, were last seen at their home in Taman Orkid.

“The man noticed his wife and children were missing from home around 6.30am on Monday. Unable to find them, he filed a police report,” he said in a statement today.

Zaiham urged anyone with information about the six missing people to come forward to the nearest police station or contact the Bentong police headquarters control centre at 09-2231999.