IPOH, March 13 -- A family here is urgently searching for 62-year-old R. Thinakaran, who went missing on March 11 after leaving home for a physiotherapy appointment.

T. Ashmitha expressed deep concern for her father's safety as he suffers from several medical conditions.

Thinakaran has severe back pain, diabetes, and multifocal motor neuropathy as well as being a bypass patient, she said.

"On Tuesday, around 1.30 pm, he said he was going to drive to his physiotherapy centre. He left the house in a dark blue Honda Accord with the registration plate KDQ 1116.

"We tried contacting him after he left his neck collar at home - he typically wears it to his physiotherapy sessions. Despite several attempts, we couldn't reach him, and we later ...