KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 1 -- Police in Petaling Jaya have launched an investigation into the disappearance of a University of Malaya (UM) student who has been missing since Tuesday.

Petaling Jaya police chief Asst Comm Shamsudin Mamat said officers were examining all possible leads, including CCTV footage from the 23-year-old's residence.

"A thorough investigation is being carried out," he said in a statement today.

The student, identified as Nawal Shahirah Mohd Jamil, was last seen at a condominium near Jalan Professor Diraja Ungku Aziz in Section 14, Petaling Jaya.

Police said they received a report of her disappearance at 10.34pm on Tuesday.

Shamsudin described Nawal as around 170cm tall, weighing about 65kg, with "fair dark skin", a m...