Missing boy found safe in Melbourne CBD after running away

An eleven-year-old boy has been found safe after fleeing from his home and triggering a desperate 12-hour search across Melbourne.

Andrew Ong was located safe and well by police at Melbourne Central about 7.30pm.

The schoolboy went missing from his family home in Camberwell about 8.30am.

“I was having breakfast with him this morning and I went upstairs to the bathroom and when I came back down he was gone,” his mother, Cindy Ong, said during a press conference this afternoon.

She said her son had run away after making a mistake doing tuck shop duty at his primary school.

“He left a note at lying on the table about why he (ran away) and how he feels sad about what happened,” a teary Mrs Ong said.

CCTV captured Andrew boarding a train at Willison Station, where he used his Myki to travel into the CBD.

Victoria Police thanked the public for their assistance.