The 15-year-old boy sneaks into a container while playing hide-and-seek and is found six days later in another country

A 15-year-old boy was found exhausted but safe after falling asleep in a shipping container and waking up six days later 2,000 miles from where he started.

The young man got stuck in the container on January 11 while playing hide and seek with friends in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

After falling asleep, he was locked in the container and the next day sailed across the Indian Ocean on the container ship Integra.

Almost a week later, on January 17, he was found by Malaysian dock workers and police in Port Klang, exhausted, dehydrated and crying for food.

The boy, identified only as Fahim, was found with a fever and taken to the nearby Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital for treatment, where his condition has since been described as stable.

Fahim was spotted after an employee heard a knock on one of the containers.

The marine police, the local immigration service and the health department came to investigate.

Fahim was filmed climbing out of the coffin surrounded by staff and local authorities.

In the video, he is clearly dehydrated and confused and cannot speak the local language.

He speaks to appear to the locals before being placed on a stretcher, scratched and covered with a blanket.

Fahim is then taken to the hospital, where he remains for the time being.

Police in Port Klang, Malaysia, released the boy after a worker heard a knock while examining the container on January 17.

Video footage of the moment the boy, named Fahim, was released shows him squinting in the sunlight, looking exhausted and unsure.

Authorities initially feared Fahim was a victim of human trafficking, but soon managed to communicate with the boy, who was recovering.

Deputy Police Commissioner Cha Hoong Fong said: “There was no malicious intent in the incident.”

Interior Minister Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail told local media: “When the ship arrived at the western port and the container was unloaded, the authorities found the boy inside.

“He is the only one found in the container. A report was made to the police and the boy, who had a fever, was taken for a medical examination.

“We are bringing him back now.

“We are not linking this to human trafficking as initial investigations revealed that he entered the container, fell asleep and was transported to Malaysia.”

Police added that Fahim’s case was referred to immigration services so that he could be sent home on the same ship.