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YIT PIEW HUANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., United States Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 11-2693-ag.
    United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
    April 11, 2012.
    
      Benjamin B. Xue, Law Offices of Benjamin B. Xue, P.C., New York, NY, for Petitioner.
    Kiley L. Kane, Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division (Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, John S. Hogan, Senior Litigation Counsel, on the brief), for Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney General, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
    PRESENT: RALPH K. WINTER, ROBERT A. KATZMANN, RICHARD C. WESLEY, Circuit Judges.
   SUMMARY ORDER

Petitioner Yit Piew Huang, a native and citizen of Malaysia, seeks review of a June 10, 2011 decision of the BIA, affirming the September 2, 2009 decision of Immigration Judge (“IJ”) Philip Verrillo, pretermitting his claim for asylum and denying withholding of removal and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). In re Yit Piew Huang, No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (B.I.A. Jun. 10, 2011), aff'g No. [ AXXX XXX XXX ] (Immig. Ct. N.Y. City Sept. 2, 2009). We assume the parties’ familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history in this case. The applicable standards of review are well-established. 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B); see also Xiu Xia Lin v. Mukasey, 534 F.3d 162, 165-66 (2d Cir.2008) (per curiam).

The agency reasonably found that the harm Huang alleged — being attacked and punched by schoolchildren when he was eight or nine years old and his overnight flight to the jungle — is insufficient to rise to the level of persecution. Ivanishvili v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 433 F.3d 332, 342 (2d Cir.2006) Huang’s alleged harm did not occur while he was detained or his liberty was restricted in any way, did not require medical attention, and did not cause any lasting physical effect. See Jian Qiu Liu v. Holder, 632 F.3d 820, 822 (2d Cir.2011) (per curiam).

As Huang has failed to demonstrate past persecution or allege any additional basis for a well-founded fear of persecution, the agency did not err in finding he had not demonstrated an objective likelihood of future persecution, particularly given the ability of Huang and his family to remain in Malaysia for roughly thirty years without harm. Jian Xing Huang v. INS, 421 F.3d 125, 129 (2d Cir.2005) (per curiam) (a fear is not objectively reasonable if it lacks “solid support” in the record and is merely “speculative at best”); see also Melgar de Torres v. Reno, 191 F.3d 307, 313 (2d Cir.1999). Finally, because Huang was unable to show the objective likelihood of future persecution needed to make out a withholding of removal claim, he is necessarily unable to meet the higher standard to succeed on a claim for CAT relief. Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.2006); Xue Hong Yang v. U.S. Dep’t of Justice, 426 F.3d 520, 523 (2d Cir.2005).

For the foregoing reasons, the petition for review is DENIED. As we have completed our review, any stay of removal that the Court previously granted in this petition is VACATED, and any pending motion for a stay of removal in this petition is DISMISSED as moot. Any pending request for oral argument in this petition is DENIED in accordance with Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 34(a)(2), and Second Circuit Local Rule 34.1(b).