It's murder: Kuching cops reclassify case of missing four-year-old


KUCHING: Police here have classified the case of missing four-year-old boy Eric Chang Wei Jie as murder.

District police chief Asst Comm Ahsmon Bajah said the case was now being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder while it had earlier been investigated under Section 31 (1)(a) of the Child Act 2001 for neglect or abandonment.

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