JOHOR BARU: The death of the four-year-old alleged child abuse victim in Batu Pahat was caused by a blow to head with a hard object, a post-mortem has found
Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said a post-mortem examination on the boy by Hospital Sultan Ismail specialists found that he was killed by blunt force trauma to the head.
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"There were also scratches and bite marks on the child's body.
“The investigation will continue while we await the full post-mortem report," he said after the closing ceremony of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia's (UTHM) Police Undergraduate Voluntary Corps (Suksis) programme at state police headquarters here on Thursday (Dec 29).
On Tuesday (Dec 27), it was reported that a four-year-old boy in Batu Pahat died from alleged physical abuse while in the care of his guardian and older sister.
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Police learned of the matter when a 23-year-old man lodged a report at around 6.45pm on Friday (Dec 23) that the child had fainted.
Following the report, police arrested five people, including the victim’s 19-year-old sister and her 37-year-old husband.
The boy, who was hospitalised on Friday, died at around 6.40pm on Monday (Dec 26) at the Hospital Sultan Ismail intensive care unit.
