BATU PAHAT: The remand for five individuals involved in the death of a four-year-old boy due to abuse in Senggarang here has been extended for another seven days.
Magistrate Siti Zubaidah Mahat allowed the remand order against all the individuals aged 15 to 37 to be extended until Jan 7 to complete the investigation.
The case was initially investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001, but it was reclassified under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder when he died.
Earlier, the five individuals, including the boy's elder sister, were at the Batu Pahat Magistrate's Court at 8.30am dressed in lock-up attire.
On Tuesday (Dec 27), Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the four-year-old boy was admitted to Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI), Johor Baru on Dec 23 after fainting at a house in Senggarang before he died at 6.45pm on Dec 26.
“The victim was under the care of his 19-year-old sister as their parents are currently in prison serving time for drug offences.
"However, the sister handed the victim to her friends to look after,” he said.
Comm Kamarul Zaman added that police also seized several items including a mobile phone charger, a pillowcase, a bedsheet, an iron bar, a coat hanger, a fan covering and a motorcycle rod.
He said the seized items were allegedly used to abuse the child.
