SEREMBAN: A 38-year-old housewife is being probed for allegedly lodging a false report claiming that two men in police uniforms kidnapped her two-year-old son and demanded money for his release.
Seremban OCPD Asst Comm Arifai Tarawe said investigations carried out by the police and CCTV checks showed that the incident never took place.
"We had received a report from the woman on Oct 15 claiming that she had received a call from a courier company and that two men arrived at her house a short while later and kidnapped her son.
"She had also claimed that the two men had demanded that she pawn her jewellery at an outlet in Senawang and give them the cash. A police probe revealed there was no truth to her claim that the two men had come to her house and kidnapped her son," he said in a statement.
ACP Arifai said police were still probing the housewife's motive for doing so.
He said police investigations have, however, revealed that a woman believed to be a scammer had called the housewife and asked her to pawn her jewellery and to bank the cash into an account.
"The housewife immediately called her husband and was told to ignore the demands of the caller.
"We are now probing the housewife for lodging a false report under Section 185 of the Penal Code," he said, adding that the case was initially probed under section 385 of the Penal Code for extortion.
Those found guilty of lodging a false police report can be jailed up to six months or fined up to RM2,000 or both upon conviction.
He urged those with information on the case to contact investigating officer Insp Muhammad Faizal Mohd Zaini at 013-361 3854 or the district police station 06-603 3222.
Earlier, a report lodged by the housewife in which she also claimed that the two men had pointed their guns at her two-year-old son before kidnapping him had gone viral.
