KUALA LUMPUR: Police have discovered wounds on the bodies of the four tahfiz students who were found after going missing for two days.
Kuala Lumpur police chief Comm Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa said the boys, aged 13 and 14, were discovered in Bangi and taken to a hospital for checkups after it was suspected that they had been abused and sexually assaulted.
“There were signs of swelling and other wounds, believed to have occurred when they were at the tahfiz.
“We are still investigating the matter.”
The boys, he said, claimed that they had been abused and sexually assaulted.
“They also claimed to have run away from the school as they could not stand the conditions there any longer.
“They had been there less than a year,” he said.
“However, we are investigating these allegations,” he told reporters after the Royal Malaysia Police National Sports Day held at the KL police headquarters yesterday.
Comm Rusdi said the students were sent to hospital with the consent of their parents and in accordance with procedures.
Two investigation papers have been opened under Section 31 1(a) of the Child Act and Section 14b of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act, he said.
Comm Rusdi said the police are not ruling out the possibility that the boys were also bullied following the statements that they gave.
“We have already recorded the statement of the school representative,” he said.
The four tahfiz students who were reported missing on Tuesday were found on Thursday night.
Wangsa Maju OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Lazim Ismail had said that the students were spotted by a passerby.
“They were walking around Kampung Bangi in Kajang.
“A member of the public found them and handed them over to the Bangi police station,” he said.
