Kangar: Police arrested the mother and stepfather of a six-year-old boy in Kampung Dato Ahmad Musa, Simpang Empat near here yesterday on suspicion of having abused the child. Kangar police chief ACP Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said the 37-year-old man and 27-year-old woman were arrested at about 11 pm and have been remanded for four days from today to assist in the investigation.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, the boy told his grandfather, who lodged a police report on Sunday (June 22), that he was pinched on the right thigh, slapped on the head, hit with a stone on the left side of his chest, pricked with a needle on his left arm and choked by his mother and stepfather. An examination at Tuanku Fauziah Hospital by the doctor on duty found no bruises or swelling on any part of the victim’s body except for a mark consistent with a needle prick or small sharp object on his left arm. The victim is being treated at the HTF ward.

Yusharifuddin added that the boy also informed his grandfather on Friday (June 20) at about 9 pm that he was beaten and abused by his mother and stepfather when he was at his mother’s house in Simpang Empat. The case is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.