Kuala lumpur: A foreign man and woman have been remanded for seven days to assist investigations into the death of a five-year-old boy in Gelugor on Thursday. Timur Laut Police chief ACP Abdul Rozak Muhammad stated that the foreigners, who are in their 30s and were neighbors of the child, were detained on Friday.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, police have now detained four individuals to assist investigations, including the boy's mother, an Indonesian national, and her Bangladeshi boyfriend. ACP Abdul Rozak Muhammad said that the post-mortem found the boy died from head and body injuries caused by blunt force impact. The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code, and police are also recording statements from several other individuals to complete the investigation.

A remand order for the boy's mother, 30, and her 34-year-old boyfriend was issued by Magistrate Nadratun Naim Mohd Saidi until July 30 to enable investigations under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001. The incident surfaced after the unemployed Bangladeshi man took the boy to a nearby clinic after finding him vomiting at their rented apartment in Gelugor at about 10 am on Thursday.

The boy was reported to be unconscious at the clinic and was subsequently transferred to Penang Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Hospital staff lodged a police report after discovering bruises on several parts of his body. The child was believed to be the son of the Indonesian woman, who works at a restaurant, from her marriage to a Rohingya man who died last year.