This can happen in Malaysia? This gruesome find negates the sacred notion that ours is a caring nation. What was the community doing? Where were the neighbours?
30th April 2009
Dad accused of murder may have molested daughters (Update) By TAN SIN CHOW
GEORGE TOWN: A man accused of killing his disabled daughter and burying her in a field may be a bigger fiend that earlier thought — he is also suspected of sexually abusing his three other daughters.
Police first arrested the 41-year-old odd job worker on Tuesday on suspicion of outraging the modesty of the girls after one of the victims, a 12-year-old, told church members what the father had done to them in their home in Air Itam, said sources.
One of the three victims later revealed how the father also abused her disabled sister, killed and buried her in 2006, said the sources.
Police then went to the shallow grave in Jalan Kampung Pisang here and dug out the skeletal remains of the seven year-old girl on Wednesday. The remains were identified as those of Priya.
Initial investigations revealed that the suspect could have accidentally beaten his daughter to death with a stick, state CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said told reporters Thursday.
“One of his sons, now 16, had followed the suspect and witnessed his sister’s burial. It was he who led us to the grave,” he said.
Police also found the dead girl’s hands and legs tied with raffia string when they examined the skeletal remains.
SAC II Wan Abdullah said they believe the girl could have been repeatedly struck on the head with a stick as there were crack marks on her skull.
The case has been classified as murder.
Police also found out the suspect has two wives and 14 children, including the murdered girl. The wives, aged 31 and 37, were arrested outside a restaurant in Jalan Air Itam yesterday. They are believed to be sisters.
Priya was the sixth child of the older woman.
State forensics pathologist Datuk Dr Bhupinder Singh said he expected the post-mortem result to be ready by next Monday.
Thursday April 30 2009
Girl, 7, believed murdered by dad and buried in secret
By TAN SIN CHOW
GEORGE TOWN: The skeletal remains of a seven-year-old disabled girl, who died after being allegedly beaten by her father in 2006, were exhumed from a shallow grave in Jalan Kampung Pisang, Air Itam, here.
Police carried out the exhumation following a report by a close relative accusing the father of filicide. The man was arrested on Tuesday night.
One of the man’s three sons led police to the gruesome discovery in an open field at 1pm yesterday. The three brothers were at the scene when police exhumed the girl’s remains.
Brutal end: Forensic police collecting what’s believed to be Priya’s skull from a shallow grave in Air Itam.
State CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said said police were assisted by forensic pathologist Datuk Dr Bhupinder Singh.
“Our investigations found that the girl, identified as Priya, could have been beaten to death with a stick at a house in Bandar Baru Air Itam in March 2006.
Her three brothers were at the scene after one of them led police to the site.
“She was then taken to the site and buried. We have classified the case as murder.
“The father, an odd-job labourer in his 40s, has been remanded by a magistrates court,” he said, adding that police were looking to the girl’s mother to assist in the investigations.
It is learnt that only 60% of the skeletal remains were found.
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Courtesy : The Sun (Web Edition)
Wives of man suspected of killing daughter detained
PENANG (April 30, 2009) : Police have detained two wives of a man suspected of killing his disabled daughter in Kampung Pisang, Ayer Itam three years ago.
Two wives of a man suspected of killing hisdisabled daughter in Kampung Pisang.Penang CID chief SAC II Wan Abdullah Tunku Said said the women aged 31 and 37 were detained in front of a restaurant in Jalan Ayer Itam at 1am today.
"We believe they knew about the killing but did not report it. It was only revealed after the 41 year-old suspect was detained for molesting another daughter," he told reporters here today.
Wan Abdullah said the victim, a daughter of the 37 year-old wife was seven years-old when she was killed and buried at a field in Kampung Pisang.
"The girl's brother, now 16 years-old was also present when the father buried the body in a 0.9 metre hole. An autopsy report revealed a crack in the skull " he added.
The two housewives were remanded for seven days to assist investigation under Section 302 of the Penal Code.
Police detained the suspect after his two children exposed the crime leading to the discovery of the girl's skeleton in a field two kilometres from his house. -- BERNAMA
