KUALA LUMPUR: Police are awaiting further instructions from the Attorney-General’s Chambers (A-GC) into the death of 10-year-old Iman Zhafran Hafizuddin at a school in Senawang, Seremban last month.
Negri Sembilan police chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said the probe into the boy’s death had been thorough and the investigation paper (IP) is now with the A-GC.
“A total of 49 witnesses, including pupils and teachers from the school, have been questioned in the course of the investigation.
“The findings have been included in the which was submitted to the A-GC on Oct 14.
“We are still waiting for further instructions on the case,” Alzafny told the New Straits Times.
Iman, a Year Four pupil, was found unconscious in a school toilet in Senawang on the morning of Oct 1 by a teacher. He was immediately rushed to a private clinic nearby, where he was pronounced dead.
His remains were sent to Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar in Seremban, for a post-mortem, which found the cause of death to be compression to the neck, or strangulation.
Alzafny said the case was being investigated under Section 507C of the Penal Code, which addresses offences relating to threatening or harmful communication and actions that compromise personal safety.
On Monday, the boy’s father revealed that a message found in his late son’s book contained disturbing words, wishing for the child’s death.
Muhammad Hafizuddin Abdullah, 40, said during a press conference with the family’s lawyer, Muhammad Yazid Mohamad Salim, that the note was found among various other entries in one of his son’s books.
He claimed the words seemed to be addressed directly to his deceased son and that the deceased had communicated concerns to his elder sister before he was found dead in the school toilet on Oct 1.
“The night before the incident, my son told his eldest sister that someone wanted him dead.
“His sister later relayed this information during the investigation. ‘I want you (the victim) to die tomorrow, but I do not know whether you will go to heaven or hell.’ That was one of the notes written in the book that was handed to me,” Hafizuddin told reporters on Monday.
He also said he had not received any updates from the investigating officer since their last interaction on Oct 5.
Hafizuddin also denied allegations that Iman was autistic.
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