JEMPOL: Police have obtained an order to remand a 36-year-old man for seven days from the magistrate’s court in Bahau to assist in investigations into the alleged murder of his six-year-old son.
Jempol police chief Supt Norhisham Mustapar said magistrate Norshazwani Ishak signed the order to allow the suspect to be detained until Aug 7.
He is being probed under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
The suspect was earlier brought to court around 8.55am and taken away about an hour later.
He was brought here after his remand in Johor Baru to assist in investigations under the Child Act 2001 ended on Thursday (July 31).
It was earlier reported that the suspect had lodged a report on his son’s disappearance on July 24, claiming that his son went missing near a coffee shop in Taman Bukit Indah.
Police later identified the victim as M. Tishant. However, the father was subsequently arrested to assist in investigations.
Four days later, police found the boy’s remains buried in a secluded spot along a railway line in Rompin, Jempol.
Police also recovered a hoe believed to have been used to bury the body.
An autopsy conducted on the victim later revealed that he was strangled to death with cable ties.
The medical team estimated that the victim died between 9am and 11am on July 23.
