Johor police will file two charges against the father of six-year-old A Tishant, whose body was found buried in Jempol, Negeri Sembilan, last month.
State police chief M Kumar said the 36-year-old man will be charged in a Johor Bahru court with assaulting his wife and filing a false missing person’s report, Utusan Malaysia reported.
However, he said, the charges will only be filed after the murder probe by the Jempol police headquarters is completed.
“In Johor, the investigation against the suspect only involves Sections 323 and 324 of the Penal Code; Section 18 of the Domestic Violence Act 1994 read together with Section 326A of the Penal Code for allegedly assaulting his wife, as well as Section 31(1) of the Child Act 2001.
“We have already received instructions to charge the suspect, and this will be done after the murder investigation under Section 302 is completed,” he was quoted as saying at a press conference at the Johor police headquarters today.
Tishant was reported missing in Taman Bukit Indah, Iskandar Puteri, on July 24. His body was found four days later, after his father’s arrest. An autopsy revealed the boy was strangled with a cable tie.
Kumar said police first received a report from the suspect’s wife on July 22, alleging domestic abuse and that the man had taken their only child away.
He said the suspect was arrested but later released on police bail. He then filed a report claiming he had left his son alone in the car and returned to discover that the boy was missing.
However, inconsistencies in his statement led to his re-arrest and, after further questioning, the child’s body was discovered.
