Zayn Rayyan's mum taken for reenactment at scene days before child neglect charge

New Straits Times

21-04-2025

PETALING JAYA: Ismanira Abdul Manaf, the mother of deceased autistic boy Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matin, was brought out of the lock-up in June last year for a reenactment of incidents surrounding her son's disappearance at Block R in Apartment Idaman, two days before she was brought to court to record her confession.
Senior investigating officer Assistant Superintendent Mohd Hafizee Ismail said Ismanira, 30, left the lock-up about 9am on June 10 last year to reconstruct the events that began about 10am and concluded at 12.30pm.
"I had ordered Bukit Aman's Technical Assistant Department to record the reconstruction process.
"The recording was copied onto a pen drive (referring to a USB flash drive) and given to me.
"About 10pm the next day (June 11, 2024), I had informed Ismanira that she would be brought to the court in Petaling Jaya the next day about 9am to record her confession before a magistrate.
"About 9am on June 12, 2024, Ismanira was brought to the court for a guilty plea confession before a magistrate under Section 26(1) of the Evidence Act 1950.
"About 4pm on June 13, 2024, I received orders to have Zaim Ikhwan Zahari (Zayn Rayyan's father) and Ismanira charged under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act read together with Section 34 of the Penal Code," he said in his witness statement in the couple's child neglect trial before judge Dr Syahliza Warnoh.
Hafizee, the 28th prosecution witness, was then attached to the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
He is now the intelligence and operations senior officer at the Klang Selatan district police headquarters CID since January this year.
Hafizee said that at 5.30pm on June 9, 2024, Ismanira had led investigators to a house in Bandar Puncak Alam, where he had seized items linked to a Saujana Utama police report.
Hafizee told the court that he had reviewed a close-circuit television camera (CCTV) recording from the apartment's Joint Management Body dated Dec 5, 2023, at 12.13pm.
"The footage captured a child in a white shirt walking in waterway downwards to a tunnel.
"At 12.25pm, the footage showed the child turning back, exiting from the tunnel towards the waterway.
"At 11.30am on Dec 16, 2023, I went to the location of the waterway for a reconstruction based on the CCTV recording that captured an image believed to be the deceased going in and out of the waterway at the adjacent Apartment Indah.
"The reconstruction was completed about 2pm," he said.
The trial continues.
Ismanira and Zaim claimed trial to a joint amended charge as persons having the care of Zayn Rayyan, 6, who had allegedly neglected him in a manner likely to cause him physical injury.
They were accused of committing the offence from 12pm on Dec 5, 2023, until about 9.55pm on Dec 6, 2023, around the area of Block R, Apartment Idaman, Damansara Damai, up to a nearby stream.
They are represented by lawyers Haresh Mahadevan and Ramzani Idris.