Cops given instructions to charge Tishant's father
JOHOR BARU: The police have received instructions to bring charges against the father of A. Tishant, who was initially reported missing and later believed to have died from strangulation, says Johor police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar.
However, he said it will only be carried out once Jempol police headquarters in Negri Sembilan completes the investigation under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
'Our investigation involves the suspect's police report claiming that his son had gone missing, alongside another report made by his wife stating she had been assaulted by him,' he told a press conference at the state police headquarters yesterday.
Comm Kumar said the suspect's wife first lodged a police report on July 22 claiming that she was physically abused by the suspect, who also took their only child away. He was then detained.
'The suspect was later released on police bail. He then lodged a police report alleging that he had left the child inside a car before the boy went missing.
'We opened another investigation paper under Section 31(1) of the Child Act for child neglect, and also a missing person's probe.'
However, Comm Kumar said the police found inconsistencies in the suspect's recorded statements and re-arrested him.
'Investigations led us to the discovery of the boy's remains in Jempol, Negri Sembilan.'
The suspect was then handed over to the Negri Sembilan police for further investigation.
Tishant was reported missing in Taman Bukit Indah here on July 24 and four days later, his body was discovered buried in Rompin, Jempol.
On July 29, strangulation was identified as the child's cause of death.
On a separate matter, Comm Kumar said a 31-year-old Vietnamese woman who had been storing and distributing drugs from two apartment units over the past five months was arrested, with over RM4.9mil worth of drug-related substances seized.
He added the suspect, believed to be part of a drug syndicate, had disguised the drugs in coffee and juice sachets.
'The operation was uncovered after two raids on July 25 and 26 at two units in the same gated apartment complex,' he said.
'She is believed to have used one unit as her residence and storage space, and the other for repackaging the drugs.'
Each drug-laced drink sachet was sold for around RM250, he added.
Comm Kumar said police seized 29.2kg of ecstasy powder, 131gm of ecstasy pills, and 20gm of ketamine, which was enough to supply more than 97,000 drug users.
Police also confiscated drug- processing equipment, jewellery, RM3,000 cash, and S$193 (RM638).
Comm Kumar said that police are seeking Terrence Ki Kek Ding, 35, to help in the investigation.
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