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[UPDATED] Orang Asli teen remanded 3 days over death of toddler mauled by dogs
District police chief Superintendent Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor confirmed this when contacted today.
"We have obtained a three-day remand order. He will be held until Sunday to facilitate further investigations," he said.
It was reported that a young couple returning home from work were horrified to find their son, who had been left under the care of his uncle, dead about 20m from their house in an Orang Asli settlement at Sungai Buloh.
In the incident on July 22, the couple noticed their front door was ajar and their 19-month-old toddler was not inside the house.
They called out his name, but there was no response. They began searching the settlement and found the boy surrounded by stray dogs that had attacked and mauled him to death.
Overcome with horror and grief, they carried their son to their car and rushed him to the hospital, but it was too late.
Police received a call at 8.40am from a medical officer at Sungai Buloh Hospital, who reported that a toddler had been rushed to the emergency department unconscious.
Despite swift efforts by the medical team to resuscitate him, the child showed no response. He was pronounced dead at 9.14am.
A detailed examination found multiple scratches and bite marks on his head and entire body, which were consistent with marks of an animal attack.
It was reported that a 19-year-old Orang Asli teen was detained by police to assist in an investigation into the death of a toddler, believed to have been fatally mauled by dogs.
The teen, from the Temuan tribe, was arrested around 11.50am yesterday under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001.
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