KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — A child refugee was found dead by members of the public at 9.50am today on a road shoulder at Jalan Memanda 3, opposite Ampang Point and a restaurant, allegedly abused and killed by her stepfather.
“Investigations show she was a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) card-holder and about six years old.
“She was bald and it is believed her death was caused by being struck with a hard or blunt object,” said Ampang Jaya district police chief ACP Noor Azmi Yusoff, in a statement today.
He said that based on information received, the child was beaten by her stepfather because she refused to eat.
He said the stepfather and two female UNHCR card-holders were arrested at a hotel in Jalan Memanda 5 — the suspected place of death – within 30 minutes of a police search operation being launched.
A post-mortem will be carried out at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) and the case investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. — Bernama
