PETALING JAYA: Kedah police this evening arrested a man for abusing his two stepdaughters.
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According to Kota Setar district police chief Ahmad Shukri Mat Akhir, the 33-year-old suspect also tested positive for methamphetamine, Bernama reported.
“Police are in the process of recording a statement from the 31-year-old mother of the two girls, who we believe knows what happened to her children,” he was quoted as saying.
Earlier today Bernama reported that the two sisters, a Year Three and Year One student, suffered injuries believed to have been inflicted by their stepfather recently.
Shukri said on Tuesday, a teacher of the Year Three student suspected she had been abused after noticing bruises on both cheeks.
The victim then revealed she was beaten by her stepfather.
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The teacher then reported the matter to the school administration before it was referred to the Alor Setar Social Welfare Department (JKM).
JKM then interviewed the sisters who said they were beaten by their stepfather. The department subsequently lodged a police report.
The sisters were later taken to the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, where they are currently warded.
“The Year Three student suffered head injuries, swellings and bruises on both cheeks as well as bruises on her back as a result of being kicked by her stepfather. There were old scars on the forehead of the Year One victim,” Shukri said.
The medical officer who examined both sisters confirmed that the injuries suffered were the result of beatings, he added.-FMT