"The victim sustained burns on both sides of the cheek, hands, right waist and left leg from the hot spoon that was used. The suspect fled after giving the child some oil (to apply on the affected spots)," he said in a statement on Wednesday (June 5).Ismadi said the girl’s 25-year-old adoptive mother, who was away in India at the time, lodged a police report upon her return on Sunday (June 2). "The adoptive mother left the girl under the care of the suspect, her husband, who also has a nine-year-old son from a previous marriage, on May 24. The couple have been married for five years and they legally adopted the girl last year,” he said, adding that the girl had been admitted to Serdang Hospital.He said police are looking for the 48-year-old suspect, a fishmonger at the Serdang wholesale market. The case is being investigated under Section 31 of the Child Act 2001.

Source: The Star June 05, 2019 15:11 UTC