Man charged with murdering eldest child, scalding youngest with boiling water

A cobbler was charged at the Magistrate's Court in Kuala Lumpur today with murdering his eldest daughter and then burying the body in a recreational area earlier this month.

Mohd Yasin Halik, 40, was charged under Section 302 of the Penal Code with killing the child, who was almost 10 years old, at a house in Jalan Pudu, Dang Wangi at 9pm last Dec 9.

He faced the death sentence...