Cops nab dad, stepmum for allegedly abusing 6-year-old son

Police detained the father and stepmother of a six-year-old boy in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, on suspicion of abusing him since March.

Jempol police chief Supt Hoo Chang Hook said the man, a sawmill worker aged 27 and his unemployed wife, 31, were detained after police were tipped off by the public at 2.30pm yesterday, that the boy had run away from home due to being abused.

“The victim is the eldest of four siblings. We believe he has been...