Cops take Zayn Rayyan's mother to family home for reenactment

 

Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin's family home at Idaman Apartments in Damansara Damai is once again in the spotlight six months after the murder of the autistic child on Dec 6 last year.

It is believed that the police brought Zayn’s mother, Ismanira Abdul Manaf, there for a reenactment of the circumstances from when the six-year-old boy vanished until his body was found.

Bernama learnt that a van was believed to have taken the victim’s mother to her residence in Block R at 10.15am today and left at about 12.20pm.

It is understood that the mother was brought back to the residence as well as the location where the child was found in a stream some 200m from the block where the family lived, to reenact the incident.

Police officers were also seen carrying the mannequin of a child, but it is not clear what the purpose was.

Earlier at 10am, a uniformed police team set up two roadblocks leading to Block R and the media was instructed to wait in a hut while police escorted the movement of every resident.

Also seen was a vehicle carrying Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain entering the residential area with an investigation team from the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department and the Selangor contingent police headquarters as well as investigative officers from the Petaling Jaya IPD.

Around 2.30pm, several police and forensics vehicles were seen leaving the apartments and yellow tape was rigged at the entrance to the scene.

Last Friday, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan reportedly said that the remand period of the victim’s parents was extended until June 13 to allow further investigations.

Hussein said that inconsistencies in statements of the deceased child's parents were among factors for the extension.

On Dec 6, Zayn’s body was found after being reported missing the day before.

The child is believed to have been killed when the autopsy found injuries to his neck and body which were attributed to self-defence against the perpetrator.

- Bernama