Welfare dept waiting for police, hospital reports on chained boys

 

Nancy Shukri said the three boys were still receiving treatment at a hospital in Kangar.

KUCHING: The social welfare department (JKM) will assess the police investigation and hospital reports on a case concerning three brothers believed to have been abused in Kangar, Perlis, before taking further action to accommodate the victims.

Women, family and community development minister Nancy Shukri said all the victims were still at the Tuanku Fauziah Hospital in Kangar.

“Any results from the police and hospital reports will determine whether the victims need to be placed in a shelter or not because in this case, they still have a mother,” Nancy said after the National Welfare Foundation’s (YKN) “Kasih Ramadan” programme here today.

According to Nancy, JKM officers in the area immediately took the three victims to the hospital when the case came to light.

Yesterday, media reports stated the three brothers were found by villagers in a weakened state, with the legs of two of them chained together. They were found by the side of a bridge in Jalan Kampung Tambun Tulang, Simpang Empat.

Kangar district police chief Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said the victims were aged 13 to 16, with two of them having hearing and listening disabilities.

Police have since arrested a 46-year-old woman believed to be the victims’ mother and a 31-year-old man to help with investigations.

Earlier, Nancy, who is also YKN chairman, handed over clothes to 180 recipients from the “asnaf” group from 40 schools in the Santubong parliamentary constituency in conjunction with the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration.

The corporate social responsibility programme, in collaboration with Alliance Islamic Bank, involved presentation of festive clothing worth RM27,000. - FMT