Child found starving next to mother’s body - Police rescued the four-year-old girl, who was weak and believed to have been starving for three days...

Child found starving next to mother’s body

IT was a heart-wrenching scene when police found a starving child beside the decomposing body of her mother after they stormed into a house in Sibu, Sarawak, reported Harian Metro.

Police rescued the four-year-old girl, who was weak and believed to have been starving for three days after her mother was killed.

Quoting deputy OCPD Supt Zamani Hamdan, the paper said police believe the 34-year-old single mother had been murdered as there were injuries on her body, which was found inside a bedroom in a terrace house in Jalan Hua Kee.

“We went to the house after the landlord, who had come to collect rent, complained of a stench.

“When we entered the bedroom, we saw the girl looking extremely weak and sitting next to her mother’s body.

“Based on the condition of the woman’s body, we believe she had been murdered three days ago.

“That means the child has been without food or water since then,” he said.

The daily also reported that a 59-year-old man hanged himself with his belt at the gate of a woman’s house in Setapak Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, on Monday night after she rejected his advances.

The man was believed to have taken his own life at 11.40pm due to frustration that the 51-year-old woman would not return his feelings although they had known each other for a long time.

Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Zakaria Pagan said the woman, who was at home then, was unaware of the incident and was shocked to find the man’s body dangling from her front gate later.

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