SEREMBAN - Police have arrested a male China national today on suspicions of abandoning his son by the roadside, leading the boy to cling to the back of a car before falling near the Nilai Toll Plaza.
Nilai district police chief Supt Johari Yahya said the man, 45, was arrested at a residence along Jalan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, at about 12.15 pm, and police also seized a white Perodua Axia involved in the incident, which went viral on social media.
"Investigations revealed that the man admitted to being involved in the incident and informed that he and his family left Cheras to Pantai Bagan Lalang, Selangor for an outing via the North South Expressway at about 1 pm yesterday.
"During the journey, the victim, who is his eldest son, aged 12, argued with the second child till the man got angry and stopped the car by the roadside and ordered the victim out and scolded him at the location,” he said in a statement today, adding that the man then left the victim by the roadside and continued driving with the excuse that he wished to teach his son a lesson so that he would not repeat his actions.
Johari said that the man claimed to have seen the victim fall onto the road after he continued driving and turned back to pick his son back before taking him to a private clinic in Bandar Baru Nilai for a check up and treatment.
The case is being investigated under Section 31(1)(a) of the Child Act 2001. - BERNAMA