One van, two cars catch fire at Lundu police station’s vehicles disposal site
KUCHING: Three vehicles caught fire at a vehicle disposal area in Lundu police station last Sunday.
A spokesperson of Fire and Rescue Department Sarawak operations centre said they received a call about the incident at 4.07pm.
“A group of firefighters from the Lundu station were rushed to the scene where upon arrival, they saw a van and two sedans being engulfed in flames.
“The firefighters worked together to extinguish the fire.
“There was no report of injuries or casualties,” said the spokesperson, adding that the operation ended at 4.23pm.
The cause of the fire and estimated worth of losses have yet to be ascertained.
BUKIT MERTAJAM: The couple who were arrested for abusing and inflicting injuries on an 11year-old girl in an incident at the Ampang Jajar flat in Permatang Pauh, here, yesterday were remanded for seven days to assist in investigation on the case.
Seberang Perai Tengah district police chief ACP Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abdul Hamid said the victim’s father and stepmother were remanded from today and the case is being investigated under Section 31 (1) (a) of the Child Act 2001.
“A urine test on the 36-yearold man who is also the victim’s father found him to be positive for methamphetamine while his wife, 38, was negative, but both had previous drug and criminal records.
“The woman who is a housewife has a previous record for theft while her husband, who works as a mechanic, has four criminal cases and four drug cases,” he said here yesterday.
He said the girl was now warded at the paediatrics ward of the Seberang Jaya Hospital (HSJ) and further examinations were scheduled to be conducted yesterday by paediatricians including X-rays and CT scans.
Nik Ros Azhan said the victim was in a stable condition and so far she has cooperated better than yesterday as she was still in a state of trauma.
“According to investigations, so far, only the victim was beaten and abused by her stepmother using blunt objects such as helmets, wood and clothes hangers and did not involve her biological brother (he) or eight other step-siblings,” he said.
The girl was rescued by a nongovernmental organisation after it received information about the victim’s abuse from the flat’s residents. The victim, who is the elder of the two siblings, was found to have serious injuries to her body, arms and face making it difficult for her to open both eyes.
The victim has not been to school since living with her stepmother and biological father in the flat since last year. Their mother was in prison. — Bernama