Cops: Give the Yaus some space

SUBANG JAYA: Police have asked members of the public and the media to give William Yau Zhen Zhong’s parents the space they need to grieve the loss of their son.

Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Ramli said the parents have been deeply traumatised by the whole incident.

“The parents, especially the mother, have been crying non-stop since identifying the body.

“Despite the grief, they are still co-operating with the police. I hope others out there can understand what they are going through and not disturb them,” he said.

ACP Yahaya said the parents were at William’s paternal grandparents’ home in Malacca.

“They will only come back when the DNA results are obtained. The earliest such results will be ready is on Monday,” he said.

A badly decomposed body of a boy aged six or seven floating in the Klang river was found by fishermen on Thursday.

Although William’s parents identified the body as William’s based on the shorts and underpants he was wearing and scars on his head, police are still awaiting the DNA test results to be 100% sure.

Meanwhile, on the investigations into William’s death, ACP Yahaya said the police and Selangor Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) personnel had combed the area in Putra Heights where he disappeared.

“We discovered there is an uncovered drain some 200m from where he disappeared,” he said.

“Such evidence points to the possibility that he might have fallen in the drain and was swept away.”

He said the police and DID also checked the nearby areas especially near the Klang river embankment.

ACP Yahaya added that police would go to Bukit Lanchong and interview the residents there.

“We are combing the areas for more clues and re-interviewing people. We will not rest until we get the truth,” he said.