KUCHING – The Social Welfare Department (SWD) will assess the police investigation and hospital report on a case concerning three brothers believed to have been abused in Kangar, Perlis, before taking further action to accommodate the victims, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri.
She said that as of this afternoon, she was informed that all the victims were receiving treatment at Tuanku Fauziah Hospital.
“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,” she said after the National Welfare Foundation’s “Kasih Ramadan” programme here today.
According to Nancy, SWD 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 two of them still chained by the side of a bridge in Jalan Kg Tambun Tulang, Simpang Empat.
Kangar district police chief Yusharifuddin Mohd Yusop said the victims were aged 13 to 16, of which two had 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. – Bernama, March 26, 2023
