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The incessant crying of a child for about 10 hours up to 1am Monday prompted a disturbed neighbour to take action, resulting in the rescue of a six-year-old girl locked up alone at her flat in Jalan Perak here. TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。, r( Z" i1 j/ @( ~
The neighbour, who declined to be identified, said she heard the girl crying from about 3pm Sunday.+ t! f5 H6 \8 j @. t
"I contacted the police early today when the girl kept on crying," she said.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。. f" L8 R6 f3 n' y/ M- }' v+ }
A police spokesman said a team of policemen and Social Welfare Department personnel rushed to the flat Monday morning and forced their way in to see a frightened girl with injuries on her hands, legs and body, apparently the result of physical abuse.% |$ O* Q$ |3 q: U, U
She had been left alone at the flat by her father, who was spotted by neighbours returning to the housing estate but fled when he noticed policemen at his flat.% r# v/ f s6 p1 {" H
Police tried in vain to contact the family of the girl, who was taken to Penang Hospital for an examination of the injuries.公仔箱論壇3 B& u/ \* T9 V
North East District Police chief ACP Gan Kong Meng confirmed the rescue and said an investigation has been initiated.
0 k$ | z; ?& t2 B6 E9 P" U1 v5.39.217.76 He said police were trying to trace the girl's father, who is in his 30s, to help in the investigation.
3 E7 V3 g. v0 W, o4 Z& Q公仔箱論壇 On Dec 29, police arrested a man on suspicion of having physically abused two of his children by chaining them in a bathroom of their Jalan Raja Uda home in Butterworth. - Bernama |