Following the child’s disappearance, the police arrested three men and two women aged 28 to 55. Four of them have been released on police bail.
Two suspects in the kidnapping case outside Johor Bahru High Court on Jul 23, 2024. JOHOR BAHRU: Police will apply to extend the remand of a 31-year-old male suspect in the kidnapping of a six-year-old girl at a Johor shopping centre, when his remand ends on Monday .
The request for extension is to “enable further investigation to be carried out” on the man, who was arrested in relation to the child abduction incident in Eco Galleria mall in Johor’s Iskandar Puteri on July 20, he said in a statement on Monday. Iskandar Puteri district police chief M Kumarasan was previously reported asking for the public's help in locating the child, who was discovered missing by her father at 8.30 pm on Jul 20 at the shopping centre.
They were apprehended for kidnapping under section 365 of the Penal Code as well as section 14 of the Sexual Offences Against Children Act 2017, which pertains to touching a child for sexual purposes.
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