Tuesday April 21, 2009

Police: Abducted toddler sodomised

KUALA TERENGGANU: A two-year-old toddler from Kampung Buroh in Setiu near here, who was found hours after he was kidnapped while sleeping beside his mother, was also sodomised.

Setiu police, who rescued the toddler last week, were shocked when a a medical report by paediatricians revealed yesterday that the victim was sodomised.

Setiu OCPD Supt Shaikh Othman Abd Hamid said the toddler was found abandoned beside a river by police hours after the missing persons report was lodged at 6.18am on April 11.

He said the child was clad in a towel and was crying when he was discovered about 200m from his house.

Supt Shaikh said the child was then sent to Setiu hospital where doctors found abrasions on his anus and swell marks on his private part.

He said the child was abducted from his house after the kidnapper gained entry by prising open a glass window and climbing into the kitchen. He said the toddler was asleep beside his 36-year-old mother when he was taken away.

Supt Shaikh said the mother realised that the child was missing when she woke up to feed him.

The mother also found the child’s napkin at the kitchen window when she went searching for him.

At 5.20am that day, she sought the help of her neighbour, who took her to a police station.

Supt Shaikh said the toddler’s father was away at work in Pulau Redang when the abduction oc­­curred.