A SECURITY guard was yesterday arrested for allegedly abusing his four-year-old adopted son in Ampang.

Ampang Jaya district police chief Mohamad Farouk Eshak said the 30-year-old suspect’s younger brother-in-law had reported to police about the abuse case at the Seri Mutiara Apartment on Wednesday.

“The complainant claimed to have seen the suspect, a security guard, hitting the victim,” he said in a statement today.

He said the boy suffered injuries to his body, legs and private parts.

An unidentified individual had placed the boy under the care of the couple when he was five months’ old.

The suspect has been remanded until Tuesday for investigations under section 31 (1) of the Child Act 2001, he added. – Bernama, October 21, 2022.