POLICE are seeking help from Interpol to review some information and evidence obtained in the investigation into the murder of autistic child Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin, Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said.

“We have requested assistance from Interpol regarding its database. While we have some information, it is not conclusive, and we require additional data from its database,” he said in Kuala Lumpur today.

Hussein said police have recorded 225 conversations from families and residents at Idaman Apartments in Damansara Damai and taken 248 DNA samples.

According to him, police will not give up on investigating despite finding limited evidence.

“As everyone knows, the location where Zayn Rayyan’s body was found is a secondary crime scene. As a result, we have limited physical evidence, so we (police) are still tracking the primary crime scene (murder location),” he said.

He said the investigation process has now entered the third phase, where the forensic team is now focusing on a specific unit in a specific block of the apartment.

He said police had detained 12 individuals, but found they had nothing to do with the child’s murder.

“Investigations are still being carried out every day in the area. We will not give up hope and will continue until the perpetrator is arrested. Maybe not now, but we are confident that this criminal will be caught,” he said.

The six-year-old child was reported missing on December 5 in Damansara Damai, before his body was found near a creek about 200m from his home in Idaman Apartments the next day.

The results of the autopsy found injuries to the neck and body due to self-defence and the case was being investigated according to section 302 of the Penal Code for murder. – Bernama, December 23, 2023