PETALING JAYA, June 10 — Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin's family home at Idaman Apartments in Damansara Damai is once again in the spotlight, six months after his murder in December last year.
Police are believed to have brought the autistic child's mother there for a reenactment of the circumstances when the six-year-old vanished until his body was found.
Bernama learned that a van was believed to have taken the victim’s mother to her residence in Blok R at 10.15am today and left at about 12.20pm.
It is understood that Zayn's mother was brought back to the residence, and the location of the child was pin-pointed on a stream located some 200 metres from the residential block occupied by the family to reenact the incident.
Police officers were also seen carrying a child mannequin, but it is not clear what its purpose was.
Earlier at 10am, a uniformed police team set up two roadblocks leading to Block R, where Zayn’s parents lived, and the media was instructed to wait in a hut while police escorted the movement of every resident.
A vehicle carrying Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department Director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain was also seen entering the residential area, with an investigation team from the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (JSJ) and the Selangor contingent police headquarters, as well as investigative officers from the Petaling Jaya police district headquarters.
At 2.30pm, several police and forensics vehicles were seen leaving the apartments and yellow tape was rigged at the entrance to the scene.
On Friday (June 7), Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said that the remand period for Zayn's parents had been extended until Thursday (June 13) to allow further investigations to continue against the two of them.
He added that inconsistencies in statements of the deceased child's parents were among the factors for remand order extension.
On December 6, Zayn's remains were found lying in a stream near his home in Damansara Damai after being reported missing the day before.
The child is believed to have been killed when the autopsy found injuries to his neck and body, which were attributed to self-defence against the perpetrator.
— Bernama
