Two Children Who Drowned In Sg Tanjung Agas Ruled As Muslims

SEREMBAN, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- The Negeri Sembilan Syariah High Court has ruled that two siblings who drowned in Sungai Tanjung Agas, Port Dickson, on Sept 4, are Muslims and will be buried later today.

Negeri Sembilan police chief Datuk Alzafny Ahmad said that the Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Affairs Department (JHEAINS) would handle the remains of the eight-year-old girl and six-year-old boy.

According to him, a hearing on the religious status of the victims was held at the Syariah High Court, here, today, to determine the children’s religion.

“The Syariah High Court judge ruled that the two victims were Muslims and ordered that they be buried according to Muslim funeral rites,” he said in a statement, today.

On Sept 5, Alzafny reportedly said that police received information from the public, regarding a Nissan car which had slid into Sungai Tanjung Agas, Port Dickson, with a boy and a girl inside, at 11.45 am on Sept 4.

Investigations found that the children, aged six and eight, from Shah Alam, Selangor, are believed to have drowned after being trapped in the vehicle.

Alzafny also said that a 46-year-old man, believed to be the children’s father, and his 41-year-old girlfriend were remanded for seven days, from Sept 5, to assist in the investigation into the deaths of the two children. The case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.

The media also reported that no family members or next of kin were present at the Port Dickson Hospital Forensic Unit during the victims’ post-mortem last Friday.

Meanwhile, JHEAINS director, Mohd Asri Abdullah, in a statement, said that the remains of the two siblings were taken to Port Dickson Hospital for funeral rites and prayers, before burial at the Maqbarah Salimah Cemetery, Taman Intan Perdana, Port Dickson, today.

-- BERNAMA