Puchong Drug Addict Claims 'Voices' Told Him To Kill His 5-Year-Old Son
The boy was sleeping in the family's living room before the incident occurred.
By Jia Vern Tham — 14 Aug 2018, 12:15 PM
A 35-year-old drug addict was arrested at his home in Puchong after hacking his five-year-old son to death with a parang yesterday, 13 August
According to theSun, the man hacked his son three times on the head and right wrist before placing his bloodied remains outside of the family flat.
Subang Jaya district police chief ACP Mohammad Azlin Sadari was reported as saying that the man was alone with his son when the incident happened.
He added that the police received a distress call from the public at 5.45pm yesterday after the boy's body was spotted outside the fourth-floor apartment unit in Puchong Permai.
Upon his arrest, the man claimed that "voices" told him to kill his son
China Press reported that the man, who has a criminal record for a drug-related offence, locked himself in the flat after murdering his son.
He was also tested positive for methamphetamine at the scene.
Investigators also found a bloodied parang in the family flat.
Mohammad Azlin (second from right) supervised investigations at the scene yesterday.
Image via China Press