Nigerian wanted in murder probe of 5-year-old
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BRICKFIELDS police are looking for Ebiziem Afeanyi Stephen, 31, a Nigerian, to facilitate investigation into the murder of Muhammad Adam Oshi Abdul Rahman, 5.
Ebiziem is Adam’s mother’s boyfriend.
Adam is believed to have been abused to death. He died on June 22 after three days in coma at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital .
The cause of death is blunt force trauma to the head.
The doctor also found old scars and wounds on the boy’s body during the post mortem.
Brickfields police chief Assistant Commissioner Ruslan Khalid said police hoped Abiziem would come forward.
“We believe he is still in the country,” said Ruslan.
Police arrested Adam’s mother on June 23 .
She was spotted by a roadside in Bayan Baru, Penang with her two children, aged five months and two years, respectively.
Ruslan said she tested positive for methamphetamine.
She has been remanded for six days.
“We will request for a remand extension when the remand order ends tomorrow,” said Ruslan.
The two children, he said, were in the care of Kuala Lumpur Hospital and would soon be handed over to the custody of the Welfare Department.
Those with information on Abiziem are urged to call the Brickfields police headquarters at 03- 9051 6222 or the nearest police station. – June 29, 2017.