‘Kidnapping’ turns out to be a custody battle


Search begins: ACP Wan Abdul Aziz (left), assisted by investigating officer ASP Mohd Adli Mat Daud, showing the press pictures of the suspect at the police headquarters in Kuala Terengganu.

KUALA TERENGGANU: The “kidnap” of a three-year-old boy which was spread on social media has turned out to be a custody battle between a Malaysian mother and her Bruneian husband.

Terengganu CID chief ACP Wan Abdul Aziz Wan Hamzah denied that the boy was kidnapped for ransom after the news went viral on WhatsApp.

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