Father remanded for 14 days over death of two sons who ate food waste from rubbish bin

ALOR SETAR: The father of two Myanmarese brothers who died after they are believed to have eaten food waste from a rubbish bin in Kampung Baru Sungai Tepa, near Bukit Malut in Langkawi yesterday has been remanded for 14 days for investigations.

Langkawi district police chief ACP Shariman Ashari said they detained the 36-year-old man at the Langkawi district police headquarters at 12.05am on Monday (Feb 14) after the man had settled matters related to the death of his two sons, Nizambudin Jamaludin, four years old, and Ngei, two years old, at the hospital.