Penang cops detain senior citizen in connection with missing five-year-old girl case


KEPALA BATAS: Police have detained a senior citizen in connection with the case of a five-year-old girl from Taman Kuala Muda, Penaga here, who went missing on Friday (May 26) but was found with injuries one day later.

North Seberang Prai OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Asri Shafie said the suspect, who is in his 70s, was detained at 10.30pm on Tuesday (May 30) night.

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