Interpol help sought in Zayn Rayyan murder probe

GOMBAK: Police will tap into Interpol’s resources to assist in the probe into the murder of Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin.

Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said police had also sought Interpol’s help to run a check on its database on the evidence gathered during the investigations.

He said the investigations were complicated as the police had only discovered the “secondary crime scene”.

“As previously announced, the scene where we found (the body) is the secondary crime scene and generally it is harder to find physical evidence there that could lead to the suspect.

“This is not a straightforward case but regardless we have done a house-to-house search and to date we have recorded 225 statements from various people.

“Of the 248 DNA samples, 246 have been analysed and all other samples that have been sent to the laboratory have not led to positive results that could assist in the investigations at this time,” he said.

He added that through their checks, 12 people were arrested for various crimes, including for drug offences.

Comm Hussein also denied any link between the Zayn Rayyan case and the missing persons case of 29-year-old Muhammad Saharuddin Mat who had been missing since Dec 12.

“No connection. That is a missing persons case and it was his parents who had reported him missing,” he said.

Muhammad Saharuddin was last seen leaving his residence at Apartment Harmoni, situated near Apartment Idaman where Zayn Rayyan lived.

Zayn Rayyan, an autistic six-year-old boy, was reported missing on Dec 5 in Damansara Damai.

His body was found in a stream about 200m from his home the next day.

Police confirmed that a murder investigation was opened following a post-mortem on the body.