Married couple arrested in probe into abuse of daughter


GEORGE TOWN: Police here have arrested a man and his and wife for allegedly abusing their daughter by caning the 12-year-old girl until she suffered cuts and bruises on her back.

Barat Daya district police chief ACP Sazalee Adam said his team received a report on this incident from the Year Six student’s principal on Tuesday (May 20) before the couple, aged 47 and 49, were arrested.

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